Smart Contracts MCQs September 29, 2025 by u930973931_answers 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. : What is a smart contract? (A) A legal paper contract (B) A self-executing contract with code on blockchain (C) A digital PDF file (D) A centralized server agreement 2. : Who first proposed the idea of smart contracts? (A) Vitalik Buterin (B) Nick Szabo (C) Satoshi Nakamoto (D) Gavin Wood 3. : On which blockchain were smart contracts first widely used? (A) Bitcoin (B) Ethereum (C) Ripple (D) Litecoin 4. : Which programming language is commonly used for Ethereum smart contracts? (A) Python (B) Solidity (C) Rust (D) Go 5. : What is the main advantage of smart contracts? (A) Centralized control (B) Automation and trustless execution (C) Paper-based record keeping (D) Free cloud storage 6. : What happens once a smart contract is deployed on Ethereum? (A) It can be easily changed (B) It becomes immutable (C) It is stored off-chain (D) It is deleted after execution 7. : Which of the following is a disadvantage of smart contracts? (A) Transparency (B) Automation (C) Code bugs can cause financial loss (D) Decentralization 8. : Which Ethereum upgrade introduced improved smart contract efficiency with gas fees? (A) SegWit (B) EIP-1559 London Hard Fork (C) Taproot (D) DAO Fork 9. : Smart contracts execute on which type of network? (A) Centralized network (B) Peer-to-peer blockchain network (C) Local network (D) Private server 10. : Which component of Ethereum directly runs smart contracts? (A) Wallets (B) Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) (C) Miners only (D) Exchanges 11. : Which industry benefits from smart contracts for supply chain tracking? (A) Healthcare only (B) Finance only (C) Logistics and supply chain (D) None 12. : Which blockchain uses the Plutus language for smart contracts? (A) Solana (B) Cardano (C) Bitcoin (D) Ripple 13. : Which feature ensures smart contracts cannot be tampered with once deployed? (A) Central authority control (B) Immutability of blockchain (C) Use of off-chain databases (D) Deletion of code 14. : Which platform is known for scalable smart contracts using Rust language? (A) Solana (B) Bitcoin (C) Ethereum (D) Ripple 15. : What is a common use case of smart contracts in finance? (A) Automated loans and DeFi protocols (B) Paper-based auditing (C) Currency printing (D) Manual settlement 16. : Which of these is a risk in smart contracts? (A) Gas fees (B) Hacking vulnerabilities in code (C) Instant transactions (D) Blockchain immutability 17. : Which Ethereum token standard is based on smart contracts? (A) ERC-20 (B) SHA-256 (C) SegWit (D) XRP 18. : In smart contracts, “gas” refers to: (A) Real fuel costs (B) Fee required to execute operations (C) Mining rewards (D) Node synchronization 19. : Which layer of blockchain technology directly enables smart contracts? (A) Consensus layer (B) Application layer (C) Transport layer (D) Physical layer 20. : What is an oracle in smart contracts? (A) A centralized wallet (B) A tool that provides off-chain data to contracts (C) A type of miner (D) A gas optimization method 21. : Which company developed the Solidity programming language? (A) Ripple Labs (B) Ethereum Foundation (C) Google (D) Hyperledger 22. : Which blockchain supports smart contracts with CosmWasm? (A) Bitcoin (B) Cosmos (C) Litecoin (D) Ripple 23. : Which property ensures smart contracts execute exactly as programmed? (A) Transparency (B) Deterministic execution (C) Centralization (D) Off-chain processing 24. : What does DeFi rely on heavily for automation? (A) Banks (B) Smart contracts (C) Central servers (D) Paper contracts 25. : Which consensus mechanism initially powered Ethereum smart contracts? (A) Proof of Authority (B) Proof of Work (C) Proof of Stake (D) Delegated Proof of Stake 26. : Which smart contract error led to Ethereum’s DAO hard fork in 2016? (A) Bug in code exploited by hackers (B) High gas fee (C) Network congestion (D) Wrong consensus mechanism 27. : Which blockchain uses Move language for smart contracts? (A) Libra/Diem (B) Ethereum (C) Ripple (D) Litecoin 28. : What is a multi-signature smart contract? (A) Requires multiple parties’ approval to execute (B) Only one wallet signs (C) A contract with no parties (D) Paper-based signatories 29. : Which blockchain introduced CosmWasm smart contracts? (A) Stellar (B) Cosmos (C) Ripple (D) Tezos 30. : Which standard is used for Ethereum NFTs via smart contracts? (A) ERC-721 (B) ERC-20 (C) ERC-1155 (D) ERC-998 31. : Which blockchain uses Michelson as its smart contract language? (A) Cardano (B) Tezos (C) Ethereum (D) Polkadot 32. : What is the role of bytecode in smart contracts? (A) Human-readable scripts (B) Machine-level instructions for EVM (C) Wallet recovery codes (D) Transaction receipts 33. : Which DeFi activity is most reliant on smart contracts? (A) Yield farming and liquidity pools (B) Physical banking (C) Offline auditing (D) Fiat transfers 34. : What ensures fairness in execution of smart contracts? (A) Random selection (B) Consensus rules of blockchain (C) Manual review (D) Central authority approval 35. : Which blockchain supports smart contracts through Substrate framework? (A) Polkadot (B) Litecoin (C) Ripple (D) Bitcoin 36. : Smart contracts reduce the need for: (A) Intermediaries (B) Blockchain (C) Gas fees (D) Cryptography 37. : Which blockchain upgrade is known for introducing sharding to support smart contracts scalability? (A) Ethereum 2.0 (B) Bitcoin Taproot (C) SegWit (D) Lightning Network 38. : Which language is also used in Hyperledger Fabric chaincode? (A) Go (B) Rust (C) Solidity (D) Python only 39. : Which blockchain supports Cairo language for smart contracts? (A) StarkNet (B) Ripple (C) Litecoin (D) EOS 40. : What is gas limit in smart contracts? (A) Maximum fuel cost of miners (B) Maximum computational steps a transaction can consume (C) Highest validator reward (D) Number of tokens in wallet 41. : Which smart contract platform uses Ink! programming language? (A) Polkadot (B) Bitcoin (C) Cardano (D) Solana 42. : Which blockchain supports smart contracts in Clarity language? (A) Stacks (on Bitcoin) (B) Ethereum (C) Ripple (D) Monero 43. : What is a DAO in terms of smart contracts? (A) Decentralized Autonomous Organization (B) Digital Account Ownership (C) Distributed Asset Operation (D) Dynamic Access Oracle 44. : Which protocol allows smart contracts to communicate across blockchains? (A) Interoperability protocols (B) Proof of Work (C) Block explorers (D) Lightning channels 45. : Which blockchain supports Pact smart contracts? (A) Kadena (B) Ripple (C) Litecoin (D) Dash 46. : Which tool is commonly used to test and deploy Ethereum smart contracts? (A) Truffle Suite (B) Apache Hadoop (C) Oracle Database (D) MongoDB 47. : Which blockchain is popular for energy-efficient smart contracts? (A) Tezos (B) Bitcoin (C) Litecoin (D) Dogecoin 48. : What ensures transparency of smart contracts? (A) Open-source code on blockchain (B) Central bank approval (C) Private servers (D) Paper audits 49. : Which blockchain uses Sophia language for smart contracts? (A) Aeternity (B) Ripple (C) Ethereum (D) Solana 50. : What is the ultimate goal of smart contracts in blockchain ecosystems? (A) Automating trust and reducing intermediaries (B) Increasing paper contracts (C) Replacing all cryptography (D) Limiting decentralization