Digital Quiz Bee (Easy Round)

What is the first search engine in internet?

• Google

• Archie

• Altavista

• WAIS

Answer explanation

Archie is a tool for indexing FTP archives, allowing users to more easily identify specific files. It is considered the first Internet search engine. The original implementation was written in 1990 by Alan Emtage, then a postgraduate student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

What is the first web browser invented in 1990?

• Internet Explorer

• Mosaic

• Mozilla

• WorldWideWeb

Answer explanation

WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus to avoid confusion between the software and the World Wide Web) is the first web browser and web page editor. It was discontinued in 1994. It was the first WYSIWYG HTML editor. The source code was released into the public domain on 30 April 1993.

First computer virus is known as

• Rabbot

• Creeper Virus

• Elk Cloner

• SCA Virus

Answer explanation

As noted by Discovery, the Creeper program, often regarded as the first virus, was created in 1971 by Bob Thomas of BBN. Creeper was actually designed as a security test to see if a self-replicating program was possible.

Which of the following is not an operating system?

• DOS

• Mac

• C++

• Linux

Answer explanation

C++ is NOT an Operating System. An operating system is a system software or an interface between a computer user and computer hardware. It basically to communicate with the computer.

Which of the following is not a database management software?

• MySQL

• Oracle

• Sybase

• COBOL

Answer explanation

COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language. It is imperative, procedural, and object-oriented. A compiler is a computer program that takes other computer programs written in a high-level (source) language and coverts them into another program, machine code, which the computer can understand.

Which one is the first fully supported 64-bit operating system?

• Windows Vista

• Mac

• Linux

• Windows XP

Answer explanation

The Linux OS is also bundled as a Linux machine with both computer devices as well as server usage and contains this kernel including libraries and tools that accompany it. It continues to become the most stable, effective and safe OS for enhancing the experience of the user both at work as well as at home through their PCs.

Computer Hard Disk was first introduced in 1956 by

• Dell

• Apple

• Microsoft

• IBM

Answer explanation

Informed by Jacob Rabinow's ideas at NBS, IBM developed and shipped the first commercial Hard Disk Drive (HDD), the Model 350 disk storage unit, to Zellerbach Paper, San Francisco in June 1956 as part of the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) system.

Which of the following is not a web browser?

• MOSAIC

• WWW

• File Explorer

• Netscape Navigator

Answer explanation

File Explorer is not a web browser. It is a file management application that comes with the Microsoft Windows operating system. It allows users to navigate through folders and files on their computer.

A computer used which type of number system to calculate and to store data?

• Decimal

• Octal

• Binary

• Hexadecimal

Answer explanation

The binary number system is the base of all computing systems and operations. It enables devices to store, access and manipulate all types of information directed to and from the CPU or memory.

What is the extension type of the excel 2007 files?

• .xls

• .xlsx

• .xsl

• None of the above

Answer explanation

The XLSX file extension is associated with files saved as Microsoft Excel (2007/2010), one of the most popular and powerful tools you can use to create and format spreadsheets, graphs and much more. The . xlsx files are used in Microsoft Excel (2007/2010) for Workbooks, spreadsheet, and document files.