Android Set 1

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This set of Android Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Android Set 1

Q1 | Android is licensed under which open source licensing license?
  • gnu’s gpl
  • apache/mit
  • oss
  • sourceforge
Answer: apache/mit
Q2 | Although most people’s first thought when they think of Android is Google, Android is not actually owned by Google. Who owns the Android platform?
  • oracle technology
  • dalvik
  • open handset alliance
  • the above statement is and android is owned by google
Answer: open handset alliance
Q3 | As an Android programmer, what version of Android should you use as your minimum development target?
  • versions 1.6 or 2.0
  • versions 1.0 or 1.1
  • versions 1.2 or 1.3
  • versions 2.3 or 3.0
Answer: versions 1.6 or 2.0
Q4 | What was Google’s main business motivation for supporting Android?
  • to level the playing field for mobile devices
  • to directly compete with the iphone
  • to corner the mobile device application market for licensing purposes
  • to allow them to advertise more
Answer: to allow them to advertise more
Q5 | What was the first phone released that ran the Android OS?
  • google gphone
  • t-mobile g1
  • motorola droid
  • htc hero
Answer: t-mobile g1
Q6 | From a phone manufacturer’s point of view, what makes Android so great?
  • aside from some specific drivers, it provides everything to make a phone work
  • it makes the hardware work better
  • it allows them to compete with apple’s iphone
  • it allows users to create apps, generating revenue for the companies
Answer: aside from some specific drivers, it provides everything to make a phone work
Q7 | What is a funny fact about the start of Android?
  • it was orginaly going to be called ufo
  • the first version of android was released without an actual phone on the market
  • androids main purpose was to unlock your car door when you left the keys inside of it.
  • was going to be a closed source application to make more money for its company.
Answer: the first version of android was released without an actual phone on the market
Q8 | What year was the Open Handset Alliance announced?
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
Answer: 2007
Q9 | A device with Android installed is needed to develop apps for Android.
  • true
  • false
Answer: false
Q10 | Android tries hard to ______________ low-level components, such as the software stack, with interfaces so that vendor-specific code can be managed easily.
  • confound
  • absract
  • modularize
  • compound
Answer: absract
Q11 | Google licensed some proprietary apps.
  • true
  • false
Answer: true
Q12 | When did Google purchase Android?
  • 2007
  • 2005
  • 2008
  • 2010
Answer: 2005
Q13 | Android releases since 1.5 have been given nicknames derived how?
  • adjective and strange animal
  • food
  • something that starts w/ ‘a’ -> something that starts w/ ‘b’…
  • american states
Answer: food
Q14 | Which one is not a nickname of a version of Andriod?
  • cupcake
  • gingerbread
  • honeycomb
  • muffin
Answer: muffin
Q15 | Android doesn’t make any assumptions about a device’s screen size, resolution, or chipset.:
  • true
  • false
Answer: true
Q16 | Why are the so few users left with versions 1.0 and 1.1?
  • the first phones were released with version 1.5
  • 1.0 and 1.1 had security holes that forced carriers to recall phones using them
  • 1.0 and 1.1 are just number designations for the version apple’s iphone is running
  • everyone with 1.0 and 1.1 were upgraded to 1.5 over the air automatically
Answer: everyone with 1.0 and 1.1 were upgraded to 1.5 over the air automatically
Q17 | Which Android version had the greatest share of the market as of January 2011?
  • 1.1
  • 1.5
  • 2.3
  • 3.4
Answer: 1.5
Q18 | Which piece of code used in Android is not open source?
  • keypad driver
  • wifi? driver
  • audio driver
  • power management
Answer: wifi? driver
Q19 | Android is built upon the Java Micro Edition (J2ME) version of Java.
  • true
  • false
Answer: false
Q20 | Which among these are NOT a part of Android’s native libraries?
  • webkit
  • dalvik
  • opengl
  • sqlite
Answer: dalvik
Q21 | Android is based on Linux for the following reason.
  • security
  • portability
  • networking
  • all of these
Answer: all of these
Q22 | What operating system is used as the base of the Android stack?
  • linux
  • windows
  • java
  • xml
Answer: linux
Q23 | What year was development on the Dalvik virtual machine started?
  • 2003
  • 2005
  • 2007
  • 2006
Answer: 2005
Q24 | What is a key difference with the distribution of apps for Android based devices than other mobile device platform applications?
  • applications are distributed by apple app store only
  • applications are distributed by multiple vendors with different policies on applications.
  • applications are distributed by multiple vendors with the exact same policies on applications.
  • applications are distributed by the android market only.
Answer: applications are distributed by multiple vendors with different policies on applications.
Q25 | When developing for the Android OS, Java byte code is compiled into what?
  • java source code
  • dalvik application code
  • dalvik byte code
  • c source code
Answer: dalvik byte code
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