Can You Pass This Computer Vocabulary Test?
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Can you pass this basic computer quiz? Having some basic computer knowledge is a desirable skill in the world today as computers are being used in every field. If you ate feeling like you have enough knowledge about computers so far be sure to take up the quiz. All the best, and keep looking for avenues to test your understanding.
- 1.An email which has been subscribed to but is often unread for a long period of time possibly never is called?
- A.
A toy
- B.
Your breakfast
- C.
A Hyperlink
- D.
BACN
- E.
None of these
- 2.What does a screen shot do?
- A.
To put a picture as your background
- B.
Print a picture off the internet
- C.
Saves information
- D.
Takes a picture of a computer screen to copy somewhere else
- E.
None of these
- 3.What is a dashboard?
- A.
A keyboard
- B.
a web-based technology page with information from various sources.
- C.
A letter
- D.
Something like a ghost
- E.
None of these
- 4.A laser is a _____________________.
- A.
Ray gun to shot aliens with
- B.
Beam of light used for pointing at things instead of using your finger
- C.
A sonic light used for playing with cats and dog
- D.
The name of a keyboard
- E.
None of these
- 5.A game boy is
- A.
A small portable gaming system.
- B.
A male child who likes to play video games
- C.
The first gaming system
- D.
The name of an online video game
- E.
None of these
- 6.A geek is
- A.
A person who is really into computers
- B.
A person who is a member of a glee club
- C.
A person who is very athletic
- D.
A person who was born in Greece
- E.
None of these
- 7.A small camera that is attached to a laptop or computer is called?
- A.
A mouse
- B.
A screen shot
- C.
Read only memory
- D.
A monitor
- E.
A web cam
- 8.A combination camera, phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device made by Apple Inc is called?
- A.
None of these
- B.
Web cam
- C.
Iphone
- D.
Mp3
- E.
Dashboard
- 9.When your software crashes, what is it called?
- A.
A Hyperlink
- B.
An Offline
- C.
An RAM
- D.
An Abend
- E.
An Access
- 10.What is an E-Mail Bomb?
- A.
Sending a smelly email
- B.
Sending lots of unwanted e-mails to an address
- C.
Electronic mail
- D.
Retrieving a previously sent email before it is read
- E.
None of these
- 11.When you’re not working on the internet, what is this called?
- A.
Connected
- B.
Online
- C.
Offline
- D.
Jolt
- E.
CPU
- 12.True or False. You lose ram memory when you turn off the CPU?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.True or False Hacking is when someone who breaks into your computer without your permission.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- C.
I don't know
- D.
none of these
- E.
all of these
- 14.What is an MP3 used for?
- A.
Shaving
- B.
Playing Music
- C.
Video Making
- D.
Making Phone Calls
- E.
None of these
- 15.A long cable that can connect computers labs together is called?
- A.
Homerow
- B.
None of these
- C.
Network
- D.
Data lane
- E.
Back bone
- 16.What is a jolt?
- A.
It is friction
- B.
It freezes your computer
- C.
It is a vitamin drink
- D.
Is getting hit by lightning
- E.
None of these
- 17.How is a database is sorted?
- A.
By a key
- B.
By a button
- C.
By a name
- D.
By a file
- E.
None of these
- 18.What's at the beginning or end of a data transmission?
- A.
A screen
- B.
A hacker
- C.
A button
- D.
A tag
- E.
An address
- 19.An example of a shortcut used in chats or emails is?
- A.
None of these
- B.
LULU
- C.
AAAL
- D.
PIPO
- E.
QWE
- 20.When you want to make an icon or file disappear you would drag it to the _________________?
- A.
Internet Explorer
- B.
Internal hard drive
- C.
Random access memory
- D.
None of these
- E.
Recycling bin
- 21.When a wave frequency exceeds 20,000 hertz it is called _______?
- A.
None of these
- B.
A mega sound
- C.
Very loud
- D.
A sonic boom
- E.
A ultrasound
- 22.What is a nano?
- A.
Shaving
- B.
Logging on
- C.
A type of computer chip
- D.
A billionth of a minute
- E.
None of these
- 23.What is used to scan copies of pictures?
- A.
A printer
- B.
A keyboard
- C.
A mouse
- D.
A scanner
- E.
All of these
- 24.A very high energy electromagnetic radiation such as X-rays are called_____________________.
- 25.A cracker is someone who?
- A.
Sends an email
- B.
Has his own social networking site
- C.
Logins to a computer
- D.
Hacks into a computer
- E.
None of these
- 26.A term to describe when an image has been displaying too long, resulting in a permanent "ghost" image being burned into the screen is called shadow burn.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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