Quiz

A. Acronyms

What do the following stand for?

1. RTFM
2. URL
3. POST
4. HTTP
5. GPS
6. www
7. ssd
8. wifi
9. ADSL
10. ESC

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 Tuvalu?

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 a widget
4. What is Jelly Bean

 D. The Galaxy Tablet

1. what model number and name of your the tablet?
2. What version of Android runs on your tablet?
3. What does it mean if your device gets too hot to touch?
4. How do you bring up a list of all running apps?
5. How do you access notifications and settings?
6. What do the following icons mean?

E.  Computers

1. can you name 4 different extensions (the bit after the dot in a file name) for image/photo files?
2. name 3 antivirus programs
3. name 3 different laptop manufacturers
4. name 3 different operating systems that computers can use
5. What program allows an Apple computer to run Microsoft Windows?
   1. Bonjour
   2. Boot camp
   3. iBoot
   4. None of the above
6. What are three types of networks?
   1. LAN TAN WAN
   2. LAN SAN WAN
   3. LAN PAN WAN
   4. LAN MAN WAN
7. How many blocks of numbers are in an IP address?
   1. 1
   2. 2
   3. 3
   4. 4
8. Which of the following is not a type of hard drive?
   1. IDE
   2. IDS
   3. SATA
   4. SCSI
9. What is phishing?
   1. A computer virus
   2. A corrupt website
   3. A distribution of spam
   4. An identity theft scheme

F.  Other things

1. How many zeros are in a Googol?
2. A nibble is how many bits?
3. What was the first full-length computer generated feature film?
4. What company is the world’s largest maker of computer mice?
5. What year was Google founded?
6. Which company is the largest manufacturer of network equipment?
7. In 1914, Thomas J Watson renamed the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (CTR) to what?
8. Name the famous computer scientist who worked to break Nazi codes at Bletchley Park during WWII.
9. Who single handedly built the first Apple computer that launched the personal computing era?
10. Who wrote “Neuromancer”?
11. How far is it by car to Lands End from the Boot and Slipper?
12. Where was this photo taken?