IT QUIZ

What Am I?

100

I store data, I am known as Primary Memory. 

WHAT AM I?

RAM

200

I am a rectangular connector used to connect nearly every external device to the computer. 

WHAT AM I?

Universal Serial Bus

300

I store data, my maximum capacity is 1.4 MB

WHAT AM I?

Floppy Disk

400

I also contain an ALU and a CU, but I am only used to render polygons.

WHAT AM I?

Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)

X2 POINTS

500

I interact with the CPU and RAM and am part of the chipset

WHAT AM I? 

Northbridge 

The northbridge handles the high-speed communication between the CPU, memory, and graphics card.

Acronyms

100

What Does BIOS Stand For?

Basic Input/Output System

X2 POINTS

200

What does VPN stand for?

Virtual Private Network

300

What does GIF stand for? 

Graphic Interchangeable Format

400

What does URL stand for?

Uniform Resource Locator

500

What does VIRUS stand for?

Vital information resource under seized

Hardware

100

What is responsible for storing the time and settings of a system?

CMOS chip

200

True or False:

X86 processors are also called 32-bit processors?

True

300

Name all the highlighted PC components on the image

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1. DVD Drive

2. Power Supply

3. Floppy Drive

4. Circuit Board

5. HDD

6. Motherboard

7. RAM

8. FAN

X2 POINTS

400

What printer prints characters by poking them on an ink ribbon?

Dot Matrix

500

What is the minimum CPU speed for the installation of Windows Server 2008 64bit?

1.4GHz

Software

100

What are the top 5 most used internet browsers? 

May be a bonus if in right order...

1. Google Chrome: 69.6% of the market share.
2. Safari: 15.1% of the market share.
3. Microsoft Edge: 4.0% of the market share.
4. Mozilla Firefox: 3.0% of the market share.
5. Opera: 1.3% of the market share.

According to W3Counter, as of November 2023. 

X5 POINTS if in right order!!!

200

Name Googles version of popular Microsoft applications; Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Docs, Slides and Sheets.

X2 POINTS

300

What is the longest-running Microsoft Operating system?

Windows XP 

It was released in 2001 and remained in use for over a decade, until 2014

400

What replaced Lotus 1-2-3? 

Excel

500

What did Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis found?

Skype

Random Tech

100

Tux the Penguin is a mascot for who/what?

Linux

200

What Computer language is the most widely used?

Java

300

Which company since 2001 has been the largest supplier of home-use PCs?

Dell

400

Why is the domain Symbolics.com famous?

It is the first ever domain name registered

500

What was the name of the first internet search engine?

Archie

X2 POINTS