Tech Quiz

Question: The sampling rate, (how many samples per second are stored) for a CD is...?
1) 48.4 kHz
2) 22,050 Hz
3) 44.1 kHz
4) 48 kHz
Computers Quiz, Electronics Quiz, Technology Quiz
Question: Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many
minutes of music?
1) 74 mins
2) 56 mins
3) 60 mins
4) 90 mins
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Question: The base 10 (or decimal - our normal way of counting) number 65535 is
represented in hexadecimal as...?
1) 0xFFFFF
2) 0xFFFF
3) 0xFFF
4) 0xFFFFFF
Computers Quiz
Question: Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?
1) Santa Clara, California
2) Tucson, Arizona
3) Richmond, Virginia
4) Redmond, Washington
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Question: In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?
1) 1976
2) 1972
3) 1980
4) 1984
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Question: What was the first ARPANET message?
1) "lo"
2) "hello world"
3) "mary had a little lamb"
4) "cyberspace, the final frontier"
Question: Where is the headquarters of Intel located?
1) Redmond, Washington
2) Tucson, Arizona
3) Santa Clara, California
4) Richmond, Virginia
Question: In which year was MIDI introduced?
1) 1987
2) 1983
3) 1973
4) 1977
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Question: '.BAK' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Backup file
2) Audio file
3) Animation/movie file
4) MS Encarta document
Question: '.MPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) WordPerfect Document file
2) MS Office document
4) Image file
Question: '.INI' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Image file
2) System file
3) Hypertext related file
4) Image Color Matching Profile file
Question: '.BAT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Compressed Archive file
2) System file
3) Audio file
4) Backup file
Question: '.JPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) System file
3) MS Encarta document
4) Image file
Question: '.MOV' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Image file
3) Audio file
4) MS Office document
Question: '.TXT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Text File
2) Image file
3) Audio file
4) Adobe Acrobat file
Question: '.TMP' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Compressed Archive file
2) Image file
3) Temporary file
4) Audio file
Question: Who created Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?
1) Paul Zimmerman
2) Tim Berners-Lee
3) Marc Andreessen
4) Ken Thompson
Question: Who co-founded Hotmail in 1996 and then sold the company to Microsoft?
1) Shawn Fanning
2) Ada Byron Lovelace
3) Sabeer Bhatia
4) Ray Tomlinson
Question: Who co-created the UNIX operating system in 1969 with Dennis Ritchie?
1) Bjarne Stroustrup
2) Steve Wozniak
3) Ken Thompson
4) Niklaus Wirth
Question: Who is largely responsible for breaking the German Enigma codes, created a
test that provided a foundation for artificial intelligence?
1) Alan Turing
2) Jeff Bezos
3) George Boole
4) Charles Babbage uestion: Who built the world's first binary digit computer: Z1...?
1) Konrad Zuse
2) Ken Thompson
3) Alan Turing
4) George Boole
Question: Who developed Yahoo?
1) Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson
2) David Filo & Jerry Yang
3) Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
4) Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
Question: 'DB' computer abbreviation usually means ?
1) Database
2) Double Byte
3) Data Block
4) Driver Boot
Question: 'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?
1) Order of Significance
2) Open Software
3) Operating System
4) Optical Sensor
Question: 'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?
1) Digital Transmission Protocol
2) DeskTop Publishing
3) Data Type Programming
4) Document Type Processing
Question: 'CD' computer abbreviation usually means ?
1) Command Description
2) Change Data
3) Copy Density
4) Compact Disc
Question: What is the term to ask the computer to put information in order numerically
or alphabetically?
1) Crop
2) Report
3) Record
4) Sort
Question: What do we call a network whose elements may be separated by some
distance? It usually involves two or more small networks and dedicated high-speed
telephone lines.
1) URL (Universal Resource Locator)
2) LAN (Local Area Network)
3) WAN (Wide Area Network)
4) World Wide Web
Question: What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within
a limited distance of each other and that are connected to each other directly or
indirectly?
1) Inernet
2) Interanet
3) Local Area Network
4) Wide Area Network
Question: What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?
1) Report
2) Field
3) Record
4) File
Question: The window which shows icons for things like the mouse, sound, and display
is...?
1) My Computer
2) Explorer
3) Control Panel
4) Taskbar
Computers Quiz
Question: On the Task bar the time is shown in the...?
1) Start menu
2) Scrollbar
3) Desktop
4) Notification area or Tray
Computers Quiz
Question: Experts say the healthiest way to view a computer monitor is by...
1) Placing it 18 to 30 inches away from your eyes
2) Viewing from a darkened room
3) Adjusting the screen for maximum contrast
4) Using special glasses that filter out UV rays
Computer Quiz, Technology Quiz
Question: A dual-layer DVD is valued because it:
1) Can hold more data
2) Contains a backup of the data stored
3) Uses a second layer to offer a speed increase
4) Creates alternative sound tracks
Question: A JPG is...
1) A Jumper Programmed Graphic
2) A format for an image file
3) A type of hard disk
4) A unit of measure for memory
Question: Windows Vista, the eventual replacement for Windows XP, will demand more
from a computer. Which of the following statements is correct?
1) You'll need at least 512 megabytes of RAM
2) A separate graphics card, rather than onboard graphics, will be required
3) A DVD drive is needed
4) All the above
