1

Which of these was the first large-scale electronic computer?

Your Answer: Colossus
Colossus was the first large-scale electronic computer, which went into operation in
1944 at Britain’s wartime code-breaking headquarters at Bletchley Park.
2
Which of these was the first microprocessor, developed in 1971?
Your Answer: Intel Pentium
Correct Answer: Intel 4004
The first microprocessor was the Intel 4004, developed in 1971 by Intel. Busicom, a
Japanese calculator company, commissioned Intel to make the chips for a line of
calculators in 1969. Intel named the chip the 4004, which referred to the number of
features and transistors it had.
3
What part of a URL is unique and assigned by a registrar accredited by ICANN?
Your Answer: domain name
A domain name is the address of a computer, organization, or other entity on a TCP/IP
network such as the Internet. A domain name is ultimately mapped to an IP address, but
two or more domain names can be mapped to the same IP address. A domain name
must be unique on the Internet and must be assigned by a registrar accredited
by ICANN.
4
What does the acronym VPN stand for?
Your Answer: virtual private network
Virtual private network (VPN) is a private computer network deployed over a public
telecommunications network, such as the Internet. A VPN typically includes one or more
connected corporate intranets or local area networks (LANs), which users at remote
locations can access using a password authentication system.
5
Which of these education-oriented computer languages was developed by Niklaus
Wirth?
Your Answer: Hypertalk
Correct Answer: Pascal
Niklaus Wirth developed Pascal, a computer programming language, about 1970. It
emphasizes the orderly use of conditional and loop control structures without GOTO
statements. During the late 1970s and ’80s, Pascal was one of the most widely used
languages for programming instruction.
6
Who designed the high-speed computers known as supercomputers?
Your Answer: Seymour R. Cray
American electronics engineer and computer designer Seymour R. Cray was the
preeminent designer of the large high-speed computers known as supercomputers.
7
What device converts digital signals to analog signals?
Your Answer: motherboard
Correct Answer: modem
A modem is an electronic device that converts digital data signals into modulated
analog signals suitable for transmission over analog telecommunications circuits. A
modem also receives modulated signals and demodulates them, recovering the digital
signal for use by the data equipment. Modems thus make it possible for established
telecommunications media to support a wide variety of data communication.
8
Which of these was the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital
computer?
Your Answer: BINAC
Correct Answer: ENIAC
ENIAC, which stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was the first
programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built by the United States
during World War II. It was designed to calculate values for artillery range tables, and its
first task was doing calculations for the construction of a hydrogen bomb.
9
When was Oracle Corporation founded?
Your Answer: 1982
Correct Answer: 1977
Oracle Corporation, a global corporation that develops and markets computer software
applications for business, was founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison and Bob Miner. The
company is best known for its Oracle database software, a relational database
management system, and for computer systems and software, such as Solaris and Java,
acquired in its purchase of Sun Microsystems in 2010.
10
Which of these is not one of the early “protocols,” or ways to use the Internet?
Your Answer: Telnet
Correct Answer: blogging
The early use of the Internet relied on protocols for transferring files or remote control
of other terminals. Blogging did not emerge until later, in the 1990s.
11
What type of electromagnetic waves does Wi-Fi use?
Your Answer: gamma rays
Correct Answer: radio waves
Wi-Fi is a networking technology that uses radio waves to allow high-speed data
transfer over short distances. Wi-Fi technology allows local area networks (LANs) to
operate without cables and wiring, making it a popular choice for home and business
networks.
12
Which of these was the world''s first business computer?
Your Answer: LEO
British computer software engineer David Caminer developed (with hardware designer
John Pinkerton) the world’s first business computer, LEO (Lyons Electronic Office). LEO
revolutionized the speed and accuracy with which routine business data could be
processed.
13
What device, released in 1993, gave rise to the term personal digital assistant?
Your Answer: Newton MessagePad
In 1993 Apple Inc. released the Newton MessagePad, for which John Sculley, then
Apple’s chief executive officer, coined the term PDA, or personal digital assistant.
14
Which of these was the first cell phone to use the Android operating system?
Your Answer: BlackBerry Storm
Correct Answer: T-Mobile G1
The first cell phone to feature the Android operating system was the T-Mobile G1,
released on October 22, 2008. Android began in 2003 as a project of the American
technology company Android Inc., to develop an operating system for digital cameras.
