The Technical Assessment is the half of Round 1 that candidates least expect: 40 MCQs on MS Office, networking, security, cloud and pseudocode, sharing the 90-minute window with the cognitive questions. It is easy marks if you have seen the topics — and a blindside if you prepared only aptitude.
What the technical section covers
- Common applications & MS Office (≈12) — Excel ranges (B8:B10), pivot tables, Word track changes, PowerPoint slides, keyboard shortcuts
- Networking, Security & Cloud (≈10) — OSI layers, routers, subnetting, security attacks (e-mail bombing, ransomware, DoS), IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, DBMS concepts like ACID
- Pseudocode (≈18) — the biggest block; it has its own dedicated page
Practice Accenture technical questions
These questions are taken from memory-based Accenture papers. Click an option to check your answer.
What is the function of pivot tables in MS Excel?
What does the Track Changes feature do in MS Word?
An attack in which the user receives an unwanted amount of emails is:
Two evenings of revision cover this section: one for MS Office (open Excel and actually try ranges, pivot tables and shortcuts) and one for networking flash-cards — OSI layer functions, common attacks, and one example each of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
Now tackle the biggest technical block: Accenture pseudocode questions.