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

1) 48.4 kHz 2) 22,050 Hz 3) 44.1 kHz 4) 48 kHz

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Question: Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many minutes of music?

1) 74 mins 2) 56 mins 3) 60 mins 4) 90 mins

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Question: The base 10 (or decimal - our normal way of counting) number 65535 is represented in hexadecimal as...?

1) 0xFFFFF 2) 0xFFFF 3) 0xFFF 4) 0xFFFFFF

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Question: Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?

1) Santa Clara, California 2) Tucson, Arizona 3) Richmond, Virginia 4) Redmond, Washington

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

1) 1976 2) 1972

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3) 1980 4) 1984

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Question: What was the first ARPANET message?

1) "lo" 2) "hello world" 3) "mary had a little lamb" 4) "cyberspace, the final frontier"


Question: Where is the headquarters of Intel located?

1) Redmond, Washington 2) Tucson, Arizona 3) Santa Clara, California 4) Richmond, Virginia


Question: In which year was MIDI introduced?

1) 1987 2) 1983 3) 1973 4) 1977

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Question: '.BAK' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) Backup file 2) Audio file 3) Animation/movie file 4) MS Encarta document





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Question: '.MPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) WordPerfect Document file 2) MS Office document 3) Animation/movie file 4) Image file


Question: '.INI' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) Image file 2) System file 3) Hypertext related file 4) Image Color Matching Profile file


Question: '.BAT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) Compressed Archive file 2) System file 3) Audio file 4) Backup file


Question: '.JPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) System file 2) Animation/movie file 3) MS Encarta document 4) Image file


Question: '.MOV' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) Image file 2) Animation/movie file 3) Audio file 4) MS Office document










Question: '.TXT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) Text File 2) Image file 3) Audio file 4) Adobe Acrobat file


Question: '.TMP' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

1) Compressed Archive file 2) Image file 3) Temporary file 4) Audio file


Question: Who created Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?

1) Paul Zimmerman 2) Tim Berners-Lee 3) Marc Andreessen 4) Ken Thompson


Question: Who co-founded Hotmail in 1996 and then sold the company to Microsoft?

1) Shawn Fanning 2) Ada Byron Lovelace 3) Sabeer Bhatia 4) Ray Tomlinson


Question: Who co-created the UNIX operating system in 1969 with Dennis Ritchie?











1) Bjarne Stroustrup 2) Steve Wozniak 3) Ken Thompson 4) Niklaus Wirth


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

1) Alan Turing 2) Jeff Bezos 3) George Boole 4) Charles Babbage


Question: Who built the world's first binary digit computer: Z1...?

1) Konrad Zuse 2) Ken Thompson 3) Alan Turing 4) George Boole


Question: Who developed Yahoo?

1) Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson 2) David Filo & Jerry Yang 3) Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn 4) Steve Case & Jeff Bezos


Question: 'DB' computer abbreviation usually means ?

1) Database 2) Double Byte 3) Data Block 4) Driver Boot










Question: 'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?

1) Order of Significance 2) Open Software 3) Operating System 4) Optical Sensor


Question: 'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?

1) Digital Transmission Protocol 2) DeskTop Publishing 3) Data Type Programming 4) Document Type Processing


Question: 'CD' computer abbreviation usually means ?

1) Command Description 2) Change Data 3) Copy Density 4) Compact Disc


Question: What is the term to ask the computer to put information in order numerically or alphabetically?

1) Crop 2) Report 3) Record 4) Sort












Question: What do we call a network whose elements may be separated by some distance? It usually involves two or more small networks and dedicated high-speed telephone lines.

1) URL (Universal Resource Locator) 2) LAN (Local Area Network) 3) WAN (Wide Area Network) 4) World Wide Web


Question: What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within a limited distance of each other and that are connected to each other directly or indirectly?

1) Inernet 2) Interanet 3) Local Area Network 4) Wide Area Network


Question: What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?

1) Report 2) Field 3) Record 4) File


Question: The window which shows icons for things like the mouse, sound, and display is...?

1) My Computer 2) Explorer 3) Control Panel 4) Taskbar

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Question: On the Task bar the time is shown in the...?








1) Start menu 2) Scrollbar 3) Desktop 4) Notification area or Tray

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Question: Experts say the healthiest way to view a computer monitor is by...

1) Placing it 18 to 30 inches away from your eyes 2) Viewing from a darkened room 3) Adjusting the screen for maximum contrast 4) Using special glasses that filter out UV rays

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Question: A dual-layer DVD is valued because it:

1) Can hold more data 2) Contains a backup of the data stored 3) Uses a second layer to offer a speed increase 4) Creates alternative sound tracks


Question: A JPG is...

1) A Jumper Programmed Graphic 2) A format for an image file 3) A type of hard disk 4) A unit of measure for memory


Question: Windows Vista, the eventual replacement for Windows XP, will demand more from a computer. Which of the following statements is correct?

1) You'll need at least 512 megabytes of RAM 2) A separate graphics card, rather than onboard graphics, will be required 3) A DVD drive is needed 4) All the above


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Question: Your computer has gradually slowed down. What's the most likely cause?

1) Overheating 2) Your processor chip is just getting old 3) Adware/spyware is infecting your PC 4) You dropped a sandwich in your computer


Question: The letters, "DOS" stand for...

1) Data Out System 2) Disk Out System 3) Disk Operating System 4) Data Operating System


Question: Changing computer language of 1's and 0's to characters that a person can understand is...

1) Highlight 2) Clip art 3) Decode 4) Execute


Question: Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system.