Question: Your computer has gradually slowed down. What's the most likely cause?
1) Overheating
2) Your processor chip is just getting old
3) Adware/spyware is infecting your PC
4) You dropped a sandwich in your computer
Question: The letters, "DOS" stand for...
1) Data Out System
2) Disk Out System
3) Disk Operating System
4) Data Operating System
Question: Changing computer language of 1's and 0's to characters that a person can
understand is...
1) Highlight
2) Clip art
3) Decode
4) Execute
Question: Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often
added later to the system.
1) Peripheral
2) Clip art
3) Highlight
4) Execute
Question: The main computer that stores the files that can be sent to computers that are
networked together is...
1) Clip art
2) Mother board
3) Peripheral
4) File server
Question: To select text by shading as you drag the mouse arrow over the text is known
as...
1) Clip art
2) To highlight
3) To fetch
4) To decode
Question: Another word for the CPU is...
1) Execute
2) Microprocessor
3) Micro chip
4) Decode
Question: Which of these is not a computer?
1) Aptiva
2) Macintosh
3) Acorn
4) Paseo
Question: Which was an early mainframe computer?
1) ENIAC
2) UNIC
3) BRAINIA
4) FUNTRIA
Question: Which of the following is not a programming language?
1) Basic
2) Java
3) Turing
4) C#
Question: RAM stands for...
1) Random Access Memory
2) Really Annoying Machine
3) Read A Manual
4) Real Absolute Memory
Question: How many bits is a byte?
1) 4
2) 8
3) 16
4) 32
Question: Which of the following is NOT a type of expansion slot or bus design used in
Advanced-Technology class systems?
1) PCMCIA
2) ISA
3) PROM
4) EISA
Question: Which company created the most used networking software in the 1980's
1) Microsoft
2) Sun
3) IBM
4) Novell
Question: Which Intel chip was the first to support a 32-bit bus architecture?
1) 486SI
2) Pentium
3) 286
4) 386DX
Question: Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM?
1) OS-2
2) Windows
3) DOS
4) UNIX
Question: What was the clock speed of the original IBM PC?
1) Less than 5 MHz
2) 10 MHz
3) 8 MHz
4) Just over 16 MHz
Question: The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity
of this disk?
1) 20 MB
2) 1.44 MB
3) 10 MB
4) 750 KB
Question: Which of the following word processors came first?
1) WordPerfect
2) Lotus Notes
3) MS Word
4) WordStar
Question: On what date was the debut of the first IBM Personal Computer?
1) August 12, 1981
2) January 21 1979
3) August 21, 1980
4) January 12, 1982
Question: The Central Processing Unit is an embeded chip that acts as the 'brains' of a
computer. What Intel chip was used in the Altair (the first real personal computer)?
1) 6502
2) 8080
3) 6400
4) 8286
Question: The invention of the transistor, or semiconductor, was one of the most
important developments leading to the personal computer revolution. What company
invented the transistor in 1947?
1) International Business Machines
2) MITS
3) Xerox
4) Bell Laboratories
Question: This virus activated every Friday the 13th, affects both .EXE and .COM files
and deletes any programs run on that day. What is the name of that virus?
1) Chernobyl
2) Jerusalem
3) Melissa
4) I Love You
Question: In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus?
1990
2) 1995
3) 1988
4) 1997
Question: A computer virus that actively attacks an anti-virus program or programs in an
effort to prevent detection is...
1) Worm
2) Retrovirus
3) Trojan
4) Ghost virus
Question: A program that neither replicates or copies itself, but does damage or
compromises the security of the computer. Which 'Computer Virus' it is?
1) Joke Program
2) Worm
3) Trojan
4) Hoax
Question: Which of these is a documented hoax virus?
1) McDonalds screensaver
2) Alien.worm
3) Merry Xmas
4) Adolph
Question: In 1983, which person was the first to offer a definition of the term 'computer
virus'?
1) McAfee
2) Smith
3) Cohen
4) Norton
Question: What is RISC?
1) Remodeled Interface System Computer
2) Remote Intranet Secured Connection
3) Runtime Instruction Set Compiler
4) Reduced Instruction Set Computer
Question: What is a GPU?
1) Grouped Processing Unit
2) Graphics Processing Unit
3) Graphical Performance Utility
4) Graphical Portable Unit
Question: What does ECP stand for?
1) Extended Capabilities Port
2) Extra Compatible Part
3) Extended Connection Port
4) External Cordless Peripheral
What is TTL?
1) Technical Talk Language
2) Transparent Transfer Layer
3) Time To Live
4) True Technology Lives
What is FMD?
1) FastEthernet Measuring Device
2) Flashing Media Diode
3) Fluorescent Multi-Layer Disc
4) Flash Media Driver
What does DOCSIS stand for?
1) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
2) Data Over Cable Security Internet Std
3) Data Over Cable Secure International Stds
4) Data Over Cable Service Internet Standard
What is VCM?
1) Virtual Connection Manager
2) Virtual Channel Memory
3) Voice Controlled Modem
4) Voice Communications Module
: What is NAT?
1) Network Address Translation
2) Network Administration Tool
3) Novell Address Transfer
4) Newly Added Technology
What is a NIC?
1) Netware Intranet Controller
2) No Internet Connection
3) Network Interface Card
4) Network Interference Control
What is a MAC?
1) A Computer made by Apple
2) Memory Address Corruption
3) Mediocre Apple Computer
4) Media Access Control
: What does PPTP stand for?
1) Point to Point Transmission Protocol
2) Point to Point Transfer Protocol
3) Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
4) Point to Point Traffic Protocol
What is LCP?
1) Local Connection Protocol
2) Lost Connection Problem
3) Link Control Protocol
4) Laggy Connection Problem
What does SSL stand for?
1) Secure Socket Layer
2) System Socket Layer
3) Superuser System Login
4) Secure System Login
What does ICMP stand for?1) Internet Connection Modem Protocol
2) Intranet Control Message Program
3) Internal Conflict Management Program
4) Internet Control Message Protocol
Question: The purpose of choke in tube light is ?
1) To decrease the current

