COMPUTERs QUIZ

1. Which of the following is not a programming language?

Basic

Java

HTML

C#

Turing

2. Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system. 1)
2)
3)
4)

Execute

Highlight

Clip art

Peripheral

None of these

3. Who developed Yahoo?

Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson

David Filo & Jerry Yang

Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn

Steve Case & Jeff Bezos

None of the above

4. Who is largely responsible for breaking the German Enigma codes, created a test that provided a foundation for artificial intelligence?

Jeff Bezos

George Boole

Charles Babbage

Alan Turing

None of the above

5. Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?

Santa Clara, California

Tucson, Arizona

Richmond, Virginia

Redmond, Washington

None of these

6. A dual-layer DVD is valued because it :

Can hold more data

Contains a backup of the data stored

Uses a second layer to offer a speed increase

Creates alternative sound tracks

All of the above

7. What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?

Report

Field

Record

File

Sector

8. What is NAT?

Network Address Translation

Network Administration Tool

Novell Address Transfer

Newly Added Technology

None of the above

9. The sampling rate, (how many samples per second are stored) for a CD is...?

48.4 kHz

22,050 Hz

44.1 kHz

48 kHz

49 kHz

10. Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM? 1)
2)
3)
4)

OS-2

Windows

DOS

UNIX

None of the above

11. Which of these is not a computer?

Paseo

Acorn

Macintosh

Aptiva

All of the above

12. Which of the following word processors came first? 1)
2)
3)
4)

WordStar

WordPerfect

MS Word

Lotus Notes

Word pad

13. In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?

1976

1974

1980

1984

1972

14. Which Intel chip was the first to support a 32-bit bus architecture?

386DX

286

Pentium

486SI

None of these

15. In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus? 1) 1990
2) 1995
3) 1988
4) 1997

1994

1995

1988

1990

1997

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Computers Quiz

1. Which of the following is not a programming language?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system. 1)
2)
3)
4)

3. Who developed Yahoo?

4. Who is largely responsible for breaking the German Enigma codes, created a test that provided a foundation for artificial intelligence?

5. Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?

6. A dual-layer DVD is valued because it :

7. What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?

8. What is NAT?

9. The sampling rate, (how many samples per second are stored) for a CD is...?

10. Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM? 1)
2)
3)
4)

11. Which of these is not a computer?

12. Which of the following word processors came first? 1)
2)
3)
4)

13. In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?

14. Which Intel chip was the first to support a 32-bit bus architecture?

15. In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus? 1) 1990
2) 1995
3) 1988
4) 1997

Computers Quiz

1. Which of the following is not a programming language?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system. 1) 2) 3)4)

3. Who developed Yahoo?

4. Who is largely responsible for breaking the German Enigma codes, created a test that provided a foundation for artificial intelligence?

5. Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?

6. A dual-layer DVD is valued because it :

7. What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?

8. What is NAT?

9. The sampling rate, (how many samples per second are stored) for a CD is...?

10. Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM? 1) 2)3) 4)

11. Which of these is not a computer?

12. Which of the following word processors came first? 1) 2) 3) 4)

13. In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?

14. Which Intel chip was the first to support a 32-bit bus architecture?

15. In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus? 1) 1990 2) 1995 3) 1988 4) 1997

2. Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system. 1)
2)
3)
4)

10. Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM? 1)
2)
3)
4)

12. Which of the following word processors came first? 1)
2)
3)
4)

15. In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus? 1) 1990
2) 1995
3) 1988
4) 1997