Computer Quiz - Part 2
1) Who built the world's first binary digit computer: Z1...?
1) Konrad Zuse
2) Ken Thompson
3) Alan Turing
4) George Boole
2) Who developed Yahoo?
1) Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson
2) David Filo & Jerry Yang
3) Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
4) Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
3) 'DB' computer abbreviation usually means ?
1) Database
2) Double Byte
3) Data Block
4) Driver Boot
4) 'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?
1) Order of Significance
2) Open Software
3) Operating System
4) Optical Sensor
5) 'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?
1) Digital Transmission Protocol
2) DeskTop Publishing
3) Data Type Programming
4) Document Type Processing
6) 'CD' computer abbreviation usually means ?
1) Command Description
2) Change Data
3) Copy Density
4) Compact Disc
7) What is the term to ask the computer to put information in order numerically or alphabetically?
1) Crop
2) Report
3) Record
4) Sort
8) 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
9) 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
10) What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?
1) Report
2) Field
3) Record
4) File
11) The window which shows icons for things like the mouse, sound, and display is...?
1) My Computer
2) Explorer
3) Control Panel
4) Taskbar
12) On the Task bar the time is shown in the...?
1) Start menu
2) Scrollbar
3) Desktop
4) Notification area or Tray
13) 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
14) 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
15) 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
16) 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
17) 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
18) The letters, "DOS" stand for...
1) Data Out System
2) Disk Out System
3) Disk Operating System
4) Data Operating System
19) 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
20) 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
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