Information Technology Quiz

#1. This butler is associated with a search engine called Ask. What's his name?

Sancho

Jeeves

Alfred

Giovanni

#2. Mac Operating System is developed by which company

Apple

Samsung

Microsoft

IBM

#3. .png is an extension of

video file

image file

audio file

text file

#4. What is a malware?

Software that may harm your computer

Software that updates your computer's operating system

Software that protects your computer from adware and spyware infections

Software that protects your computer from viruses

#5. Which key combination is used to minimize all open windows on the screen?

Ctrl+D

Alt+M

Windows Key+D

Windows Key+M

#6. Which one is a volatile memory in computer system?

Optical drive

Hard disk

ROM

RAM

#7. What is nomophobia?

Fear of losing passwords

Fear of being without a mobile phone

Fear of hackers

Fear of computers

#8. PARAM 8000 is India’s first Super Computer. When was it developed?

1998

2002

2000

1991

Param 8000 is a series of gigaflop supercomputers that was designed and assembled by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune.

#9. What was the first computer virus called?

Rabbit

SCA Virus

Creepers

Elk Cloner

Bob Thomas, who wrote Creepers, just wanted to create an experimental, self-duplicating program to illustrate that it could be done. It made it appearance in 1971 and baffled the computer scientists at ARPANET (an experimental network which would eventually give rise to the internet) when this phrase was displayed on their teletype computer screens: “I’m the creeper, catch me if you can!”

#10. Intranet is

just another name for the Internet

a computer network within an organization

hidden part of the Internet

visible part of the Internet

#11. How many users can access a shared folder simultaneously in a Windows 7 machine?

8

10

20

Unlimited

#12. Which of the following is considered as the first search engine on the Internet?

AltaVista

Baidu

Archie

Lycos

#13. .xlsx has been the default extension for spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel since

2003

2010

2013

2007

#14. 1 TB (terabyte) is equal to

512 GB

1024 GB

1024 MB

512 MB

#15. How much will Facebook pay you if you find a bug in their code?

$ 500

$ 100

Actually, they will fine you for meddling with their code

Nothing

#16. Which among the following is NOT an operating system

Linux

Java

Windows 10

Mac OS

#17. Total number of function keys in a computer keyboard are

4

10

8

12

#18. In May 2000 this worm, which shares a name with a Disney film, spread through e-mail. What was one of its names?

Mulan

Robin Hood

Mickey Mouse

Love bug

#19. Which of the following is NOT an anti-virus software?

Maxthon

Comodo

Kaspersky

Norton

Maxthon is a browser.

#20. What language is most used on the internet?

English

Spanish

Chinese

Hindi

#21. Which of the following is the first web browser invented in 1990?

Netscape

Mosaic

Internet Explorer

Nexus

The WorldWideWeb (not to be confused with the World Wide Web) was the first browser ever created by W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee, then renamed Nexus to differentiate from the actual World Wide Web.