In 2004 the project changed to become an operating system for smartphones.
15
Which of these video game consoles was released in 1994?
Your Answer: Xbox
Correct Answer: PlayStation
The PlayStation was released in 1994 by Sony Computer Entertainment. The PlayStation,
one of a new generation of 32-bit video game consoles, signaled Sony’s rise to power in
the video game world.
16
What is the name of the digital file format that was devised in 1987 to reduce the
size of images and short animations?
Your Answer: TIFF
Correct Answer: GIF
GIF (graphics interchange format) is a digital file format that was devised in 1987 by the
Internet service provider CompuServe as a means of reducing the size of images and
short animations. Because GIF is a lossless data compression format, meaning that no
information is lost in the compression, it quickly became a popular format for
transmitting and storing graphic files.
17
WAN is an acronym for what in computer science?
Your Answer: wide action network
Correct Answer: wide area network
A wide area network (WAN) is a computer communications network that spans cities,
countries, and the globe, generally using telephone lines and satellite links. The Internet
connects multiple WANs; as its name suggests, it is a network of networks.
18
What is the name for a computer pointing device?
Your Answer: a modem
Correct Answer: a mouse
A mouse allows a computer user to move to different parts of the screen without a
keyboard.
19
What kind of computer is intermediate in size between a laptop and a smartphone
and uses a keyboard, a stylus, or a touch screen to input information?
Your Answer: supercomputer
Correct Answer: tablet computer
A tablet computer is intermediate in size between a laptop computer and a smartphone.
Early tablet computers used either a keyboard or a stylus to input information, but these
methods were subsequently displaced by touch screens.
20
Who coined the term "bug" to refer to unexplained computer failures?
Your Answer: Anita Borg
Correct Answer: Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper, an American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, was a
pioneer in developing computer technology and is known for coining the term "bug" to
refer to unexplained computer failures.
21
Which company released its first notebook computer, the 316LT, in 1989?
Your Answer: Apple
Correct Answer: Dell
Dell released its first notebook computer, the 316LT, in 1989. In 1991 Dell’s first color
notebook computer went on sale, and in 1994 Dell was the first company to offer long-
lasting lithium-ion batteries.
22
Who founded Apple Computer?
Your Answer: Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer, Inc., with Steve Wozniak and another partner in
1976.
23
A number that uniquely identifies each computer on the Internet is called:
Your Answer: MAC address
Correct Answer: IP address
IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a number that uniquely identifies each
computer on the Internet. A computer’s IP address may be permanently assigned or
supplied each time that it connects to the Internet by an Internet service provider.
24
What coding issue was projected to create havoc in computer networks around the
world in 2000?
Your Answer: Storm Worm
Correct Answer: Y2K bug
The Y2K bug, also called the Year 2000 bug or Millennium Bug, was a problem in the
coding of computerized systems that was projected to create havoc in computers and
computer networks around the world at the beginning of the year 2000. After more than
a year of international alarm, few major failures occurred in the transition from
December 31, 1999, to January 1, 2000.
25
Computer trojans are an example of:
Your Answer: malware
A computer trojan is a type of malicious computer malware disguised within legitimate
programs or files. Unsuspecting computer users can often unknowingly install the trojan
application through e-mail attachments or Web downloads.
26
What operating system did Google develop?
Your Answer: iOS
Correct Answer: Android
Android, which is based on Linux, was first developed by Google Inc. The first cellular
telephone to feature this operating system was the T-Mobile G1, released in October
2008.
27
Who invented the distributed network as well as data packet switching across
distributed networks?
Your Answer: Paul Baran
American electrical engineer Paul Baran invented the distributed network and,
contemporaneously with British computer scientist Donald Davies, of data packet
switching across distributed networks. These inventions were the foundation for the
Internet.
 28
About how many computer languages are in use?
Your Answer: 5,000
Correct Answer: 2,000
There are about 2,000 computer languages in active use, whereas there were only 15 in
use in 1970.
29
Which of these is not a kind of computer?
Your Answer: Lada
A Lada is a brand of car manufactured in Russia. Apple, Lenovo, and Dell are brands of
computers sold worldwide.
30
Which of these was the first personal computer?
