General Assistant ICT Officer II – Interview Questions and Answers

I. Networking and Protocols

I. Which protocol is used for securely accessing a remote computer over a network?
 A. FTP  B. Telnet  C. SSH ✅  D. HTTP

II. Which protocol is used to send emails?
 A. POP3  B. SMTP ✅  C. FTP  D. IMAP

III. Which port does HTTPS use by default?
 A. 20  B. 21  C. 443 ✅  D. 80

IV. Which protocol ensures reliable data transmission over the internet?
 A. IP  B. UDP  C. TCP ✅  D. FTP

V. Which protocol assigns dynamic IP addresses to clients?
 A. FTP  B. DHCP ✅  C. SMTP  D. NTP

VI. Which protocol is used for secure file transfer?
 A. FTP  B. TFTP  C. SFTP ✅  D. HTTP

VII. Which protocol is used for remote desktop access in Windows?
 A. SSH  B. FTP  C. RDP ✅  D. DNS

VIII. Which protocol does Telnet use?
 A. Secure Shell  B. TCP ✅  C. UDP  D. IPX/SPX

II. Windows & Linux Administration

I. What is the function of Active Directory in Windows Server?
 A. File storage  B. Network traffic analyzer  C. Directory service ✅  D. Internet access controller

II. Which Linux command shows current IP configuration?
 A. ping  B. ifconfig ✅  C. ls  D. netstat

III. Windows command to release/renew IP address?
 A. ping  B. ipconfig /all  C. ipconfig /release & /renew ✅  D. netstat -a

IV. Delete directory in Linux?
 A. del  B. erase  C. rm -r ✅  D. remove-dir

V. List files and directories in Linux?
 A. ls ✅  B. cd  C. rm  D. cat

III. Hardware and Operating Systems

I. Open-source OS?
 A. Windows Server  B. Red Hat Linux ✅  C. macOS  D. MS-DOS

II. NOT an OS?
 A. Ubuntu  B. Windows  C. Android  D. Oracle ✅

III. BIOS stands for?
 A. Basic Input Output System ✅  B. Binary Integrated OS
 C. Basic Internal Output Setup  D. Built-In OS

IV. CMOS stores?
 A. OS  B. BIOS settings ✅  C. User files  D. Apps

V. Windows utility to partition disk?
 A. Disk Cleanup  B. Device Manager  C. Disk Management ✅  D. Task Scheduler

IV. Security & Permissions

I. “Least privilege” principle means?
 A. Max permissions  B. Deny all  C. Only needed access ✅  D. Based on job title

II. Purpose of ACLs?
 A. Diagnose hardware  B. Manage updates  C. Filter traffic ✅  D. Allocate bandwidth

III. NOT malware?
 A. Worm  B. Spyware  C. Trojan  D. Firewall ✅

IV. Technology for data protection across disks?
 A. Backup  B. RAID ✅  C. Clustering  D. Replication

V. Database & Storage

I. Which of the following database models organizes data in tables with rows and columns?
 A. Hierarchical  B. Relational ✅  C. Network  D. Object-oriented

II. Difference between differential and incremental backup?
 A. Differential saves only new files, incremental saves entire system
 B. Incremental saves all data, differential saves specific files
 C. Incremental saves changes since last backup, differential since full backup ✅
 D. They are exactly the same

III. Tool for disk partitioning in Linux?
 A. vi  B. top  C. fdisk ✅  D. chmod

IV. Volatile storage type?
 A. SSD  B. HDD  C. RAM ✅  D. Flash

V. SQL data type?
 A. Integer ✅  B. NumberText  C. BinaryLarge  D. Html

VI. Windows tool to check and repair disk errors?
 A. CHKDSK ✅  B. DISKPART  C. FORMAT  D. PING

VI. Virtualization and System Tools

I. Tool used to create/manage virtual machines?
 A. DHCP  B. Hyper-V ✅  C. NAT  D. SNMP

II. Software used for virtualization?
 A. VMware ✅  B. Apache  C. Photoshop  D. Postfix

III. Technology allowing multiple OS on one physical machine?
 A. Clustering  B. Virtualization ✅  C. Load balancing  D. RAID

