Computing With Confidence
Team Quiz
HISTORY
Q1.
What is Sir Time Berners-Lee credited with inventing?
Q2.
In what year was the first email sent?
Q3.
In what decade did the computer mouse come into commercial
service?
Q4.
In what decade did the internet come into existence?
Q5.
Why did VHS video tapes become standard instead of Betamax or
V2000?
Computer Queries 1:
A minor is always treated as a legal adult when
prosecuted under the Computer Misuse Act 1990
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Computing With Confidence – Team Quiz
HARDWARE
Q1.
Which of these terms is not a name for the main part of a desktop
computer system?
Case, Modem, Tower, Base-Unit, Box
Q2.
Name as many components as you can within this main part of a
desktop computer
Q3.
In computing terms, what is the difference between a CD and a DVD
(and a DVD and a Blu-ray Disk)?
Q4.
Match the typical storage capacities to the most appropriate data
storage device
800Mb, 500Gb, 4.7Gb, 4Gb, 1.44Mb
Memory Stick (flash disk), CD, Floppy disk, Hard drive, DVD
Q5.
Is a computer floppy disk, floppy?
Computer Queries 2:
Any website hosted with a French top-level domain
(.fr) must be written in French or provide the option to be read in French.
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Computing With Confidence – Team Quiz
WORD-PROCESSING
Q1.
Name an advantage a word-processing system has over a typewriter
Q2.
Which of the following keyboard functions is the odd one out (and
why)?
The Tab Key, The Cursor Keys, The Enter Key, The Backspace Key, The
Space Bar, The Shift Keys
Q3.
Why are computer keyboards still arranged in a ‘QWERTY’ layout?
Q4.
Which one of the following would you not alter to make text fit on to
a page?
Font size, Line spacing, Margins, Font type, Page Size, Full justification
Q5.
What is the proper name given to the following computer symbols?
/, &, ~. *, @
Computer Queries 3:
‘Typewriter’ is the longest word in the English
language that can be written using only one row on the Qwerty keyboard.
‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that can be typed by a touch-typist using
only the left hand.
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Computing With Confidence – Team Quiz
ERROR MESSAGES
Q1.
Who are what was to blame for the Y2K bug?
Q2.
What do you have to do if you see the ‘Blue Screen of Death’?
Q3.
What kind of fault is indicated when a computer shows no screen
display and bleeps upon switching on?
Q4.
When would you see an HTTP 404 error message?
Q5.
Which two browsers produce the following error messages upon
running into trouble?
“Aw, Snap!”
“Well this is embarrassing…”
Computer Queries 4:
Symbolics.com was the first registered domain
name in 1985.
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Computing With Confidence – Team Quiz
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Q.1
What can’t a computer do?
Pick a random number, mow a lawn, find a way out of a maze, win a
chess tournament, identify a music track
Q2.
Which of the following is not an operating system?
Microsoft Office XP, Apple Mac OS X, Google Chrome, Microsoft
Windows 8, Unix, Android
Q3.
What is the advantage of regularly ‘defragmenting’ your hard drive?
Q4.
What types of computer files are indicated by the following ‘file
extensions’?
Jpeg, Exe, Gif, Doc, Pdf, Htm, Wav, Mov
Computer Queries 5:
Apple Macs represent 90% of personal computers
pictured in movies but represent less than 10% of personal computers in
real life.
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Computing With Confidence – Team Quiz
THE WORD WIDE WEB
Q1.
Can you identify the following unusual top-level domains (ISO 3166
two-letter country codes)?
CH, TR, ES, IS, FK, SV, AQ
Q2.
Apart from Google, how many search engines can you name?
Q3.
What is the main programming language used to create webpages?
Q4.
Why is it so difficult to print a webpage?
Q5.
Describe the difference between the world wide web and the
internet
BONUS Question: Is there such a thing as a free lunch?
Computer Queries 6:
Facebook pay a minimum of $500 to each and every
person who can ‘hack’ any part of its website.
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