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WorksheetsComputer Science General Knowledge Quiz
Total questions: 101
Worksheet time: 51mins
Which feature of a website allows the user to quickly navigate to another page by clicking on it?
Templates
e-commerce facilities
Hyperlink
Online forums
What is The Internet?
a computer network
personal computers
multi-media
a website
Random Access Memory is
memory matrix
software driven
stable and permanent
volatile memory
A monitor is a
person who watches people
a type of internal system
a type of VDU
a bird that eats only small fish
A VDU is a term that means
very dumb unit
visual display unit
verisimilitude do underestimate
vast drives uncommon
Steve Jobs was the co-founder of which company?
Blackberry
Samsung
Apple
Microsoft
What is the name given to a network designed to allow communication within an organisation?
Intranet
Internet
WAN
Cisco Net
Apple, HP, and Microsoft were all started in what sort of building?
A garage
A hospital
A toilet
An office
What sort of animal is Tux, the official mascot of the Linux operating system?
A Lion
A Bear
A Penguin
A Raccoon
In July 2017, Adobe Systems made headlines by announcing it was going to phase out which plug-in by the end of 2020?
Photoshop
Flash Player
Adobe Reader
Adobe Writer
What does the acronym BIOS stand for?
Barely Incorporated Operating Systems
Brilliant Intelligent Obvious Student
Beautiful Intellectual Operating Services
Basic Input-Output Services
Which letter do you press with the 'Ctrl button' to select the contents of an entire web page?
I
W
S
A
Which digital currency is the most well known cryptocurrency?
Bitcoin
Cypher
Hex Coin
Bits of Coins
What term is used for a network security system that prevents unauthorised access to or from a private network?
Antivirus
Operating System
Firewall
The Internet
What is the name of the well known spreadsheet software developed by Microsoft?
Word
Excel
Access
PowerPoint
For what does the acronym IT stand?
Internet Technology
Intelligent Technology
Information Technology
i Tablets
Which university was Mark Zuckerberg attending when he launched Facebook?
Durham
Harvard
Oxford
MIT
What does the acronym LCD stand for?
Light Crystal Display
Lite Crystal Digital
Liquid Cracking Display
Liquid Crystal Display
Which web browser is run by the Mozilla Corporation?
Firefox
Chrome
Internet Explorer
What is the meaning of ‘CC’ with reference to E-mail?
Collective copy
Carbon copy
Cartoon copy
Cant copy
Which company in 2001, overtook Compaq as the largest supplier of home-use PCs?
Cow Computers
IBM
Dell
LopaK Comps
Opera is a type of what in relation to The Internet?
video channel
singing
web browser
application for messaging
Who is considered to be The Father of Artificial Intelligence?
Paul McCartney
Nicolas Cage
John Cena
John McCarthy
How many bits are in a byte?
4
16
12
8
What was was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey?
Who is considered the Father of Computing
Father Ted
Charlie Brown
Charles Babbage
Prince Charles
What nationality is Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks?
Australian
Dutch
British
Swedish
What does WWW stand for?
World War Won
World Wide Women
Webber Webbing Webs
World Wide Web
What does CAD stand for?
Computers Around Design
Computers About Design
Computer Aided Design
Computer Added Design
What did Apple launch in 2003 to support the 2001 launched iPod?
Safari
iTunes
The iPod
Apple iPhone X
Which of the following is not a type of web image: PNG, GIF, LPG or JPG?
PNG
GIF
LPG
JPG
In 1943 Thomas Watson chairman of IBM said there was a world market for how many computers?
5
5 Thousand
5 Million
5 Billion
What does the 'F' stand for in the acronym FORTRAN?
Form
Fortune
For
Formula
In computing there are 8 bits to a byte, what are 4 bits called?
A dribble
A tribble
A nibble
A fibble
Which is older: 'Email' or 'The World Wide Web'?
The World Wide Web
They are the same age
Which country is represented by the internet domain abbreviation '.ch'?
China
Switzerland
Spain
Canada
Why is the domain Symbolics.com famous?
Because its where the Nazi's got the swastika from
Because it has a really good marketing team
Because it is the 1st ever domain name registered
Because its where the Rolling Stones get their drum equipment
What does DVD stand for?
Digital Vacuums Drive
Digital Versatile Disk
Digitally Vampish Disc
Digital Vaccine Drive
Firefox and Safari are types of what?
Web browsers
Animal Parks
Software
Applications
What is the capacity of a standard 1980's PC floppy disc
120MB?
1.44MB
1.44K
1.2MB
What piece of computer equipment was invented by Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute in 1963?
The Keyboard
The Monitor
The Hard Drive
The Mouse
What is the highest digit that can appear in an Octal number system?
8
7
80
800
Gas, solid state and diode are the three types of what?
Laser
Hard Drive
Computer
Electricity
Shuffle, Nano, Touch and Classic are variations of what?
