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FOSS Quest 🔍

Test your open source knowledge! 🌱 Beginner-friendly 🧠 1–2 pro-level questions Let’s see who’s the FOSS champ! 💥

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1: What does FOSS stand for?

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Free Operating System Software

Free and Open Source Software

Free Only Software

Framework for Open Source Software

2: Which one is an example of open-source software?

20s

Adobe Photoshop

Microsoft Word

GIMP

Zoom

3: Which license is commonly used for open-source software?

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MIT License

Microsoft EULA

Apple Terms

Oracle Developer License

4: Who founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF)?

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Bill Gates

Richard Stallman

Linus Torvalds

Steve Jobs

5: Which OS is based on Linux and widely used in servers?

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Windows

macOS

Ubuntu

Chrome OS

6: What is Git primarily used for?

20s

Video editing

Version control

Encryption

Hosting websites

7: Which platform is most popular for hosting open-source repositories?

20s

Dropbox

Bitbucket

GitHub

Trello

8: Purpose of an open-source license?

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To sell software

To restrict usage

To define permissions and conditions of software use

To hide the code

9: What does “forking a repo” mean?

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Buying a copy

Making a private backup

Creating a personal copy to modify

Reporting it

10: Benefit of open source?

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Paid updates only

No community support

Transparent code and collaboration

Closed development

11: Which of these is NOT open source?

20s

Blender

VLC

Firefox

Adobe Illustrator

12: Git command to copy repo?

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git fork

git copy

git clone

git push

13: GPL license ensures?

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Code remains free if modified

Can only be sold

Can’t be used by others

Private forever

14: Most permissive license?

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GPL

MIT

BSD

CC BY-NC

15: Difference between GPL & MIT?

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MIT requires sharing

GPL enforces copyleft

GPL only for Linux

MIT is not open-source