General Questions
Is it possible today to read people's minds thanks to brain activity analysis using neural networks ?
Yes
What is the term for an, humorous or nonsensical, intentional program error ? (usualy find in games nowadays)
- Bug - Glitch
- Feature - Easter egg
Easter Egg
The process of collecting large amounts of personal informations from individuals, often without their explicit consent, for use in data analysis and profiling.
French Error : "information"
What does "WWW" stand for?
- World Wide Web - World Wonderful Web
- World Wacky Web - World Webscape
World Wide Web
What was the original use of the internet's predecessor, ARPANET?
- Online shopping - Military communication
- Social networking - Video streaming
Military communication
What was the content of the first email sent in history ?
- Hello, World!
- QWERTYUIOP
- I hate Fortran!
QWERTYUIOP
How much bits are in a byte?
8
How do we call an interface designed to fool an user ?
Dark pattern
Can AI help fight climate change ?
Yes
Extracting patterns, trends, and insights from large datasets, typically for commercial purposes such as targeted advertising and market research :
- Playing Minecraft - Big data analytics
- Mining Bitcoin - Data Mining
Data Mining
What was the first item sold on Amazon ?
-A book -A DVD Player
-A music disc -A computer
A book
What was the name of the first computer programmer?
- Ada Lovelace - Grace Hopper
- Katherine Johnson - Margaret Hamilton
Ada Lovelace
What is the term for a security vulnerability that has been discovered but not yet patched by the software vendor?
- Zero-day exploit -Bug bounty
- Firewall breach - Backdoor access
Zero-day exploit
What was the original name of the search engine now known as Google ?
-WebSearch -SearchEngine
-ABC -BackRub
BackRub
What is the unexpected event that occurred during the Windows 98 presentation ?
- A blue screen
- Bill Gates dressed as a rabbit
A blue screen of death (BSOD)
How do we call a software who acts as an intermediary between a device and an OS ?
- EBIOS - Man In The Middle
- Middleware -Bridgeware
FRENCH ERROR !!!
Which programming language was named after a comedy television show?
- Python - C
- Java - SQL
Python
What was the name of the first computer virus discovered in 1986?
- Malware - Trojan Horse
- Creeper - Stuxnet
Creeper
Which of these games represents the first FPS ?
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Half Life
-Doom
Wolfenstein 3D
In what year was the first emoji created?
-1982 -1995
-1999 -2000
1999
The concept of "bug" in computing was popularized when a real moth was found in a computer at Harvard University. When did this event occur ?
-1945 -1951
-1963 -1972
1945
What's the name of the Esoteric Programming Language (EPL) using colored pixels as a syntax ?
-Piet -Brainfuck
-Shakespeare Programming Language -Befunge
Piet
What was the name of the first computer virus to spread across the pre-internet in 1988 ?
-I Love You
-Morris Worm
-BonziBuddy
Morris Worm
Who is the father of the architecture of a computer as we know it today ?
-Alan Turing -Charles Babbage
-John Von Neumann -Ada Lovelace
John Von Neumann
What was the first commercially successful computer game released in 1962?
- Pong - Spacewar!
- Tetris - Pac-Man
Spacewar!