Computer Quiz - Part 1
1) 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
2) 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
3) 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
4) Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?
1) Santa Clara, California
2) Tucson, Arizona
3) Richmond, Virginia
4) Redmond, Washington
5) In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?
1) 1976
2) 1972
3) 1980
4) 1984
6) What was the first ARPANET message?
1) "lo"
2) "hello world"
3) "mary had a little lamb"
4) "cyberspace, the final frontier"
7) Where is the headquarters of Intel located?
1) Redmond, Washington
2) Tucson, Arizona
3) Santa Clara, California
4) Richmond, Virginia
8) In which year was MIDI introduced?
1) 1987
2) 1983
3) 1973
4) 1977
9) '.BAK' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Backup file
2) Audio file
3) Animation/movie file
4) MS Encarta document
10) '.MPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) WordPerfect Document file
2) MS Office document
3) Animation/movie file
4) Image file
11) '.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
12) '.BAT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Compressed Archive file
2) System file
3) Audio file
4) Backup file
13) '.JPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) System file
2) Animation/movie file
3) MS Encarta document
4) Image file
14) '.MOV' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Image file
2) Animation/movie file
3) Audio file
4) MS Office document
15) '.TXT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Text File
2) Image file
3) Audio file
4) Adobe Acrobat file
16) '.TMP' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Compressed Archive file
2) Image file
3) Temporary file
4) Audio file
17) Who created Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?
1) Paul Zimmerman
2) Tim Berners-Lee
3) Marc Andreessen
4) Ken Thompson
18) 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
19) Who co-created the UNIX operating system in 1969 with Dennis Ritchie?
1) Bjarne Stroustrup
2) Steve Wozniak
3) Ken Thompson
4) Niklaus Wirth
20) 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
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