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100

One kilobyte is equal to this many bytes.

What is 1024

100

When network connectvity slows to a crawl and spreads gradually throughout the network, this is likely a symptom of this.

What is a loop?

100

11100110

what is 230?

100

The keyboard shortcut to lock your PC on Windows is the following:

What is Windows key + L?

100

 the name of the first electronic general-purpose computer

What is ENIAC?

200

this is the year the Nintendo 64 officially released

What is 1996?

200

This is the first thing you do when a computer is not connected to the internet but all the wires are plugged in.

What is ipconfig/all?

200

00011000

What is 24?

200

The keyboard shortcut to maximize a window in Windows is the following:

What is Windows key + Up arrow?

200

This is the code that Alan Turing became famous for cracking in WWII.

What is the enigma code?

300

DAILY DOUBLE

This is the year that ITI was founded 

What is 1973?

300

this is the first thing you should do when you realize a loop is present.

What is disconnect the WAN from rooms you suspect to be the problem?

300

11110011

What is 243

300

The keyboard shortcut to directly open the Windows Task Manager is the following:

What is Ctrl + Shift + Escape?

300

This the name of the first computer virus.

What is The creeper?

400

He is often known as the “father of the atomic bomb.”

Who is Robert Oppenheimer?

400

You are troubleshooting a computer that allegedly shuts down every 20 minutes during class. The student explains that whenever they are working on Visual Studio or Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, the computer works fine but about 20 minutes into working the computer just goes black and has no power. This part of the computer would most likely be the issue.

What is the CPU?

400

10010110

What is 150?

400

The keyboard shortcut to create a new virtual desktop is the following:

What is Windows key + Ctrl + D?

400

The first 1GB hard drive was approximately this heavy.

What is 64 pounds?

500

The video game console, NES, stands for this. 

What is the Nintendo Entertainment System?

500

You are troubleshooting a computer that on boot displays that it “Can’t detect boot device”. You have put a known working older hard drive in the machine, and when you go to storage options in the bios you can see the name and properties of the hard drive. However, when you check the boot order to see if the drive shows up, the drive is no where to be found. This hardware part would most likely be the issue. 

What is A bad sata port or cable?

500

11010111

What is 215?

500

The keyboard shortcut to minimize all windows in Windows is the follow:

What is Windows key + M?

500

In 2010, the U.S. Air Force used over 1,000 of this game console to build a supercomputer.

What is PS3?