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Quiz Trivia
1.

If the battery in your desktop PC went dead, what would go wrong?

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Answer: Date, Time And Any Non-Default BIOS Settings Would Be Lost
2.

What is the DOS command used to clear the screen?

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Answer: Cls
3.

Interface devices communicate with the computer through input and output units. What are these interface devices called?

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Answer: Peripherals
4.

The octal numbering system is based on how many digits?

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Answer: 8
5.

The Windows file extension .au denotes what type of file?

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Answer: Audio
6.

What web browser plug-in allows you to view a .PDF file?

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Answer: Acrobat Reader
7.

What is a "Java applet"?

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Answer: Small Embedded Java Program
8.

What is the most common programming language of CGI scripts?

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Answer: Perl
9.

What does "SQL" stand for?

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Answer: Structured Query Language
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What is "cc:" an abbreviation of?

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Answer: Carbon Copy
11.

In computer science, what does "DOS" stand for?

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Answer: Disc Operating System
12.

Which is not a World Wide Web standard?

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Answer: CMOS
13.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to switch between open windows?

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Answer: Alt + Tab
14.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will select all text on the document/page?

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Answer: Ctrl + A
15.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will copy?

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Answer: Ctrl + C
16.

Which shortcut in a Windows application allows you to put text in italics?

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Answer: Ctrl + I
17.

Which word processing program keyboard shortcut in Windows allows you to underline?

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Answer: Ctrl+U
18.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will paste what is already in the clipboard?

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Answer: Ctrl + V
19.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to cut?

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Answer: Ctrl+X
20.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin?

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Answer: Shift+Delete
21.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will cancel the current task?

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Answer: Esc
22.

What is best described as a term given to a very early version of a product?

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Answer: Alpha Test
23.

What software program is used to look at web pages?

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Answer: Browser
24.

Which software company makes Excel?

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Answer: Microsoft
25.

What type of program is Microsoft Encarta?

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Answer: Multimedia Encyclopedia
26.

VoIP refers to what technology?

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Answer: Voice Service Over An Internet Connection
27.

Which database program is included with Microsoft Office Professional?

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Answer: Access
28.

What Microsoft product allows the user to create technical drawings and diagrams?

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Answer: Visio
29.

McAfee primarily makes what kind of software?

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Answer: Security
30.

What software re-organizes files and file remnants on a physical disk?

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Answer: Defragmenter
31.

What email client ships with the Microsoft Office software suite?

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Answer: Outlook
32.

The hexadecimal numbering system is based on how many digits?

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Answer: 16
33.

What JavaScript command makes a person's browser go back without clicking on the back button?

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Answer: History.Go(-1)
34.

What DOS command deletes a directory and all the subdirectories with it?

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Answer: Deltree
35.

What does the acronym "PCL" stand for?

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Answer: Printer Control Language
36.

In the hexadecimal format, what color is "FFFFFF"?

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Answer: White
37.

What is the difference between JavaScript and JScript?

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Answer: Jscript Is Microsoft's Implementation Of Javascript
38.

What is the default index of an array's first position in most languages?

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Answer: 0
39.

What variable is typically used as a counter?

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Answer: I
40.

What is GREP?

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Answer: A Utility That Searches For Strings In Files
41.

In the computing world, what is "Apache"?

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Answer: A Web Server Software System
42.

What is the main use of Microsoft Outlook?

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Answer: Email
43.

What does the file extension .MPEG stand for?

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Answer: Moving Picture Experts Group
44.

What does the file extension .TIFF stand for?

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Answer: Tagged Image File Format
45.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to close the active item, or quit the active program?

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Answer: Alt + F4
46.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will display the system menu for the active window?

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Answer: Alt + Spacebar
47.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will display the corresponding menu?

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Answer: Alt + Underlined Letter
48.

Which Windows shortcut lets you view the folder one level up in My Computer or in Windows Explorer?

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Answer: Backspace
49.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will bring up the dialog box to open a file?

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Answer: Ctrl + O
50.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will undo?

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Answer: Ctrl + Z
51.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to create a shortcut to a selected item?

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Answer: Ctrl + Shift While Dragging An Item
52.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph?

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Answer: Ctrl+Down Arrow
53.