Your Answer: Altair
A small firm named MITS made the first personal computer, the Altair. This computer,
which used Intel Corporation’s 8080 microprocessor, was developed in 1974. Though
the Altair was popular among computer hobbyists, its commercial appeal was limited.
31
Which of these is not a computer language?
Your Answer: Hypertalk
Correct Answer: Windows 2000
Computer programming languages are any of the various languages for expressing a set
of detailed instructions for a digital computer. Windows 2000, on the other hand, is an
operating system.
32
Who is known as the father of computer graphics?
Your Answer: Timothy Paterson
Correct Answer: Ivan Edward Sutherland
American electrical engineer and computer scientist Ivan Edward Sutherland is often
recognized as the father of computer graphics. He was awarded the A.M. Turing Award
in 1988 for "his pioneering and visionary contributions to computer graphics, starting
with Sketchpad and continuing after."
33
Which of these is not an example of malware?
Your Answer: trojan
Correct Answer: plug-in
Malware denotes a malicious computer program; examples include viruses, trojans,
spyware, and worms. A plug-in, also called an add-on or extension, is a type of
computer software that adds new functions to a host program without altering the host
program itself.
 34
What does the acronym DNS stand for?
Your Answer: domain name system
DNS stands for domain name system, a network service that converts between the
World Wide Web "name" addresses and numeric Internet addresses.
35
Who was the first recipient of the A.M. Turing Award?
Your Answer: Maurice Wilkes
Correct Answer: Alan Jay Perlis
American mathematician and computer scientist Alan Jay Perlis was the first winner, in
1966, of the A.M. Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science. Perlis was
awarded for “his influence in the area of advanced programming techniques and
compiler construction.”
36
What does the acronym EPROM stand for?
Your Answer: electronic prioritized read-only memory
Correct Answer: erasable programmable read-only memory
EPROM, or erasable programmable read-only memory, is a form of computer memory
that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off, and that can be erased
and reused.
37
One byte is equivalent to how many bits?
Your Answer: 32
Correct Answer: 8
A byte is the basic unit of information in computer storage and processing. A byte
consists of 8 adjacent binary digits (bits), each of which consists of a 0 or 1.
38
What feature is often used to identify whether a visitor to a Web site is human or
not?
Your Answer: General Problem Solver
Correct Answer: CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA is a visual interface feature or code to stop automated computer programs,
known as bots and spiders, from gaining access to Web sites. A CAPTCHA, which may
consist of letters, numbers, or images, is distorted in some manner to prevent
recognition by computers but not so distorted that a human with normal vision cannot
identify the code and retype it.
39
Who created WikiLeaks?
Your Answer: David Karp
Correct Answer: Julian Assange
Julian Assange is an Australian computer programmer who founded the media
organization WikiLeaks in 2006 to serve as a clearinghouse for sensitive or classified
documents. Through WikiLeaks, Assange released thousands of internal or classified
documents from an assortment of government and corporate entities.
40
When was Microsoft founded?
Your Answer: 1986
Correct Answer: 1975
Microsoft Corporation was founded by Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen in 1975.
41
The computer programming language used for typesetting technical documents is
called:
Your Answer: SQL
Correct Answer: LaTeX
LaTeX is a computer programming language used for typesetting technical documents.
It is a free software package that was created in 1985 by the American computer
scientist Leslie Lamport as an addition to the TeX typesetting system.
42
What was the name of the chess-playing computer that made history when it
defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1996?
Your Answer: Chiptest
Correct Answer: Deep Blue
Deep Blue was a computer chess-playing system designed by IBM in the early 1990s. In
1996 it made history by defeating Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov in one of their
six games—the first time a computer had won a game against a world champion under
tournament conditions. In the 1997 rematch, it won the deciding sixth game in only 19
moves, and its victory marked the first time a current world champion had lost a match
to a computer under tournament conditions.
43
What does the Internet prefix WWW stand for?
Your Answer: Wide Width Wickets
Correct Answer: World Wide Web
The World Wide Web dramatically increased the use of the Internet. Tim Berners-Lee
established the convention in 1989.
44
In what year was the first text message sent?
Your Answer: 1992
The first text message was sent on December 3, 1992, after the Short Messaging Service
(SMS) was developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s.
45
What was the name of the controversial software surveillance system developed
by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and used during investigations circa
2000–02?
