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2014 Techno Quiz Reviewer PDF
2014 Techno Quiz Reviewer PDF
15. A funny name for a noun that describes a small piece of information about your
computer. It is a small file that a Web server automatically sends to your PC when
you browse certain Website.
ANSWER : cookie
16. Which Greek letter represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its
diameter? ANSWER : Pi or π
17. Though he was beyond the traditional age limit of 40 years for receiving the gold
Fields Medal, a British mathematician was awarded a special silver plaque by the
International Mathematical Union in 1998. Name this mathematician who is most
famous for proving Fermat’s Last Theorem.
ANSWER : Andrew Wiles
18. What term refers to a limitless quantity and is represented by a symbol that looks like
the number 8 placed on its side?
ANSWER : Infinity
19. Name the physical chemist who coined the term ‘photon’ and came up with the
official definition of ‘jiffy’ in physics.
ANSWER : Gilbert Lewis
21. Name the 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician who wrote Elements of Geometry,
which remained a standard textbook until the 19th century.
ANSWER : Euclid
22. If the number 1 followed by 100 zeros is represented by the term ‘googol’, what is the
name for the number 1 followed by a googol number of zeros?
ANSWER : Googolplex
23. What do you call the series of numbers where the next number is the sum of the
previous two?
ANSWER: Fibonacci sequence
25. What do you call a number whose digits are rotated around when multiplied by any
number from 1 to 6?
ANSWER: Cyclic number
26. Who is the Greek mathematician believed to be the first person to notice that the
morning and evening stars were actually the same?
ANSWER: Pythagoras
27. What do you call the calculating device that uses numbered rods to perform
multiplication of any number by a number 2-9?
ANSWER: Napier’s bones or Napier’s rods
29. If the data are encoded in column A1 to A10, what formula should be used to
calculate the standard deviation of the given scores using the Microsoft Excel or
spreadsheets?
ANSWER : =STDEV(A1:A10)
30. It is a calculator with keys shaped and sized exactly like coins and a dollar bill.It adds and
subtracts money amounts and has a voice output.
A. Keyboard B. Coin –u - lator C. Fact master D.
Moneycalc
31. The latest model of casio’s calculator which has been designed for general math,
trigonometry, statistics, calculus, engineering and physics.
A. FX-112ESPLUS B. FX-113ESPLUS c. FX-114ESPLUS D. FX-115ESPLUS
32. Who built the first automatic mechanical calculator that could add and subtract?
A. Rene Descartes B. Blaise Pascal C. Gotfreid Leibniz D. Thomas De Colmar
33. A program that enables you to access information on the internet through the World
Wide Web.
ANSWER : browser
35. Use of email addresses to send unsolicited messages for the purpose of marketing.
ANSWER : Spam
38. Name the Greek mathematician often referred to as the ‘Father of Geometry’ for his
revolutionary ideas and influential textbook called ‘Elements’.
ANSWER : Euclid
39. A device that can be used not only to compute but also to draw graphs in the
Cartesian coordinate plane.
ANSWER : graphics calculator
40. A set of information that is structured primarily to allow calculations and analysis to
be undertaken.
ANSWER : database
41. The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is denoted by which Greek letter?
(Pi)
42. Which British philosopher and mathematician said: ‘mathematics may be defined as the
subject in whom we never know what we are talking about or whether what we are saying is
true’? (Bertrand Russell)
44. Which German mathematician gave his name to a one-sided surface that he created by
giving a strip of paper a half-twist then fastening the ends together? (August Ferdinand
Mobius)
45. What type of algebra, in which logical operations are replaced by symbols, is also known as
symbolic logic? (Boolean)
46. What is the better known name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics at
Oxford University in the 19th century, who compiled a series of mathematical brain teasers
known as ‘pillow problems’? (Lewis Carroll)
47. In 1665, shortly before his death, a French mathematician created a celebrated theorem by
claiming to have discovered the proof that there are no instances in which the sum of two
cube numbers is equal to another cube number. Who was he? (Pierre de Fermat)
48. Name the 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician who wrote Elements of Geometry, which
remained a standard textbook until the 19th century? (Euclid)
49. Which Scottish mathematician invented logarithms and devised a set of graduated bones
used as an aid to multiplication? (John Napier)
50. Which French mathematician, physicist and theologian invented the first calculating
machine in 1641? (Blaise Pascal)
51. Who is the father of geometry? (Euclid)
53. What is the first mechanical calculator invented by Willhelm Schickard? (Calculating Clock)
55. It is the graduated circular protractor with one pivoted arm used for measuring on marking
off angles. (Bevel Protractor)
56. What century did Mathematicians first used plus and minus signs? (16th century)
57. What number a one followed by 100 zeros was first used by nine year old Milton Sirotta in
1940? (Googol)
58. What handy mathematical instruments days were numbered when the pocket calculator
made the scene in the 1970’s? (The Slide Ruler)
59. What is a flat image that can be displayed in three dimensions? (Hologram)
60. What Greek Math whiz noticed that the morning star and evening star were one and the
same 530 B.C.? (Pythagoras)
61. What is the first desktop all electronic calculators developed in Britain in 1961 by
Central Systems Ltd.?
Answer: ANITA (A New Inspiration To Arithmetic/Accounting) Calculator
63. Who mathematician made advances in number theory, algebra and analysis but is
most renowned for his many theorems of plane and solid geometry?
Answer: Archimedes of Syracuse
69. What was the first spreadsheet written to operate on the apple II and was released in
1979?
ANSWER : Visicalc
71 . Who is the Flemish mathematician who first used decimals in his book La Disme
Answer: Simon Stevin
72. In which country did the Metric System come from? ( Answer : France )
73. Who made the idea and the original invention of a device that able to perform all four
arithmetic operations with minimal human intervention , the calculator ?
( Answer : Blaise Pascal )
74. Who invented the first “computing machine” in 1822? ( Answer : Charles Babbage )
75. What is the instrument used in measuring small distances? ( Answer : micrometer )
76. The length one foot was based on the length of a foot of a king. Whwwwqwq9w
77. o was that king who ordered everyone to use the length of his foot as a standard unit : foot ?
( Answer : King Gregory )