1) Peripheral 2) Clip art 3) Highlight 4) Execute












Question: The main computer that stores the files that can be sent to computers that are networked together is...

1) Clip art 2) Mother board 3) Peripheral 4) File server


Question: To select text by shading as you drag the mouse arrow over the text is known as...

1) Clip art 2) To highlight 3) To fetch 4) To decode


Question: Another word for the CPU is...

1) Execute 2) Microprocessor 3) Micro chip 4) Decode


Question: Which of these is not a computer?

1) Aptiva 2) Macintosh 3) Acorn 4) Paseo


Question: Which was an early mainframe computer?

1) ENIAC 2) UNIC









3) BRAINIA 4) FUNTRIA


Question: Which of the following is not a programming language?

1) Basic 2) Java 3) Turing 4) C#


Question: RAM stands for...

1) Random Access Memory 2) Really Annoying Machine 3) Read A Manual 4) Real Absolute Memory


Question: How many bits is a byte?

1) 4 2) 8 3) 16 4) 32


Question: Which of the following is NOT a type of expansion slot or bus design used in Advanced-Technology class systems?

1) PCMCIA 2) ISA 3) PROM 4) EISA












Question: Which company created the most used networking software in the 1980's

1) Microsoft 2) Sun 3) IBM 4) Novell


Question: Which Intel chip was the first to support a 32-bit bus architecture?

1) 486SI 2) Pentium 3) 286 4) 386DX


Question: Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM?

1) OS-2 2) Windows 3) DOS 4) UNIX


Question: What was the clock speed of the original IBM PC?

1) Less than 5 MHz 2) 10 MHz 3) 8 MHz 4) Just over 16 MHz


Question: The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of this disk?

1) 20 MB 2) 1.44 MB









3) 10 MB 4) 750 KB


Question: Which of the following word processors came first?

1) WordPerfect 2) Lotus Notes 3) MS Word 4) WordStar


Question: On what date was the debut of the first IBM Personal Computer?

1) August 12, 1981 2) January 21 1979 3) August 21, 1980 4) January 12, 1982


Question: The Central Processing Unit is an embeded chip that acts as the 'brains' of a computer. What Intel chip was used in the Altair (the first real personal computer)?

1) 6502 2) 8080 3) 6400 4) 8286


Question: The invention of the transistor, or semiconductor, was one of the most important developments leading to the personal computer revolution. What company invented the transistor in 1947?

1) International Business Machines 2) MITS 3) Xerox 4) Bell Laboratories










Question: This virus activated every Friday the 13th, affects both .EXE and .COM files and deletes any programs run on that day. What is the name of that virus?

1) Chernobyl 2) Jerusalem 3) Melissa 4) I Love You


Question: In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus?

1) 1990 2) 1995 3) 1988 4) 1997


Question: A computer virus that actively attacks an anti-virus program or programs in an effort to prevent detection is...

1) Worm 2) Retrovirus 3) Trojan 4) Ghost virus


Question: A program that neither replicates or copies itself, but does damage or compromises the security of the computer. Which 'Computer Virus' it is?

1) Joke Program 2) Worm 3) Trojan 4) Hoax












Question: Which of these is a documented hoax virus?

1) McDonalds screensaver 2) Alien.worm 3) Merry Xmas 4) Adolph


Question: In 1983, which person was the first to offer a definition of the term 'computer virus'?

1) McAfee 2) Smith 3) Cohen 4) Norton


Question: What is RISC?

1) Remodeled Interface System Computer 2) Remote Intranet Secured Connection 3) Runtime Instruction Set Compiler 4) Reduced Instruction Set Computer


Question: What is a GPU?

1) Grouped Processing Unit 2) Graphics Processing Unit 3) Graphical Performance Utility 4) Graphical Portable Unit


Question: What does ECP stand for?

1) Extended Capabilities Port 2) Extra Compatible Part









3) Extended Connection Port 4) External Cordless Peripheral


Question: What is TTL?

1) Technical Talk Language 2) Transparent Transfer Layer 3) Time To Live 4) True Technology Lives


Question: What is FMD?

1) FastEthernet Measuring Device 2) Flashing Media Diode 3) Fluorescent Multi-Layer Disc 4) Flash Media Driver


Question: What does DOCSIS stand for?

1) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification 2) Data Over Cable Security Internet Std 3) Data Over Cable Secure International Stds 4) Data Over Cable Service Internet Standard


Question: What is VCM?

1) Virtual Connection Manager 2) Virtual Channel Memory 3) Voice Controlled Modem 4) Voice Communications Module












Question: What is NAT?

1) Network Address Translation 2) Network Administration Tool 3) Novell Address Transfer 4) Newly Added Technology


Question: What is a NIC?

1) Netware Intranet Controller 2) No Internet Connection 3) Network Interface Card 4) Network Interference Control


Question: What is a MAC?

1) A Computer made by Apple 2) Memory Address Corruption 3) Mediocre Apple Computer 4) Media Access Control


Question: What does PPTP stand for?

1) Point to Point Transmission Protocol 2) Point to Point Transfer Protocol 3) Point to Point Tunneling Protocol 4) Point to Point Traffic Protocol


Question: What is LCP?

1) Local Connection Protocol 2) Lost Connection Problem 3) Link Control Protocol 4) Laggy Connection Problem










Question: What does SSL stand for?

1) Secure Socket Layer 2) System Socket Layer 3) Superuser System Login 4) Secure System Login


Question: What does ICMP stand for?

1) Internet Connection Modem Protocol 2) Intranet Control Message Program 3) Internal Conflict Management Program 4) Internet Control Message Protocol








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