Dances
Apple iPods
Dell Computers
Cola Flavours
A jpeg file is a
music file
movie file
picture file
word docx
Which is the part of the computer system that one can physically touch?
data
operating systems
hardware
software
A ………. is an electronic device that process data, converting it into information.
computer
processor
case
stylus
IC chips used in computers are usually made of:
Lead
Silicon
Chromium
Gold
Which of the following is not an example of an Operating System?
Windows 98
BSD Unix
Microsoft Office XP
Red Hat Linux
One Gigabyte is approximately equal is:
1000,000 bytes
1000,000,000 bytes
1000,000,000,000 bytes
None of these
Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many minutes of music?
74 mins
90 mins
56 mins
60 mins
Which of the following is not an input device?
Mouse
Light pen
Keyboard
VDU
What type of process creates a smaller file that is faster to transfer over the internet?
Compression
Fragmentation
Encapsulation
None of the above
Which of the following is used to Manage Data Base?
Operating System
Compiler
DBMS
None of the above
Which of the following is an example of non-volatile memory?
Cache memory
RAM
ROM
None of the above
File extensions are used in order to ……….
Name the file
Ensure the filename is not lost
Identify the file
Identify the file type
During the ………… portion of the Information Processing Cycle, the computer acquires data from some source.
processing
storage
input
output
Which one of the following is different from other members?
Windows
Linux
iOS
The hexadecimal number system consists of the symbols
0 – 7
0 – 9 , A – F
0 – 7, A – F
None of these
17.1 GB is equal to
230 bits
230 bytes
220 bits
220 bytes
A microprocessor unit, a memory unit, and an input/output unit form a:
CPU
compiler
microcomputer
ALU
Process to exit from computer by giving correct instructions such as 'EXIT' is classified as
log in
process out
process in
log out
Function of running and loading programs by use of peripherals is function of
operating system
inquiry system
dump programs
function system
An assembler is
Programming language dependent.
Syntax dependant.
Machine dependant.
Data dependant.
Which amongst the following is not an advantage of Distributed systems?
Reliability
Incremental growth
Resource sharing
None of the above
The term ‘page traffic’ describes
Number of pages in memory at a given instant.
Number of papers required to be brought in at a given page request.
The movement of pages in and out of memory.
Number of pages of executing programs loaded in memory.
What would you do to highlight a word? You position the cursor next to the word, and then
Drag mouse while holding button down
Click mouse once
Roll and then click mouse
None of these
Reusable optical storage will typically have the acronym ………..
CD
DVD
ROM
RW
Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists?
Param
Super 301
Compaq Presario
CRAY YMP
In which generation of computers, transistors were used?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
'ALU' stands for?
Arithmetic Long Unit
All Longer Units
Around Logical Units
Arithmetic and Logic Unit
Which of the following is the most powerful type of computer?
Super-micro
Super Computer
Micro Computer
Mini Computer
The most common type of storage devices are ………….
persistent
optical
magnetic
flash
The ………… tells the computer how to use its components.
utility
network
operating system
motherboard
Which one of the following is not a linear data structure?
Array
Binary Tree
Queue
Stack
Where does a computer add and compare its data?
CPU
Memory
Hard disk
Floppy disk
The set of computer programs that manage the hardware/software of a computer is called
Compiler system
Operation system
Operating system
None of these
Program which is readily available for computer users as a part of software package is classified as
library program
program library
software library
directory library
Worldwide web was proposed by:
Bill Gates
Bill Rogers
Tim Berners Lee
None of Above
The Millennium Bug was what?
A computer flaw with dates beyond December 31, 1999
A huge insect found inside a computer on Dec 31st 1999
A hoax
A way for people to make money
True or false: you should never read the comments section.
true
false
True or False: Whaling / Whaling attack is a kind of phishing attacks that target senior executives and other high profile to access valuable information.
True
False
Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost.
True
False
IPv6 Internet Protocol address is represented as eight groups of four Octal digits.
True
False
The hexadecimal number system contains digits from 1 - 15.
True
False
MS Word is a hardware.
True
False
CPU controls only input data of computer.
True
False
CPU stands for Central Performance Unit.
True
False
The Language that the computer can understand is called Machine Language.
True
False
Worms and trojan horses are easily detected and eliminated by antivirus software.
True
False
Dot-matrix, Deskjet, Inkjet and Laser are all types of Printers.
True
False
RAM is volatile
True
False
MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint are called productivity programs:
True
False
Pressing Ctrl, Alt & Del twice restarts your PC
True
False
Ctrl and C pressed together does what?
Copies whatever is selected
Pastes whatever is in the clipboard
The internet is the same thing as the World Wide Web?
True
False
Python is a diverse programming language
True
False
Messing around in class will get you a 1000 word essay to write instead of fun activities.
True
True
True
True
Binary is represented by 1's and 0's
01110100 01110010 01110101 01100101
01000110 01100001 01101100 01110011 01100101
YouTube is a great platform for books
True
False
GPS stands for Global Positioning System
True
False