Your Answer: ECHELON
Correct Answer: Carnivore
Carnivore, also called DCS1000, is a controversial software surveillance system that was
developed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI used the system to
search the e-mail and other Internet activity of identified criminal suspects during
investigations circa 2000–02.
46
What does the acronym FTP stand for?
Your Answer: file transfer protocol
The acronym FTP stands for file transfer protocol, which was first proposed in the 1970s
and made an international standard in 1985. It is used to transfer files from one
computer to another.
47
Which of these is not a peripheral, in computer terms?
Your Answer: monitor
Correct Answer: motherboard
A peripheral is a device that attaches to a computer. The motherboard is within the
computer and controls its ability to receive and process electronic signals.
48
Which of these was the first supercomputer?
Your Answer: Cray-1
Correct Answer: CDC 6600
In 1964, Seymour Cray designed the CDC 6600 as the fastest computer on Earth; it could
successfully execute three million floating-point operations per second (FLOPS). Soon,
the term "supercomputer" was coined to describe it.
49
Which of these is not an early computer?
Your Answer: SAGE
Correct Answer: NASA
NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is an agency of
the U.S. government. ENIAC, UNIVAC, and SAGE are all early computers.
50
Which of these is an example of an integrated circuit?
Your Answer: battery
Correct Answer: sound card
An integrated circuit is an assembly of electronic components, fabricated as a single
unit, in which miniaturized active devices and passive devices and their interconnections
are built up on a thin substrate of semiconductor material. A sound card is an Integrated
circuit that generates an audio signal and sends it to a computer’s speakers.
51
In what year was Google founded?
Your Answer: 2001
Correct Answer: 1998
Google was founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. The American search
engine company is a subsidiary of the holding company Alphabet Inc.
52
Who is known for his patent for the computer mouse?
Your Answer: Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart was an American inventor whose work beginning in the 1950s led to
his patent for the computer mouse.
53
In the 1990s, this company created a computer programming language called
Java:
Your Answer: IBM
Correct Answer: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Java was created at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where James Gosling led a team of
researchers to create a new language that would allow consumer electronic devices to
communicate with each other. Java was first released in 1995.
54
What was the first interactive computer-graphics program?
Your Answer: CorelDRAW
Correct Answer: Sketchpad
Sketchpad was the first interactive computer-graphics program. It originated as
American engineer Ivan Sutherland’s doctoral thesis project in the early 1960s and was
one of the first graphical user interfaces.
55
Which computer language was designed to extract data from a database?
Your Answer: COBOL
Correct Answer: SQL
SQL, or structured query language, is a computer language that was designed for
eliciting information from databases. SQL works by providing a way for programmers
and other computer users to get desired information from a database using something
resembling normal English.
56
What technology helps make telephone calls over the Internet possible?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: VoIP
VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) is a communications technology for carrying voice
telephone traffic over a data network such as the Internet. VoIP uses the Internet
Protocol (IP)—one half of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP),
a global addressing system for sending and receiving packets of data over the Internet.
57
Who coined the term "artificial intelligence"?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: John McCarthy
American mathematician and computer scientist John McCarthy coined the term
"artificial intelligence" in 1955. Artificial intelligence is the ability of a digital computer or
computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent
beings.
58
Who is credited with inventing the term "software engineer"?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Margaret Hamilton
American computer scientist Margaret Hamilton was one of the first computer software
programmers; she created the term "software engineer" to describe her work. She
helped write the computer code for the command and lunar modules used on the
Apollo missions to the Moon in the late 1960s and early ’70s.
59
Who created the computer-programming language FORTRAN?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: John Backus
FORTRAN (Formula Translation) is a computer-programming language created in 1957
by John Backus. It shortened the process of programming and made computer
programming more accessible.
60
A network designed to allow communication within an organization is called:
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: an intranet
An intranet is a private computer network, usually within an organization or group and
is limited to its members for sharing information.
61
What blogging site was founded by David Karp in 2007?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Tumblr
David Karp, an American Web developer and entrepreneur, founded the blogging site
Tumblr in 2007. Tumblr hosted “tumblelogs,” or short-form blogs, of text and various
other types of media.
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Who is known as the first computer programmer?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Ada Lovelace
English mathematician Ada Lovelace has been called the first computer programmer.
She was an associate of Charles Babbage, for whose prototype of a digital computer she
created a program in the 19th century.