Information Technology Quiz

#1. What is a malware?

Software that protects your computer from adware and spyware infections

Software that may harm your computer

Software that updates your computer's operating system

Software that protects your computer from viruses

#2. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the founders of Google. What did they initially call their search engine?

BackLinks

BackRub

Googol

Archie

They developed a page ranking technology based on backlinks. So they called their search engine BackRub.

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

Norton

Comodo

Maxthon

Kaspersky

Maxthon is a browser.

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

AltaVista

Lycos

Archie

Baidu

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

Alfred

Giovanni

Sancho

Jeeves

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

Windows 10

Linux

Mac OS

Java

#7. Intranet is

hidden part of the Internet

visible part of the Internet

just another name for the Internet

a computer network within an organization

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

ROM

Optical drive

Hard disk

RAM

#9. .png is an extension of

image file

video file

audio file

text file

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

2013

2010

2007

2003

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

Love bug

Mulan

Mickey Mouse

Robin Hood

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

2000

1991

1998

2002

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

#13. Mac Operating System is developed by which company

Microsoft

IBM

Apple

Samsung

#14. 1 TB (terabyte) is equal to

1024 GB

1024 MB

512 MB

512 GB

#15. What is nomophobia?

Fear of losing passwords

Fear of being without a mobile phone

Fear of hackers

Fear of computers

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

8

10

12

4

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

8

Unlimited

20

10

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

Chinese

Hindi

English

Spanish

#19. Which of the following is a programming language?

HTML

HTTP

SMTP

FTP

#20. What is the shortcut key for making text bold?

Ctrl+A

Ctrl+E

Ctrl+B

Ctrl+V

#21. What was the first computer virus called?

Rabbit

Elk Cloner

Creepers

SCA Virus

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!”

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

$ 500

Nothing

Actually, they will fine you for meddling with their code

$ 100

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

Nexus

Mosaic

Netscape

Internet Explorer

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.