Team 7 Open Source

14 Questions | By Helgerjk | Last updated: Oct 10, 2018 | Total Attempts: 227

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A quiz to be taken after the Team 7 presentation.

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1.

What company developed the first Unix OS?
- A.
  
  AT&T
- B.
  
  IBM
- C.
  
  Sun Microsystems
- D.
  
  Apple
2.

Who created the Free Software Foundation?
- A.
  
  Linux Torvalds
- B.
  
  Eric Raymond
- C.
  
  Richard M. Stallman
- D.
  
  Steve Wozniak
3.

Who coined the term open source?
- A.
  
  Linus Torvalds
- B.
  
  Eric Raymond
- C.
  
  Richard M. Stallman
- D.
  
  Steve Wozniak
4.

Who wrote "Cathedral & the Bazaar"
- A.
  
  Linus Torvalds
- B.
  
  Eric Raymond
- C.
  
  Richard M. Stallman
- D.
  
  Steve Wozniak
5.

Where did Linus Torvalds go to college?
- A.
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- B.
  
  Berkley
- C.
  
  Stanford
- D.
  
  University of Helsinki
6.

Which of the following is not a pro to using open source software?
- A.
  
  Customization
- B.
  
  Low Cost
- C.
  
  Programmers have access to source code
- D.
  
  Easy to integrate with proprietary software
7.

How many years does Red Hat commit support a enterprise version of Linux?
- A.
  
  6
- B.
  
  7
- C.
  
  8
- D.
  
  9
8.

Which of the following is not a con to using open source software?
- A.
  
  Difficult to integrate with proprietary software
- B.
  
  Users have to learn new systems if they are used to Windows
- C.
  
  There is often an abundance of patches
- D.
  
  It is a very high cost
9.

IBM is a company that gives back to the open source community
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

What is the most popular open source ECM?
- A.
  
  Django
- B.
  
  Alfresco
- C.
  
  JQuery
- D.
  
  Sharepoint
11.

Is FreeBSD an open source operating system?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

Which of the following is an alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio?
- A.
  
  Skype
- B.
  
  Exchange
- C.
  
  Foobar
- D.
  
  Eclipse
13.

Which of the following is an alternative to Microsoft Visio?
- A.
  
  Dia
- B.
  
  Pidgin
- C.
  
  MySQL
- D.
  
  Powerpoint
14.

Which of the following is an alternative to Microsoft Office?
- A.
  
  Amarok
- B.
  
  Thunderbird
- C.
  
  Firefox
- D.
  
  OpenOffice

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