COMPUTER QUIZ -3

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

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

1) 1976 
2) 1972 
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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Question: Who created Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?

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

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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

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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

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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 Babbag