Important File Extensions Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: VBScript File

.vb denotes Visual Basic source, and in the scripting context a VBScript file. JavaScript uses .js and Windows Script Files .wsf.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Tagged Image File Format

TIFF stands for Tagged Image File Format. It stores images without loss and can hold several pages in one file, which is why scanners and the printing trade favour it over JPEG.

Answer: B

Correct answer: .ini

An .ini file holds initialization settings, arranged in sections with name-value pairs. It is the Windows predecessor of the registry.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Audio Interchange File Format

AIFF is Audio Interchange File Format, the uncompressed audio format developed by Apple, corresponding to WAV on Windows.

Answer: B

Correct answer: .exe

.exe marks an executable program that Windows can run directly. It differs from .dll, which also holds code but is loaded by a running program rather than started on its own.

Answer: D

Correct answer: .odt

.odt is the OpenDocument Text format used by LibreOffice and OpenOffice Writer. It is an open ISO standard, in contrast to the proprietary .doc that preceded Microsoft’s own XML-based .docx.

Answer: B

Correct answer: .doc

.doc is the Word document format used up to Office 2003; from Office 2007 the default became .docx. .ppt belongs to PowerPoint and .xls to Excel.

Answer: A

Correct answer: .db

.db is the generic database file extension. Microsoft Access uses .mdb and SQL Server .mdf, but the plain form is .db.

Answer: D

Correct answer: .dmp

.dmp holds a memory dump - the contents of memory written to disk when the system crashes, for later analysis.

Answer: D

Correct answer: JavaScript Object Notation

.json holds JavaScript Object Notation, a plain-text format for structured data built from key-value pairs and lists. Despite the name it is language-independent, and it is the usual format for web APIs.