iOS Intern MCQ Test (60 Questions | 100

Marks)
Section A: Basic Level [1 Mark Each × 20 = 20 Marks]
1. Which programming language is primarily used for iOS development?

● a) Kotlin

● b) Swift

● c) Java

● d) Dart

✅ Answer: b

2. What is Xcode used for?

● a) Video editing

● b) iOS app development

● c) Web hosting

● d) Data analysis

✅ Answer: b

3. Which of the following is a user interface framework in iOS?

● a) TensorFlow

● b) React

● c) UIKit

● d) OpenGL

✅ Answer: c
4. What is IBOutlet used for in Swift?

● a) To perform network calls

● b) To declare constants

● c) To connect UI elements to code

● d) To declare private variables

✅ Answer: c

5. Which version control system is most commonly used in iOS development?

● a) Git

● b) CVS

● c) SVN

● d) Mercurial

✅ Answer: a

6. What is the default IDE for iOS development?

● a) Android Studio

● b) Eclipse

● c) Xcode

● d) IntelliJ IDEA

✅ Answer: c

7. Which of these is used for layout constraints in iOS?

● a) Layout Manager

● b) Auto Layout

● c) StackView
● d) Flexbox

✅ Answer: b

8. What keyword is used to declare a constant in Swift?

● a) var

● b) const

● c) final

● d) let

✅ Answer: d

9. What file extension is used for Interface Builder files?

● a) .nib

● b) .java

● c) .html

● d) .php

✅ Answer: a

10. What does MVC stand for?

● a) Model-View-Code

● b) Model-View-Controller

● c) Main-View-Connection

● d) Modular-Variable-Class

✅ Answer: b

11. Which tool is used for debugging in Xcode?

● b) Chrome Inspector

● c) Console

● d) Visual Studio Tools

✅ Answer: a

12. Which method is called when a ViewController's view is loaded into memory?

● a) viewDidAppear()

● b) loadView()

● c) viewDidLoad()

● d) awakeFromNib()

✅ Answer: c

13. What framework helps store data locally in iOS?

● a) SwiftUI

● b) Firebase

● c) Core Data

● d) CloudKit

✅ Answer: c

14. What does @IBAction do?

● a) Declares an interface

● b) Connects a button tap to a method

● c) Exposes variables

● d) Instantiates objects
✅ Answer: b

15. What type of variable declaration allows its value to be changed?

● a) let

● b) final

● c) const

● d) var

✅ Answer: d

16. Which iOS feature provides animations and transitions for views?

● a) SpriteKit

● b) ARKit

● c) UIView.animate

● d) CoreData

✅ Answer: c

17. What is UserDefaults used for?

● a) Animating UI

● b) Temporary file storage

● c) Storing small user settings

● d) Creating custom views

✅ Answer: c

18. What function is used to register a cell in a UITableView?

● a) register()

● b) registerCell()
● c) dequeueReusableCell()

● d) tableView.register()

✅ Answer: d

19. Which iOS framework is used for media playback?

● a) UIKit

● b) AVFoundation

● c) CoreData

● d) Foundation

✅ Answer: b

20. What kind of queue does GCD use?

● a) Stack

● b) Pipeline

● c) Serial/Concurrent

● d) Buffer

✅ Answer: c

Section B: Intermediate Level [2 Marks Each × 40 = 80 Marks]

21. What is a storyboard in iOS development?

● a) Data file

● b) Swift file

● c) UI flow diagram

● d) Settings file
✅ Answer: c

22. Which Swift data type can store a list of elements?

● a) Struct

● b) Class

● c) Array

● d) Enum

✅ Answer: c

23. What is optional in Swift?

● a) A variable that never has a value

● b) A variable that can store nil

● c) A fixed-size variable

● d) A custom function

✅ Answer: b

24. How do you unwrap an optional safely?

● a) with !

● b) with try

● c) with if let

● d) with do-catch

✅ Answer: c

25. What is the default method for table view data population?

● a) collectionView(_:cellForItemAt:)

● b) tableView(_:cellForRowAt:)
● c) numberOfItemsInSection

● d) populateData()

✅ Answer: b

26. What is a delegate in iOS?

● a) A UI component

● b) A class that performs networking

● c) A design pattern for communication

● d) A compiler error

✅ Answer: c

27. What is @State used for?

● a) UIKit layout

● b) SwiftUI state management

● c) Core Data

● d) Debugging

✅ Answer: b

28. Which keyword is used to create a function in Swift?

● a) function

● b) func

● c) def

● d) method

✅ Answer: b
29. What is the function of Instruments in Xcode?

