Computers and Technology - Technology Quiz Questions Part 1

COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY – Technology Quiz
Questions Part 1
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1) How many computer languages are in use?

A) 2000
B) 5000
C) 50
D) 20
Answer: 2000
There are about 2,000 computer languages in active use, whereas there were
only 15 in use in 1970.
2) Which of these is not an early computer?

A) ENIAC
B) UNIVAC
C) NASA
D) SAGE
Answer: NASA
NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is an
agency of the U.S. government.
3) Who founded Apple Computer?

A) Stephen Fry
B) Bill Gates
C) Steve Jobs
D) Stephen Hawking
Answer: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak and another partner
in 1976. Jobs became the chairman and CEO of Apple in 1996.
4) Which of these is not a peripheral, in computer terms?

A) Keyboard
B) Monitor
C) Mouse
D) Motherboard
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.
5) Which of the following is not one of the early “protocols,” or ways to use
the Internet?
A) Blogging
B) Telnet
C) Gopher
D) FTP
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.

6) What does the Internet prefix WWW stand for?

A) Wide Width Wickets
B) World Wide Web
C) Worldwide Weather
D) Western Washington World
Answer: World Wide Web

The World Wide Web dramatically increased the use of the Internet. Tim
Berners-Lee established the convention in 1989.
7) A network designed to allow communication within an organization is

called:
A) the World Wide Web
B) Yahoo
C) an intranet
D) the Internet
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.
8) Which of these is not a kind of computer?

A) Apple
B) Lenovo
C) Toshiba
D) Lada
Answer: Lada
A Lada is a kind of car manufactured in Russia. The others are brands of
computers sold worldwide.
9) Which of these products is not made by the Apple Corporation?

A) IMAX
B) iPhone
C) iMac
D) iPod
Answer: IMAX
The IMAX, which stands for “Image Maximum,” is a large-screen motion
picture technology invented in Canada.
10) What is the name for a computer pointing device?

A) A Mouse
B) Sound Card
C) Ram
D) Monitor
Answer: A Mouse
A mouse allows a computer user to move to different parts of the screen
without a keyboard.
ELECTRONICS & GADGETS QUIZ – Technology Quiz

Questions Part 2
Who is the maker of the iPhone? In what year was the DVD introduced? The
iPod? Scan these questions and test your knowledge of electronics and
gadgets.
11) Who invented flexible photographic film?

A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Linda Eastman
C) Louis Daguerre
D) George Eastman
Answer: George Eastman

In the late 1800s the U.S. inventor George Eastman invented flexible film and a
small, easy-to-use camera. These made it possible for anyone to take
photographs.
12) When did the compact disc first appear on the market?
A) 1982
B) 1992
C) 1955
D) 1989
Answer: 1982
Compact discs that stored sound were introduced in 1982. By the mid-1980s
new discs called CD-ROMs could store pictures and computer programs.
13) When was the DVD introduced?

A) 1970
B) 1990
C) 2000
D) 1995
Answer: 1995
The DVD, which means “digital video disc” or “digital versatile disc,” appeared
in 1995. DVDs are often used to store movies.
14) Who is the maker of the iPhone?

A) Microsoft
B) IBM
C) Apple
D) Zenith
Answer: Apple
Apple Computer is the maker of the iPhone. The telephone and miniature
computer first went on sale in 2007.
15) To which of these devices is the cellular telephone most closely related?
A) Telegraph
B) Radio
C) Light bulb
D) Telescope
Answer: Radio
The cellular telephone carries voice, text, and other digital signals via radio
waves, like a two-way police radio.
16) Which of these is a file format for digital images?

A) CIA
B) JPG
C) ICBM
D) IBM
Answer: JPG
With JPEG, a digital image can be compressed to 5 percent of its original size,
making it easy to transfer electronically and store.
17) What does fiber optic cable resemble, in terms of size?

A) Pipeline
B) Bamboo
C) Telephone wire
D) Human hair
Answer: human hair

A fiber optic cable is about as big around as a human hair but can carry more
information than a much larger electrical wire.
18) Which of these is not a telephone?

A) Ipod
B) Razr
C) Blackberry
D) Iphone
Answer: Ipod
An iPod is a music-listening device. It lacks a phone. Its cousin, the iPhone, has
a telephone built in.

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COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY – Technology Quiz

1) How many computer languages are in use?

2) Which of these is not an early computer?

3) Who founded Apple Computer?

Answer: Steve Jobs

4) Which of these is not a peripheral, in computer terms?

6) What does the Internet prefix WWW stand for?

Answer: World Wide Web

7) A network designed to allow communication within an organization is

8) Which of these is not a kind of computer?

9) Which of these products is not made by the Apple Corporation?

10) What is the name for a computer pointing device?

ELECTRONICS & GADGETS QUIZ – Technology Quiz

11) Who invented flexible photographic film?

Answer: George Eastman

13) When was the DVD introduced?

14) Who is the maker of the iPhone?

16) Which of these is a file format for digital images?

17) What does fiber optic cable resemble, in terms of size?

Answer: human hair

18) Which of these is not a telephone?

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