Technology Quiz B) Elfish tongue

C) Data packets
1. A computer keyboard has more germs than does a bathroom sink. D) Complete digital files
True or False?

2. Nanomemory is something that applies to computers. Answers

True or False?
1. True
3. QWERTY is a popular computer language. Computer keyboards are cleaned much less often than bathroom fixtures—and
True or False? thus have more germs, often flourishing on bits of food that have fallen between
the keys!
4. The size of a computer typeface affects how much ink a printer uses.
True or False? 2. True
Nanomemory involves placing computer memory in smaller and smaller areas,
5. The world’s first Web site was in the United States. so that an object such as an iPod can hold many thousands of song and movie
True or False? files in a very small space.
6. The computer and printing press are much alike. 3. False
True or False? QWERTY describes the most common configuration of a typewriter and
computer keyboard in English, based on the frequency of usage of the letters of
7. The digital computer was first conceived of before World War II. the alphabet.
True or False?
4. True
8. Which of these relates to a computer? The larger the lettering, the more ink a printer will use. Some new typefaces
A) Megabyte have tiny holes in the letters that are almost invisible but that save little
B) Megaphone quantities of ink.
C) Megaton
D) Macrame 5. False
The world’s first Web site, info.cern.ch, was established in Switzerland in 1990.
9. Which of these is part of a computer? It is still operational today, called “the Web site of the world’s first web server.”
A) Keyboard
B) Keylock 6. True
C) Keystone Like the personal computer and Internet, the printing press made it easy to
D) Key lime make many copies of words and pictures.
10. Which of these is not a well-known computer manufacturer? 7. True
A) Mercedes-Benz British mathematician Alan Turing wrote a paper on computing in 1936. After
B) IBM World War II he helped develop what was called an Automatic Digital Machine,
C) Lenovo a forerunner of the modern computer.
D) Apple
8. A) Megabyte
11. Which of these operating systems is made by Microsoft? A megabyte is a unit of computer memory. It is made up of 1024 kilobytes.
A) OS X
B) Linux 9. A) Keyboard
C) CP/M A keyboard is an important part of a computer. It allows the user to enter data
D) Windows by typing numbers and letters.
12. Which of these is not a computer operating system? 10. A) Mercedes-Benz
A) Photoshop Mercedes-Benz is a famed German automaker.
B) Microsoft Windows
C) Apple OS X 11. D) Windows
D) Linux Microsoft released the first version of its Windows operating system in 1985.
13. Which of the following is a computer operating system? 12. A) Photoshop
A) Xenon Photoshop is a program used to manipulate digital images. The other programs
B) Xerox operate whole computers.
C) Linux
D) Borax 13. C) Linux
Invented in the early 1990s, Linux is a variant of the UNIX operating system,
14. What was the Universal Automatic Computer nicknamed? which has been in use since the 1960s.
A) Unicell
B) Eurythmics 14. D) Univac
C) UAC The Univac computer was built in the 1950s. It was one of the most powerful
D) Univac computers of its time, though it seems very primitive by today’s standards.
15. What is a word relating to transferring electronic data? 15. D) Download
A) Downslope To download something means to move data from one location to another.
B) Downturn Usually a download involves copying data from the Internet.
C) Downstream
D) Download 16. C) Windows
Helvetica, Times, and Garamond are popular typographic fonts, widely
16. Which of these is not a computer font? distributed in computer systems such as Windows.
A) Garamond
B) Helvetica 17. C) Data packets
C) Windows Data is broken into small groups called packets that contain the recipient’s
D) Times address so that they can travel over available lines and be reassembled in order
on arrival.
17. In what form does the Internet move information between users’ computers?
A) Encrypted letters