End of the year exam!

Well, not an exam, but some questions that hopefully you can all answer.  They’ll follow after we’ve looked and downloaded these…

This last one is one of the most popular in the world.  Download it and test it… you can then ask to borrow a tablet when you come to the pub in the summer and let the kids have a go!

And now for the serious questions… if you’ve been with us for a while, you should know the answers!

A. Acronyms

What do the following stand for?

1. GDPR
2. URL
3. POST
4. HTTPS
5. GPS
6. www
7. ssd
8. wifi
9. ADSL
10. WLAN

B. The Internet

1. Name 3 internet browsers
2. Name 3 search engine providers
3. What are POP & IMAP
4. what is the web address (URL) of the BBC
5. Name 3 TLD’s (top level domain extensions)
6. What is the country level domain extension for Iraq?

C. Android

1. What is the name of the shop where you go to get apps (run by Google)
2. Name 10 popular Android Apps
3. what is the difference between an app and a widget
4. what is tethering
5. what is airplane mode
6. What is Oreo

D. The Boot-IT Galaxy Tablets

1. what model number and name of your the tablet?
2. What version of Android runs on your tablet?
3. What is its “sweet” name.
4. Where is the volume control.
5. Does the tablet have infra-red. If so, where.
6. Does the tablet have bluetooth.  If so where.
7. Does the tablet take an SD card.  If so, where.
8. How do you bring up a list of all running apps?
9. How do you access notifications and settings?

E. General

1. what is the Boot and Slipper longitude and latitude
2. Web addresses are translated into numbers.  What are these number called and what form do they take?
3. Are there any numbers left.  what are we doing about it.
4. Who is the famous film star who developed spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology, the principles of which are the foundation of bluetooth and wifi today.
5. Who developed the difference engine
6. When was the first smart phone launched.
7. what number of bytes are represented by a kilobyte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte.
8. What is a googol and what is a googolplex.
9. What is the IP address of the Boot and Slipper.