Computer Scavenger Hunt
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Read all of the questions carefully. Using the Internet as a research tool, search for the answers to all of the following questions. This hunt will make you more knowledgeable about computer technology.
- 1.What was the ENIAC?
- A.
The first general-purpose, electronic computer. It was a digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems.
- B.
chess-playing computer developed by IBM. On May 11, 1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to one with three draws against world champion Garry Kasparov.
- C.
A fictional military computer featured in the movie WarGames and its sequel.
- 2.Ada Byron wrote the second computer program ever written.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.What does MODEM stand for?
- A.
Modern Demographicer
- B.
Modulator-Demodulator
- C.
Mass Operation Electronic Manager
- 4.What is a bit?
- A.
A unit of measurement of information
- B.
A small amount of something
- C.
A computer program
- 5.How any bits make up 1 byte?
- A.
8
- B.
16
- C.
32
- 6.How many bytes in a kilobyte?
- A.
1024
- B.
About 10000
- C.
About 100000
- 7.How many kilobytes in a megabyte?
- A.
1024
- B.
1000
- C.
10000
- 8.How many Megabytes in a Gigabyte?
- A.
555
- B.
1024
- C.
9878
- 9.How many Gigabytes in a Terabyte?
- A.
Way too many
- B.
Not enough
- C.
1024
- 10.In one word, define a computer "Trojan Horse".
- 11.When did Tim Berners-Lee invent the internet?
- A.
1999
- B.
1979
- C.
1989
- 12.What is Project Gutenberg?
- 13.What was the first document from Project Gutenberg?
- A.
The Preamble to the Constitution
- B.
The Declaration of Independence
- C.
Michael Jackson's diary
- 14.How many megabytes of information can an audio CD hold?
- A.
70
- B.
700
- C.
7000
- 15.What "handy" invention did Douglas Englebart create?
- 16.Three examples of computer peripherals are...
- A.
Keyboard, mouse, monitor
- B.
Scanner, mouse, software
- C.
Speakers, keyboard, internet
- 17.Other than humans, what other mammals can use computers?
- 18.Who invented the QWERTY keyboard?
- 19.In what year was Google created?
- A.
1998
- B.
2001
- C.
1989
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