2) To increase the current
3) To decrease the voltage momentarily
4) To increase the voltage momentarily
In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?
1) 1850s
2) 1880s
3) 1930s
4) 1950s
I n which decade was the Internet first implemented?
1) 1940s
2) 1950s
3) 1960s
4) 1980s
Question: A DV camcorder is...
1) Capable of creating video in HDTV

2) Used to create digital video
3) Limited to the Direct Video format
4) A Denon Video brand product
Question: When discussing technology, a hot spot is...
1) A small overheated area on a CPU

2) A place served by public wireless access
3) Jargon for an X-rated Web site
4) A faulty area in the programming code
Question: A coating of dust on a computer's main circuit boards has this probable consequence->
1) Overheating
2) Short circuits
3) Slower hard disk
4) None
Question: What Designates where the next action occurs?
1) Decode
2) Highlight
3) Select
4) Mother board
Question: Another word for 'Graphics for a word processor'?
1) Peripheral
2) Clip art
3) Highlight
4) Execute
Question: Which of these is not a computer?
1) Aptiva
2) Macintosh
3) Acorn
4) Paseo
Question: Which is not an internet protocol?
1) HTTP
2) FTP
3) STP
4) IP
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Question: The sampling rate, (how many samples per second are stored) for a CD is...?

Question: The purpose of choke in tube light is ?

1) To decrease the current

In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?

I n which decade was the Internet first implemented?

Question: A DV camcorder is...

1) Capable of creating video in HDTV

Question: When discussing technology, a hot spot is...

1) A small overheated area on a CPU

Question: What Designates where the next action occurs?

Question: Another word for 'Graphics for a word processor'?

Question: Which of these is not a computer?

Question: Which is not an internet protocol?

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