Which shortcut in Windows lets you move the insertion point to the start of the previous paragraph?

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Answer: Ctrl + Up Arrow
54.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will highlight a block of text?

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Answer: Shift With Any Of The Arrow Keys
55.

Which shortcut key in Windows allows you to display help?

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Answer: F1
56.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to search for a file or folder?

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Answer: F3
57.

Which shortcut key in Windows allows you to refresh the active window?

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Answer: F5
58.

What Windows keyboard combination will display the shortcut menu for the selected item?

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Answer: Shift+F10
59.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will launch the Task Manager?

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Answer: Shift + Ctrl + Esc
60.

What is a derivation of an application called?

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Answer: Applet
61.

What is the program called that searches the database of domain names?

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Answer: WHOIS
62.

Which software company makes Access?

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Answer: Microsoft
63.

What does the programming language "COBOL" stand for?

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Answer: COmmon Business Oriented Language
64.

What are applications which run on the Macintosh OS X Dashboard called?

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Answer: Widgets
65.

To what does the "Three Finger Salute" refer?

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Answer: Keyboard Combo That Forces A Reboot
66.

What is the most common program used to read PDF files?

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Answer: Adobe Reader
67.

What operating system was introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1991?

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Answer: Solaris
68.

What application manufactured by Symantec allows for re-partitioning hard drives?

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Answer: Norton PartitionMagic
69.

What version of Windows Vista does not include Aero Graphics?

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Answer: Basic
70.

What version of Adobe Acrobat does not support redaction tools?

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Answer: Standard
71.

What is the foundation of the IBM "WebSphere" software platform?

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Answer: WebSphere Application Server
72.

What is the name of AOL's chat client?

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Answer: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
73.

What free service does Skype provide?

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Answer: VoIP
74.

What Google program uses satellite imagery to display detailed topographical maps?

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Answer: Google Earth
75.

What is Microsoft's personal-finance management program?

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Answer: Microsoft Money
76.

What is the name of Red Hat's no-charge Linux distribution?

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Answer: Fedora
77.

Corel Corporation bought what file compression utility in 2006?

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Answer: WinZip
78.

What is the special debugging mode contained in ResEdit referred to as?

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Answer: Foghorn Leghorn
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What does SGML stand for?

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Answer: Standard Generalized Markup Language
80.

How many bits per pixel do you need for a 256 GIF image?

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Answer: 8
81.

In "Windows 2000", what do you need to remove from the computer before cloning/ghosting the drive?

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Answer: Security Identifier
82.

What is the JavaScript function used to open a Yes/No or Ok/Cancel dialog box?

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Answer: Window.Confirm()
83.

In UNIX, what is the /etc directory used for?

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Answer: System And Software Configuration Files
84.

What does an odd-numbered Linux Kernel version (i.e., 2.3) refer to?

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Answer: A Development Version
85.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to view properties for the selected item?

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Answer: Alt + Enter
86.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will cycle through items in the order they were opened?

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Answer: Alt + Esc
87.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will rename a selected item?

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Answer: F2
88.

What Windows keyboard shortcut will display the address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer?

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Answer: F4
89.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to activate the menu bar in the active program?

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Answer: F10
90.

Which shortcut in Windows allows you to display the "Start" menu?

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Answer: Ctrl+Esc
91.

By how much does MPEG-2 generally reduce the amount of data?

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Answer: 55 To 1
92.

What is at the heart of MAC OS X open source operating system?

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Answer: Darwin
93.

What facial animation system developed by ILM was awarded a patent in 1999?

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Answer: Caricature
94.

What is the original logo for the FreeBSD operating system?

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Answer: A Daemon
95.

What is the default name of the Apache configuration file?

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Answer: Httpd.Conf
96.

Which company came out with operating systems named after wild felines, like "Leopard"?

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Answer: Apple
97.

What is the name of the free anti-spyware program provided by Microsoft?

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Answer: Windows Defender
98.

What did Symantec name its 2007 "all-in-one" security product for home and small office users?

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Answer: Norton 360
99.

Which software company released "Quicken", the popular accounting package?

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Answer: Intuit
100.

Which version of Adobe Acrobat would be best for someone working with CAD designs?

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Answer: 3D

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