Blockchain Forks MCQs September 29, 2025 by u930973931_answers 50Score: 0Attempted: 0/50Subscribe1. : What is a blockchain fork? (A) A type of mining hardware (B) A split in the blockchain due to protocol changes (C) A wallet upgrade (D) A new consensus mechanism 2. : Which fork creates a permanent divergence in the blockchain? (A) Hard Fork (B) Soft Fork (C) Light Fork (D) Temporary Fork 3. : Which fork is backward-compatible? (A) Side Fork (B) Soft Fork (C) Hard Fork (D) Parallel Fork 4. : Which fork led to the creation of Bitcoin Cash? (A) Ethereum Fork (B) Bitcoin Hard Fork of 2017 (C) Dash Fork (D) Litecoin Fork 5. : What is the main reason forks occur? (A) Differences in consensus rules (B) Mining difficulty adjustments (C) Exchange rates (D) Wallet malfunctions 6. : Which fork happens when two miners find a block simultaneously? (A) Temporary Fork (B) Consensus Fork (C) Soft Fork (D) Protocol Fork 7. : Ethereum’s hard fork after the DAO hack created which new blockchain? (A) Ethereum Classic (B) Litecoin (C) Ripple (D) Dash 8. : Which fork requires all nodes to upgrade to the new rules? (A) Soft Fork (B) Light Fork (C) Hard Fork (D) Relay Fork 9. : Which type of fork can lead to two separate cryptocurrencies? (A) Soft Fork (B) Temporary Fork (C) Hard Fork (D) Silent Fork 10. : What does a soft fork usually enforce? (A) Stricter rules (B) Looser rules (C) Mining only (D) Coin burning 11. : Bitcoin SegWit upgrade is an example of a: (A) Hard Fork (B) Temporary Fork (C) Soft Fork (D) Side Chain 12. : What is a user-activated soft fork (UASF)? (A) A fork triggered by wallets (B) A soft fork enforced by full node operators (C) A fork created by miners only (D) A fork for private blockchains 13. : What is the purpose of forks in blockchain? (A) Upgrade or change rules (B) Increase transaction fees (C) Reduce mining power (D) Centralize nodes 14. : Which fork created Bitcoin Gold? (A) Ethereum Fork (B) 2017 Bitcoin Hard Fork (C) Litecoin Fork (D) Ripple Fork 15. : Which type of fork does not split the chain permanently? (A) Hard Fork (B) Temporary Fork (C) Soft Fork (D) Orphan Fork 16. : Which blockchain had a major fork leading to Ethereum Classic? (A) Bitcoin (B) Ethereum (C) Ripple (D) Stellar 17. : What is an accidental fork? (A) A fork created unintentionally due to simultaneous block creation (B) A deliberate upgrade (C) A governance vote (D) A centralized server error 18. : What do orphan blocks represent? (A) Blocks excluded from main chain (B) Blocks mined by masternodes (C) Blocks from private networks (D) Blocks holding only fees 19. : Which fork allows both old and new rules to coexist temporarily? (A) Soft Fork (B) Hard Fork (C) Temporary Fork (D) Side Fork 20. : Which fork usually causes the most debate in communities? (A) Temporary Fork (B) Hard Fork (C) Light Fork (D) Orphan Fork 21. : What is a chain split? (A) Another term for a hard fork (B) A wallet bug (C) A network attack (D) A mining upgrade 22. : Which fork can be reversed without major issues? (A) Soft Fork (B) Hard Fork (C) Permanent Fork (D) Parallel Fork 23. : Which type of fork often results in a new token distribution? (A) Hard Fork (B) Soft Fork (C) Temporary Fork (D) Consensus Fork 24. : Which fork is considered more flexible and less risky? (A) Soft Fork (B) Hard Fork (C) Temporary Fork (D) Relay Fork 25. : What is miner-activated soft fork (MASF)? (A) A soft fork signaled by mining majority (B) A fork controlled by governments (C) A fork created by wallets (D) A