General Awareness: Technology And You
This quiz is about technology created on Aug-18-2011
- 1.In which decade was the AIEE (now the IEEE) founded?
- A.
1850s
- B.
1880s
- C.
1930s
- D.
1950s
- 2.What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?
- A.
Report
- B.
Field
- C.
Record
- D.
File
- 3.'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?
- A.
Order of Significance
- B.
Open Software
- C.
Operating System
- D.
Optical Sensor
- 4.In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?
- A.
1850s
- B.
1860s
- C.
1870s
- D.
1900s
- 5.'.MOV' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
- A.
Image file
- B.
Animation/movie file
- C.
Audio file
- D.
MS Office document
- 6.In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?
- A.
1950s
- B.
1960s
- C.
1970s
- D.
1980s
- 7.Most modern TV's draw power even if turned off. The circuit the power is used in does what function?
- A.
Sound
- B.
Remote control
- C.
Color balance
- D.
High voltage
- 8.Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?
- A.
Flash
- B.
Flange
- C.
Fury
- D.
FRAM
- 9.The purpose of choke in tube light is ?
- A.
To decrease the current
- B.
To increase the current
- C.
To decrease the voltage momentarily
- D.
To increase the voltage momentarily
- 10.'.MPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
- A.
WordPerfect Document file
- B.
MS Office document
- C.
Animation/movie file
- D.
Image file
- 11.Who is largely responsible for breaking the German Enigma codes, created a test that provided a foundation for artificial intelligence?
- A.
Alan Turing
- B.
Jeff Bezos
- C.
George Boole
- D.
Charles Babbage
- 12.Who developed Yahoo?
- A.
Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson
- B.
David Filo & Jerry Yang
- C.
Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
- D.
Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
- 13.Made from a variety of materials, such as carbon, which inhibits the flow of current...?
- A.
Choke
- B.
Inductor
- C.
Resistor
- D.
Capacitor
- 14.The most common format for a home video recorder is VHS. VHS stands for...?
- A.
Video Home System
- B.
Very high speed
- C.
Video horizontal standard
- D.
Voltage house standard
- 15.What does VVVF stand for?
- A.
Variant Voltage Vile Frequency
- B.
Variable Velocity Variable Fun
- C.
Very Very Vicious Frequency
- D.
Variable Voltage Variable Frequency
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