Important File Extensions Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: .uue

.uue marks a uuencoded file - binary data converted to printable characters so it can travel through mail and news systems that carry only text.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Norton Ghost Backup File

.gho is the disk image file written by Norton Ghost; the extension is the first three letters of the product name.

Answer: B

Correct answer: .mdb

.mdb is the Microsoft Access database format used up to Access 2003; from 2007 the default became .accdb.

Answer: C

Correct answer: .pps

.pps is a PowerPoint Slide Show: the same content as a .ppt, but saved so that opening it starts the presentation instead of the editor.

Answer: C

Correct answer: .xls

.xls is the Excel workbook format up to Office 2003; .xlsx replaced it from Office 2007.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Picture File

.pct is a PICT file, the Macintosh picture format that could hold both bitmap and vector data.

Answer: D

Correct answer: PostScript File

.ps holds PostScript - a page description language which is also a programming language, sent to a printer or interpreted to produce a page image.

Answer: D

Correct answer: .jar

.jar is a Java Archive, a ZIP file holding compiled .class files together with a manifest. Packaging an application this way lets the Java runtime execute it from the single file.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Drawing File

.drw is a vector drawing file, used by several drawing packages for shapes rather than pixels.

Answer: B

Correct answer: XML File

.xml is an XML file - text marked up with tags according to the Extensible Markup Language, used to carry structured data between systems.