private blockchain fork 26. : Which fork type is used to reverse hacks or bugs? (A) Hard Fork (B) Soft Fork (C) Relay Fork (D) Temporary Fork 27. : Which fork in Bitcoin introduced replay protection? (A) Bitcoin Cash Fork (B) SegWit Soft Fork (C) Bitcoin Gold Fork (D) Lightning Fork 28. : What is replay protection in forks? (A) Preventing old transactions from being valid on new chain (B) Increasing block size (C) Removing miners from network (D) Changing consensus 29. : Which blockchain underwent multiple forks due to block size debates? (A) Bitcoin (B) Ripple (C) Stellar (D) Cardano 30. : Which fork was caused by disagreement over block size limit? (A) Bitcoin Cash Fork (B) Ethereum Classic Fork (C) Litecoin Fork (D) Dash Fork 31. : Which fork resulted in Bitcoin SV? (A) SegWit Soft Fork (B) Split from Bitcoin Cash (C) Ethereum Fork (D) Ripple Fork 32. : What is the main risk of frequent hard forks? (A) Fragmentation of community (B) Faster transactions (C) Increased adoption (D) Better consensus 33. : Which fork is more disruptive to the blockchain? (A) Hard Fork (B) Soft Fork (C) Temporary Fork (D) Side Fork 34. : A fork that happens due to outdated software is called? (A) Accidental Fork (B) Protocol Fork (C) Consensus Fork (D) Silent Fork 35. : What is a contentious fork? (A) A fork with disagreement among community (B) A bug fix fork (C) A wallet-only upgrade (D) A short-lived fork 36. : Which fork introduced Schnorr signatures in Bitcoin? (A) Taproot Soft Fork (B) Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork (C) Lightning Fork (D) Ethereum Classic Fork 37. : Which fork can increase block size without splitting chain? (A) Soft Fork (B) Hard Fork (C) Side Fork (D) Parallel Fork 38. : Which fork can sometimes be called an upgrade fork? (A) Soft Fork (B) Hard Fork (C) Accidental Fork (D) Relay Fork 39. : What is the Ethereum London Hard Fork known for? (A) Introducing EIP-1559 fee burning (B) Creating Ethereum Classic (C) Doubling block size (D) Removing mining 40. : Which fork is temporary and resolves quickly by consensus? (A) Accidental Fork (B) Temporary Fork (C) Soft Fork (D) Relay Fork 41. : Which fork is required to change consensus mechanisms? (A) Hard Fork (B) Soft Fork (C) Orphan Fork (D) Side Fork 42. : Which fork allowed Ethereum’s transition towards Proof-of-Stake? (A) Ethereum Merge Hard Fork (B) DAO Hard Fork (C) London Hard Fork (D) SegWit Fork 43. : What is a sidechain fork? (A) A forked blockchain running parallel for experimentation (B) A temporary split (C) A bug in mining pool (D) A governance-only chain 44. : Which fork in Ethereum introduced proof-of-stake? (A) The Merge (B) DAO Fork (C) London Fork (D) Byzantium Fork 45. : Which fork type can lead to multiple competing chains? (A) Hard Fork (B) Soft Fork (C) Relay Fork (D) Temporary Fork 46. : What is the primary goal of a planned fork? (A) Implement improvements (B) Cause network attack (C) Split communities (D) Stop mining 47. : Which fork is considered safer for backward compatibility? (A) Soft Fork (B) Hard Fork (C) Orphan Fork (D) Relay Fork 48. : Which fork often needs majority community agreement? (A) Hard Fork (B) Temporary Fork (C) Accidental Fork (D) Silent Fork 49. : Which fork in Bitcoin reduced transaction malleability? (A) SegWit Soft Fork (B) Taproot Fork (C) Bitcoin Cash Fork (D) Bitcoin Gold Fork 50. : Which fork is associated with improved privacy in Bitcoin? (A) Taproot Soft Fork (B) Ethereum London Fork (C) Bitcoin Cash Fork (D) Ripple Fork