Syntax / Java
What must always come after a statement in Java?
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Semicolon
What word is often abbreviated as Fn on a keyboard?
Function
What peripheral displays images from your computer?
Monitor
What detects and delete malicious programs?
Antivirus Software
What video game has sold the most copies of all time?
Tetris ~520 Million Copies
What is the difference between "==" and "=" operators?
"==" is a equality operator that checks if two operands are equal, while "=" is an assignment operator used a value to a variable
What delicious computer term did web browser programmer Lou Montulli coin to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server?
Cookie
What does RAM stand for?
Random Access Memory
What verifies the public keys of the websites you use?
Certificate Authorities (CAs)
What game was the "Most successful Coin-operated Game" in 2005 according to the Guinness Book of World Records?
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Pac-Man
What is the syntax error?
public class Syntax Error {
public static main(String[] args) {
int x = 5;
System.out.println("The value of x is: " + x);
}
}
Line 2 should be public static void main(String[] args) because the ‘main’ method does not return any value
What is the tasty name of the series of small single-board computers often used for the promotion of teaching computer science concepts in schools and developing countries?
Raspberry Pi
What does GPU stand for?
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Graphics Processing Unit
Appears to be a trustworthy email, which takes a user to a fake website and tricks users into sharing sensitive personal information
Phishing Scam
What game genre tasks a player with solving a problem using, amongst other things, pattern recognition, logic, and sequence solving and has a player solve a challenge, rather than go on an adventure?
Puzzle
What is the difference the difference between "==" and ".equals()" when comparing objects in Java?
"==" checks whether two object references point to the exact memory location, while ".equals()" compares the contents of two objects for equality
The acronym BSOD is commonly used for the blue error screen in the Windows operating system that displays upon a fatal system error. What do the letters BSOD stand for?
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Blue Screen of Death
What is considered the brains of the computer?
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
What is a "brute force attack"?
A method attempting all password or encryption key combinations until the correct one is found
What was the first video game console ever released?
Magnavox Odyssey - 1972
What is the purpose of the "static" keyword in Java?
Used to define variables, methods, nested classes that belong to the class and not the instance of the class.
A virus quickly spread on May 4th, 2000, in the form of a Letter via email that resulted in 10 billion dollars of damages. What is the name of this virus?
ILOVEYOU Virus
What function does the motherboard serve?
Connects all of internal components together. (Memory, Processor, Graphics Card, and other hardware)
The intentional paralyzing of a computer network by flooding it with data sent simultaneously from many individual computers
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DDos Attack
This video game engine introduced dynamic global illumination, which simulates light bouncing off of surfaces in a scene in real time, instead of being baked onto surfaces during development using a proprietary system called Lumen.
Unreal Engine 5