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Question 1
A coating of dust on a computer's main circuit boards has this probable consequence

A
Overheating
B
Short circuits
C
Slower hard disk
D
None
Correct Answer: Option A

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Question 2
According to CNN, how much did Internet traffic increase between 1994 and 1996?

A
Two times
B
Five times
C
Ten times
D
Twenty-five times
Correct Answer: Option D

The Internet is growing faster than you think!

Question 3
In 1983, which person was the first to offer a definition of the term 'computer virus'?

A
McAfee
B
Smith
C
Cohen
D
Norton
Correct Answer: Option C

1983 Fred Cohen, while working on his dissertation, formally defines a computer virus as 'a computer program that can affect other computer programs by modifying them in such a way as to include a (possibly evolved)copy of itself.'

Question 4
What is the World Wide Web?

A
A computer game
B
A software program
C
The part of the Internet that enables information-sharing via interconnected pages
D
Another name for the Internet
Correct Answer: Option C

The World Wide Web is a subset of the Internet. Specifically, the Web is a collection of documents and applications residing on Internet servers around the world.

Question 5
What is the Websites code for the country United Kingdom?

A
GB
B
UK
C
EN
D
EG
Correct Answer: Option B

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Question 6
What is a MAC?

A
A Computer made by Apple
B
Memory Address Corruption
C
Mediocre Apple Computer
D
Media Access Control
Correct Answer: Option D

MAC is short for Media Access Control address, an address unique to every piece of network hardware.

Question 7
What is the Websites code for the country Spain?

A
SI
B
SP
C
ES
D
SN
Correct Answer: Option C

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Question 8
The first web server was built in:
A
1990 in Geneva, Switzerland
B
1985 in Berkeley, California
C
1988 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
D
1947 in Berningham, UK
Correct Answer: Option A

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Question 9
In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus?
A
1990
B
1995
C
1988
D
1997
Correct Answer: Option A

1990 Symantec launches Norton AntiVirus, one of the first anti-virus programs developed by a large company.

Question 10
The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of this disk?
A
20 MB
B
1.44 MB
C
10 MB
D
750 KB
Correct Answer: Option C

The original IBM PC used 5.25-inch floppy disks to store its operating system and programs. IBM referred to the new hard disk as a Fixed Disk. Today, even a the operating system wont fit on a 10 MB disk.

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