IV. Windows utility to schedule automated tasks?
 A. Disk Management  B. Task Scheduler ✅  C. Event Viewer  D. Services

V. Tool to recover deleted files?
 A. Disk Cleanup  B. Recuva ✅  C. Task Manager  D. Netstat

VII. Security and Encryption

I. Main purpose of a firewall?
 A. Store data  B. Speed up processing  C. Block unauthorized access ✅  D. Encrypt data

II. Command to modify file permissions in Linux?
 A. ls  B. chmod ✅  C. cp  D. echo

III. Ensures data integrity?
 A. Antivirus  B. Firewall  C. Hashing ✅  D. Formatting

IV. Used to secure data during transmission?
 A. Defragmentation  B. Compression  C. Encryption ✅  D. Formatting

V. Strong password example?
 A. password123  B. 12345678  C. T3h@M0nkey! ✅  D. myname

VIII. IP, Addressing & DNS

I. Function of NAT (Network Address Translation)?
 A. Encrypt email  B. Convert public IP to private IP ✅  C. Routing protocol  D. Block malware

II. Function of ARP protocol?
 A. Translate IP to MAC address ✅  B. Encrypt data  C. Assign IPs  D. Manage routing tables

III. DNS role in network?
 A. Assign IPs  B. Store credentials  C. Translate domains to IPs ✅  D. Provide bandwidth

IV. Default port for FTP?
 A. 21 ✅  B. 80  C. 110  D. 53

V. Bits used in IPv4?
 A. 32 ✅  B. 64  C. 128  D. 256

VI. Max number of IPs in Class C network?
 A. 128  B. 254 ✅  C. 1024  D. 65536

VII. NOT an IP class?
 A. Class A  B. Class D  C. Class E  D. Class G ✅

IX. Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

I. Utility to trace route of network packets?
 A. ping  B. ipconfig  C. tracert ✅  D. nslookup

II. Used to test name resolution?
 A. ipconfig  B. tracert  C. nslookup ✅  D. netstat

III. Used for network diagnostics?
 A. MS Word  B. Excel  C. Wireshark ✅  D. Paint

IV. First step if PC won’t power on?
 A. Reinstall OS  B. Replace RAM  C. Check power supply ✅  D. Format disk

V. Command to view open ports in Windows?
 A. ipconfig  B. netstat ✅  C. ping  D. arp

X. Software, Systems & Web

I. Scripting language used in web dev?
 A. C++  B. Java  C. JavaScript ✅  D. COBOL

II. Common programming language for web back-end?
 A. HTML  B. CSS  C. PHP ✅  D. XML

III. What does HTTP stand for?
 A. HyperText Transfer Protocol ✅  B. High Transmission Text Protocol
 C. HyperText Terminal Protocol  D. Host Transfer Table Protocol

IV. What does GUI stand for?
 A. General User Interaction  B. Graphic Unified Interface
 C. Graphical User Interface ✅  D. General Utility Interface

V. What is URL short for?
 A. Uniform Resource Locator ✅  B. Universal Routing Language
 C. Unique Resource Level  D. Unified Resource Line

XI. OSI Model & Devices

I. OSI layer responsible for encryption/decryption?
 A. Network  B. Session  C. Transport  D. Presentation ✅

II. Device at Layer 3 of OSI model?
 A. Switch  B. Hub  C. Router ✅  D. Bridge

III. Device at Layer 2 of OSI model?
 A. Router  B. Switch ✅  C. Hub  D. Modem

IV. Device for signal conversion (digital ↔ analog)?
 A. Switch  B. Router  C. Modem ✅  D. Firewall

V. Device used to route data between networks?
 A. Print server  B. Switch  C. Router ✅  D. Bridge

VI. Device that connects different network architectures?
 A. Hub  B. Router  C. Gateway ✅  D. Switch

VII. What does NIC stand for?
 A. Network Information Control
 B. Network Interface Card ✅
 C. Node Internal Controller
 D. Network In Command

XII. Miscellaneous & General Knowledge

I. What does CPU stand for?
 A. Central Peripheral Unit
 B. Control Processing Unit
 C. Central Processing Unit ✅
 D. Computer Power Unit

II. What does VoIP mean?
 A. Virtual Online Internet Protocol
 B. Voice over Internet Protocol ✅
 C. Voice over Internal Processing
 D. Video on Internet Provider

III. What is ISO short for in standards?
 A. International Software Organization
 B. Internal Standards Option
 C. International Organization for Standardization ✅
 D. Information Systems Office

IV. Purpose of a proxy server?
 A. Generate IPs  B. Provide secure email
 C. Gateway between users & internet ✅  D. Scan viruses

V. Purpose of a UPS?
 A. Speed up processing
 B. Provide network access
 C. Supply backup power ✅
 D. Monitor performance

VI. Biometric authentication example?
 A. Password  B. Token  C. Fingerprint ✅  D. PIN

VII. Main purpose of software updates?
 A. Increase file size  B. Add viruses
 C. Improve performance and fix bugs ✅  D. Format data