Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: User-to-User Information

UUI is data passed between the two end users of a call through the signalling channel, without the network interpreting it.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Low Level Language

A LLL is a low level language - machine code or assembly, close to the processor's own instruction set.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Public Private Partnership

PPP in this context is a public private partnership - a project in which government and a private firm share the investment and the risk. In networking the same letters mean Point to Point Protocol, and in economics Purchasing Power Parity.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Visual Basic

VB is Visual Basic, Microsoft's event-driven language and development environment.

Answer: A

Correct answer: National Adult Education Programme

NAEP was launched in 1978 to bring literacy to adults in the 15 to 35 age group.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Debt Recovery Tribunals

DRTs were set up under the 1993 Act to speed the recovery of debts owed to banks.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

FERA, of 1973, controlled dealings in foreign exchange in India; it was replaced by the more liberal FEMA in 1999.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Criminal Investigation Department

The CID is the investigative branch of a state police force in India.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Open Data Base Connectivity

ODBC is Open Database Connectivity, a standard interface that lets one program reach many different database systems through a common set of calls.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Central Bureau of Investigation

The CBI is India's principal investigating agency for serious and organised crime and corruption.