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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    As long as they have water, a cockroach can go without eating for up to?

    • A.

      They Must Eat Every Hour

    • B.

      Six Months

    • C.

      Two Weeks

    • D.

      Three Months

    Correct Answer
    D. Three Months
  • 2. 

    What is it called when fuels from different levels touch?

    • A.

      Intertwining

    • B.

      A Fuel Ladder

    • C.

      A Fire Ladder

    • D.

      Laddering

    Correct Answer
    B. A Fuel Ladder
  • 3. 

    Who awards the "National Medal of Technology"?

    • A.

      The President Of The USA

    • B.

      The United Nations

    • C.

      Bill Gates Foundation

    • D.

      M.I.T.

    Correct Answer
    A. The President Of The USA
  • 4. 

    What powers the M2 and M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles?

    • A.

      1500-Horsepower, Twelve-Cylinder Hybrid Engine

    • B.

      500-Horsepower, Eight-Cylinder Diesel Engine

    • C.

      440-Horsepower, Six-Cylinder Diesel Engine

    • D.

      300-Horsepower, Eight-Cylinder Gas Engine

    Correct Answer
    B. 500-Horsepower, Eight-Cylinder Diesel Engine
  • 5. 

    How high above the earth are television satellites?

    • A.

      Approximately 800,000 Miles

    • B.

      Approximately 22,300 Miles

    • C.

      Approximately 10 Miles

    • D.

      Approximately 200 Miles

    Correct Answer
    B. Approximately 22,300 Miles
  • 6. 

    What is adjusting the color in a digital image by rearranging the dots that form it called?

    • A.

      Tweening

    • B.

      Dithering

    • C.

      Anti-Alising

    • D.

      Cropping

    Correct Answer
    B. Dithering
  • 7. 

    Which was an early expansion for computers, which enabled NTSC video editing and production?

    • A.

      Photoshop

    • B.

      Video X Force

    • C.

      Paintbox

    • D.

      Video Toaster

    Correct Answer
    D. Video Toaster
  • 8. 

    What did the first Apple II computers contain?

    • A.

      Microprocessor Running At 1 Mhz, 4 Kb Of Ram

    • B.

      Microprocessor Running At 1 Mhz, 48 Kb Of Ram

    • C.

      Microprocessor Running At 12 Mhz, 14 Kb Of Ram

    • D.

      Microprocessor Running At 100 Mhz, 48- Kb Of Ram

    Correct Answer
    A. Microprocessor Running At 1 Mhz, 4 Kb Of Ram
  • 9. 

    What Windows keyboard shortcut will display the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child Window's system menu?

    • A.

      F5

    • B.

      F6

    • C.

      Alt+- (Alt+Hyphen)

    • D.

      Ctrl+Shift With Any Of The Arrow Keys

    Correct Answer
    C. Alt+- (Alt+HypHen)
  • 10. 

    Which shortcut in Windows allows you to close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously?

    • A.

      Ctrl+F4

    • B.

      Alt+F4

    • C.

      Esc

    • D.

      Alt+- (Alt+Hyphen)

    Correct Answer
    A. Ctrl+F4
  • 11. 

    What Windows keyboard shortcut will cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop?

    • A.

      Ctrl+U

    • B.

      F6

    • C.

      Alt+Esc

    • D.

      Ctrl+Up Arrow

    Correct Answer
    B. F6
  • 12. 

    What is best described as a segment of a network that's often a higher speed than the rest of the network?

    • A.

      Applet

    • B.

      Adhesion

    • C.

      Backbone

    • D.

      Exfiltration

    Correct Answer
    C. Backbone
  • 13. 

    Where were the 2004 World Cyber Games held?

    • A.

      Las Vegas

    • B.

      Germany

    • C.

      San Francisco

    • D.

      South Korea

    Correct Answer
    C. San Francisco
  • 14. 

    Which was the world's first color TV system?

    • A.

      Pal

    • B.

      Secam-B

    • C.

      NTSC

    • D.

      Pal-K

    Correct Answer
    C. NTSC
  • 15. 

    What year was Kinemacolor, the first commercial "natural color" system for movies, invented?

    • A.

      1942

    • B.

      1888

    • C.

      1913

    • D.

      1954

    Correct Answer
    C. 1913

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