● a) Designing UI

● b) Monitoring performance

● c) Uploading to App Store

● d) Testing on real devices

✅ Answer: b

30. What is the role of the AppDelegate?

● a) UI creation

● b) Handles app lifecycle

● c) Manages database

● d) Initializes views

✅ Answer: b

31. Which type is best for making reusable UI components?

● a) ViewController

● b) TableView

● c) Custom View

● d) IBOutlet

✅ Answer: c

32. What is the correct way to perform an asynchronous task in Swift?

● a) DispatchQueue.main.async

● b) sleep()

● c) Thread.run()

● d) wait()
✅ Answer: a

33. What is a closure in Swift?

● a) A UI element

● b) A class

● c) A block of code

● d) A storyboard file

✅ Answer: c

34. What does defer keyword do in Swift?

● a) Delays app launch

● b) Declares errors

● c) Postpones execution to end of scope

● d) Catches exceptions

✅ Answer: c

35. How do you create a singleton in Swift?

● a) With static let shared = ClassName()

● b) With let instance = ClassName()

● c) With init()

● d) Using super.init()

✅ Answer: a

36. What is a retain cycle?

● a) Infinite loop

● b) A UI bug

● c) Memory leak due to strong references

✅ Answer: c

37. Which attribute allows design preview in Interface Builder?

● a) @available

● b) @IBInspectable

● c) @IBOutlet

● d) @discardableResult

✅ Answer: b

38. What is SwiftUI mainly used for?

● a) Testing

● b) Network management

● c) Declarative UI building

● d) Audio processing

✅ Answer: c

39. What is the correct file extension for a Swift file?

● a) .swift

● b) .swt

● c) .swf

● d) .xcode

✅ Answer: a

40. What function is used to handle memory warning in UIKit?

● a) didReceiveMemoryWarning()
● b) viewDidLoad()

● c) memoryLow()

● d) handleMemory()

✅ Answer: a

41. Which keyword in Swift prevents subclassing of a class?

● a) static

● b) weak

● c) final

● d) let

✅ Answer: c

42. What is the correct way to define an enum in Swift?

● a) enum Colors { case Red, Green }

● b) enum Colors = [Red, Green]

● c) var Colors = enum { Red, Green }

● d) class enum Colors { Red, Green }

✅ Answer: a

43. Which modifier is used to mark properties that should not be serialized?

● a) transient

● b) static

● c) private

● d) @NSManaged

✅ Answer: a

44. What is the purpose of Codable protocol in Swift?

● b) Background threading

● c) Encoding and decoding data

● d) Making network requests

✅ Answer: c

45. What is NavigationView used for in SwiftUI?

● a) Playing audio

● b) Displaying settings

● c) Providing navigation between views

● d) Drawing shapes

✅ Answer: c

46. Which method is used to dequeue a reusable cell in a UITableView?

● a) reuseCell(with:)

● b) dequeueCell()

● c) dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier:)

● d) getCell(identifier:)

✅ Answer: c

47. What is the correct syntax for a function with parameters in Swift?

● a) func greet(String name)

● b) function greet(name: String)

● c) func greet(name: String)

● d) greet func(String name)

✅ Answer: c
48. In SwiftUI, what does @Binding do?

● a) Binds data to a class

● b) Creates a constant

● c) Establishes a two-way data link

● d) Prevents updates to a variable

✅ Answer: c

49. What is the main use of Combine framework in iOS?

● a) Image rendering

● b) Audio playback

● c) Declarative data binding and reactive programming

● d) Push notifications

✅ Answer: c

50. What function triggers navigation in UIKit?

● a) present()

● b) navigate()

● c) show()

● d) pushViewController(_:animated:)

✅ Answer: d

51. Which lifecycle method is called just before the view disappears?

● a) viewDidDisappear()

● b) viewWillDisappear()

● c) viewDidLoad()

● d) loadView()
✅ Answer: b

52. What will happen if a strong reference cycle is not resolved?

● a) Faster performance

● b) Runtime crash

● c) Memory leak

● d) App automatically frees memory

✅ Answer: c

53. What type of value can an optional hold?

● a) Only strings

● b) Only integers

● c) nil or a value

● d) Only non-nil values

✅ Answer: c

54. What is the use of guard statement in Swift?

● a) Handling UI layout

● b) Ensuring conditions are met before proceeding

● c) Starting a network request

● d) Looping over collections

✅ Answer: b

55. What does lazy keyword do in Swift?

● a) Declares static methods

● b) Delays initialization until first use

● c) Creates uninitialized variables

✅ Answer: b

56. How can you prevent memory leaks when using closures in classes?

● a) Use unowned self or weak self

● b) Use strong self

● c) Use static keyword

● d) Avoid closures

✅ Answer: a

57. Which iOS concept allows multiple tasks to run in parallel?

● a) Auto Layout

● b) GCD (Grand Central Dispatch)

● c) UIKit

● d) Interface Builder

✅ Answer: b

58. Which of the following is a valid tuple in Swift?

● a) (String, Int)

● b) [String, Int]

● c) {String, Int}

● d) <String, Int>

✅ Answer: a

59. What is @Published used for in SwiftUI with ObservableObject?

● a) Publishing errors
● b) Handling UI layout

● c) Automatically notifying views of data changes

● d) Archiving models

✅ Answer: c

60. What does fatalError() do?

● a) Logs a warning

● b) Silently ignores error

● c) Terminates app with a message

● d) Creates a UI error

✅ Answer: c