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Brain Teaser Round I [HS] 5th july

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed the idea of a stored program computer and modern computer architecture?

a)

John Von Neumann

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Steve Jobs

d)

Tim Berners-Lee

2.

What connects the processor and memory?

a)

Buses

b)

Cache

c)

NIC

d)

Control Unit

3.
What are the two main parts of the processor?
a)
Control Unit & Arithmetic Logic Unit
b)
RAM & ROM
c)
RAM & Cache
d)
Control Unit & Cache
4.

The 1st law of robotics

Spirit Isaac Asimov first announced the 3 laws of robotics in 1942.

a)

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

b)

A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First law.

c)

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

5.

Thinking is defined as?

a)

to recognize things and judge them

b)

to show in action or in words what one thinks

c)

the ability to think of new things and to express what one thinks

d)

to judge the content of fellow students

6.
Sends out signals to co-ordinate how the processor works and instructions are decoded here.
a)
Control Unit (CU)
b)
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
c)
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
d)
Current Instruction Register (CIR)
7.
Used to send control signals from control unit to other parts of the processor
a)
Control Bus
b)
Control Unit (CU)
c)
Address Bus
d)
Current Instruction Register (CIR)
8.
Binary data is written as
a)
1s and 0s
b)
all number between 0 and 9
c)
text only, no special charachters
d)
images
9.
A processor with two cores is called a
a)
quad core processor
b)
double core processor
c)
CPU x2
d)
dual core processor
10.
A program needs to be stored on the RAM before it can be used.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
11.
Social Networking is 
a)
gathering at a party
b)
grouping of individuals into specific groups
c)
practice of expanding the number of one's business and social contacts
d)
all of the above
12.
A __________________ is a group of computers that are connected together to share data, hardware and software.
a)
Laptop
b)
Tablet
c)
Computer Network
d)
Digital portfolio
13.
The type of connection used from one terminal to another is called a ______________.
a)
Network Media
b)
Terminals
c)
Host processor
d)
Communication Software
14.

What does TCP stand for?

a)

Transfer Control Protocol

b)

Transmission Control Protocol

c)

Transfer Character Protocol

d)

Transmission Character Protocol

15.

Which of the TCP/IP model layers is responsible for breaking down the message into packets?

a)

Network

b)

Application

c)

Transport

d)

Internet

16.
The process of recovering passwords from data that have been stored in or transmitted by a computer system, most often through brute-force or dictionary attacks is known as?
a)
password encryption
b)
password complexity
c)
password cracking
17.
If the same key is used to encrypt and decrypt a message, this is known as? 
a)
Symmetric encryption
b)
Encryption doesn't exist!
c)
Asymmetric encryption
d)
Same-key encryption
18.

What is an email attachment

a)

Is software downloaded to your computer

b)

Is a computer file sent along with an email message

c)

is a type of malicious software program

d)

A piece of code

19.
What is a "worm" as it relates to computers?
a)
A constructive computer virus
b)
A destructive computer virus
c)
A creep crawly insect
d)
A disrespectful software application
20.
Shields computer from harm
a)
email virus
b)
Software virus
c)
Trojan horse
d)
Anti-virus software