Xmas Songs
Computer Systems
Cyber Security
IT Trivia
Xmas Trivia
100

According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas? 

Eight maids a milkin

100

Name 3 different accessibility devices

Teachers choice.

100

What does malware stand for?

Malicious Software

100

What is the one disadvantage that affects both Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage?

Reliance on internet access

100

This holiday treat was originally designed to resemble a shepherd's staff. What is it? 


Candy Canes

200

In the song "We wish you a merry Christmas" what type of pudding is mentioned?

Figgy Pudding

200

Give 2 benefits of Open-Source software

Free, Community Contribution, Can modify the code etc...

200

What does a firewall do?

Monitors incoming and outgoing connections against a set of rules.

200

What are the two types of compression? AND what's the difference

Lossy and Lossless

Lossy - Reduces size the most but also affects quality the most

Lossless - Reduces the size a bit but no quality lost.

200

Which nut is famously roasted and sold by street vendors during the Christmas season? 

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Chestnuts

300

Which Christmas song contains the lyrics "Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?" 

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Rocking around the Christmas tree

300

Give 3 Image and 3 Video file types

JPG, BMP, GIF, MOV, MP4, AVI etc...

300
What does an antivirus do when it finds a virus?

Quarantines and asks the user

300

Give 2 reasons why someone would use a WPAN?

- Can set it up whenever you want (ad-hoc network)

- No hardware required

+Any other acceptable.

300

Which Christmas ballet premiered in 1892?

The Nutcracker

400

Which Christmas song was recorded by Jose Feliciano in 1970?  

Feliz Navidad

400

Name 3 different utility softwares

Defragmentation, Anti-virus, Disk Cleanup, Compression software, Backup software

400

What specifically does ransomware do to your computer? 

Encrypts all your data and then blocks you from accessing any of it without paying the ransom

400

What is the protocol used in the S for HTTPS

SSL/TLS

400

In Canada, which holiday is celebrated the day after Christmas?

Boxing Day

500

Elvis is not going to have a White Christmas, he's going to have a....?

Blue Christmas

500

Name 4 different kinds of interfaces 

GUI - Graphical user Interface

CLI  - Command line interface

Menu Based Interface

AUI - Adaptive User Interface 

 

500

Explain the 4 steps involved when using Asymetric encryption.

1) Handshake between the 2 devices

2) Public and Private key established

3) Data is scrambled with the public key and sent

4) Data is received and unencrypted using the Private key

500

What does SMTP and IMAP stand for and what do they do?

Simple mail transfer protocol - used to send emails.

Internet message access protocol - used to retrieve emails from email servers

500

Three of Santa's reindeer's names begin with the letter "D". What are those names?

Dasher, Dancer, Donner