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Question 11
What is the Websites code for the country Colombia?

A
CO
B
CM
C
CL
D
CB
Correct Answer: Option A

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Question 12
ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, was developed by:

A
FAA
B
Department of Defence
C
NATO
D
UART
Correct Answer: Option B

No answer description available for this question.

Question 13
What is a spider?

A
A computer virus
B
A program that catalogs Web sites
C
A hacker who breaks into computer systems
D
An application for viewing Web sites
Correct Answer: Option B

Spiders are also referred to as "bots" or "crawlers," and constantly scan the Internet for new and updated Web sites

Question 14
Which of the following is not a part of the Internet?

A
World Wide Web
B
Email
C
CD-ROM
D
HTTP
Correct Answer: Option C

No answer description available for this question.

Question 15
The abbreviation URL stands for:

A
User Regulation Law
B
Unknown RAM Load
C
Uniform Resource Locator
D
Ultimate RAM Locator
Correct Answer: Option C

No answer description available for this question.

Question 16
What is the Websites code for the country Mongolia?

A
MN
B
ML
C
MG
D
MO
Correct Answer: Option A

No answer description available for this question.

Question 17
Which company created the most used networking software in the 1980's

A
Microsoft
B
Sun
C
IBM
D
Novell
Correct Answer: Option D

Novell (based in Provo, UT) created NetWare which is still one of the most used PC networking systems in the world.

Question 18
Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM?

A
OS-2
B
Windows
C
DOS
D
UNIX
Correct Answer: Option A

IBM also created it's own version of DOS called PC-DOS.nn

Question 19
Which of the following is NOT a type of expansion slot or bus design used in Advanced-Technology class systems?

A
PCMCIA
B
ISA
C
PROM
D
EISA
Correct Answer: Option C

PROM stands for Programmable Read Only Memory and is not a type of expansion slot or bus design. Today, PCI has become the most used expansion slot design in PCs. Older PCs incorporated both PCI and ISA slots for computability with older expanssion devices.

Question 20
What is a GPU?

A
Grouped Processing Unit
B
Graphics Processing Unit
C
Graphical Performance Utility
D
Graphical Portable Unit
Correct Answer: Option B

It is a chip dedicated to performing 3D calculations.

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