Hardware
Computer Safety
Computer Terms
Troubleshooting
Tech History
100
Printed circuit board and foundation of a computer.
What is a Motherboard?
100
A software program capable of causing great harm to files.
What is a virus?
100
A programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve and process data.
What is a Computer?
100
What is the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)?
100
The founder of Apple.
Who is Steve Jobs?
200
What is an RJ45?
200
Typically a small window that is used for online advertising.
What is a pop-up?
200
Mouse, microphone, joystick, keyboard
What are Input Devices?
200
System monitoring program used to provide information about the processes and applications running on a computer.
What is Task Manager?
200
The most widespread of all Operating Systems
What is Microsoft Windows?
300
Drive to read CD/DVDs
What is an optical drive
300
An antistatic device used to safely ground a person working on very sensitive electronic equipment.
What is an ESD strap?
300
The method of mathematical expression which uses only 2 symbols.
What is binary?
300
Windows command line utility used to retrieve the machines IP address.
What is ipconfig?
300
The year the first computer was invented.
What is 1943?
400
Short term memory where data is stored as the processor needs it.
What is RAM?
400
Unwanted email, instant messages or other online communication.
What is SPAM?
400
A user interface that uses icons and a mouse
What is a GUI (graphical user interface)?
400
The first step of the Troubleshooting theory.
What is Identify the Problem?
400
Popular computer game developed in 1971. Common cause of character death was dysentery.
What is The Oregon Trail?
500
Type A, Type B, Type C, Micro-pin
What are USB types?
500
Basic state of OS or software, using limited number of files and drivers.
What is Safe Mode?
500
When more than 1 CPU is running at a time.
What is Multiprocessing?
500
Windows 10 utility that checks for problems with files on your computer.
What is System File Checker?
500
The company that designed the first CPU
What is Intel?
600
Part of the computer that fetches, decodes, and executes the programming instructions?
What is the CPU?
600
Software with malicious behavior that aims to gather user information without his or her knowledge.
What is Spyware?
600
The name given to a basic binary unit.
What is a bit?
600
Returns the system to the previous configuration and settings.
What is a Restore Point?
600
A pictorial representation of a facial expression originating in 1972.
What is an emoticon?