Question 1
2 Points

What does the K in awk stand for?

Question 1
2 Points

What does the K in awk stand for?

Answer - Kernigan

Question 2
3 Points

What command do you enter into DOS Debug to run the embedded low-level format utility built into a Western Digital ST-506 hard drive controller?

Question 2
3 Points

What command do you enter into DOS Debug to run the embedded low-level format utility built into a Western Digital ST-506 hard drive controller?

Answer - g=c800:5

Question 3
3 Points

What computer language was named after the Countess of Lovelace, daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron?

Question 3
3 Points

What computer language was named after the Countess of Lovelace, daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron?

Answer – Ada (Augusta Ada Loveless)

Question 4
2 Points

What is the formatted capacity of a 5.25” Double Sided Double Density floppy disk?

Question 4
2 Points

What is the formatted capacity of a 5.25” Double Sided Double Density floppy disk?

Answer - 360k

Question 5
2 Points

What was Professor Faulkins password in the movie War Games?

Question 5
2 Points

What was Professor Faulkins password in the movie War Games?

Answer - joshua

Question 6
1 Point

What university was Linus Torvalds attending when he first created the Linux Kernel?

Question 6
1 Point

What university was Linus Torvalds attending when he first created the Linux Kernel?

Answer – University of Helsinki

Question 7
1 Point

What does the abbreviation MP3 stand for?

Question 7
1 Point

What does the abbreviation MP3 stand for?

Answer – MPEG-2 (Motion Pictures Experts Group version 2) Layer 3

Question 8
1 Point

Who maintains the 2.6 series kernel?

Question 8
1 Point

Who maintains the 2.6 series kernel?

Answer – Andrew Morton

Question 9
1 Point

What is the horizontal and vertical pixel count of XGA?

Question 9
1 Point

What is the horizontal and vertical pixel count of XGA?

Answer - 1024x768

Question 10
1 Point

What computer language was invented by Microsoft to replace Java?

Question 10
1 Point

What computer language was invented by Microsoft to replace Java?

Answer - C#

Question 11
2 Points

What is the sample rate in hertz of CD quality audio?

Question 11
2 Points

What is the sample rate in hertz of CD quality audio?

Answer – 44,100 hz

Question 12
1 Point

What does the acronym GIMP stand for?

Question 12
1 Point

What does the acronym GIMP stand for?

Answer – Gnu's Image Manipulation Program

Question 13
1 Point

What is the oldest Linux distribution still being fully maintained?

Question 13
1 Point

What is the oldest Linux distribution still being fully maintained?

Answer - Slackware

Question 14
1 Point

What is the name of the firewall built into the 2.4 series kernels?

Question 14
1 Point

What is the name of the firewall built into the 2.4 series kernels?

Answer - ipchains

Question 15
2 Points

What was the name of the Unix product that Microsoft developed from the source code they licensed from AT&T in the late 1970's and re-licensed to SCO?

Question 15
2 Points

What was the name of the Unix product that Microsoft developed from the source code they licensed from AT&T in the late 1970's and re-licensed to SCO?

Answer - XENIX

Question 16
1 Point

What Unix filesystem was developed by IBM?

Question 16
1 Point

What Unix filesystem was developed by IBM?

Answer - JFS

Question 17
2 Points

What default TCP/IP port is used by HP JetDirect devices?

Question 17
2 Points

What default TCP/IP port is used by HP JetDirect devices?

Answer – port 9100

Question 18
1 Point

What does the acronym EIDE stand for?

Question 18
1 Point

What does the acronym EIDE stand for?

Answer – Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

Question 19
1 Point

What was the codename for the first Intel processor to feature the slot-1 architecture?

Question 19
1 Point

What was the codename for the first Intel processor to feature the slot-1 architecture?

Answer - Klamath

Question 20
1 Point

What does the acronym SATA stand for?

Question 20
1 Point

What does the acronym SATA stand for?

Answer – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

Question 21
1 Point

What is LAME used for?

Question 21
1 Point

What is LAME used for?

Answer – MP3 encoding

Question 22
1 Point

What controversial application library is required for Linux to be able to view encrypted DVD movies ?

Question 22
1 Point

What controversial application library is required for Linux to be able to view encrypted DVD movies ?

Answer – libdecss or decss

Question 23
1 Point

What is the name of the successor to the Transmeta Crusoe?

Question 23
1 Point

What is the name of the successor to the Transmeta Crusoe?

Answer - Efficion

Question 24
1 Point

What was the codename of the first x86 compatible processor to reach 1Ghz?

Question 24
1 Point

What was the codename of the first x86 compatible processor to reach 1Ghz?

Answer – Thunderbird (AMD)

Question 25
1 Point

What filesystem was developed by SGI and is now available for Linux?

Question 25
1 Point

What filesystem was developed by SGI and is now available for Linux?

Answer - XFS

Question 26
2 Points

Name 2 token passing network topologies.

Question 26
2 Points

Name 2 token passing network topologies.

Answer – Token Ring, FDDI, Arcnet

Question 27
2 Points

What is the resistance in Ohms of a 10base2 (thin net coax) terminating resistor?

Question 27
2 Points

What is the resistance in Ohms of a 10base2 (thin net coax) terminating resistor?

Answer – 50 Ohms

Question 28
1 Point

What is the frequency of the 802.11a spectrum?

Question 28
1 Point

What is the frequency of the 802.11a spectrum?

Answer – 5 Ghz

Question 29
3 Points

How many packets would a hacker have to intercept to crack WEP?

Question 29
3 Points

How many packets would a hacker have to intercept to crack WEP?

Answer – 4 million

Question 30
2 Points

Who created what became known as MS-DOS?

Question 30
2 Points

Who created what became known as MS-DOS?

Answer – Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer

Question 31
1 Point

What are BogoMIPS?

Question 31
1 Point

What are BogoMIPS?

Answer – The number of million times a second a processor can do absolutely nothing.

Question 32
2 Points

Why was Red Hat thrown out of its first office?

Question 32
2 Points

Why was Red Hat thrown out of its first office?

Answer – The landlord didn't like the founders running a company out of an apartment bedroom.

Question 33
2 Points

On what date did Linux post to comp.os.minix saying “I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)”?

Question 33
2 Points

On what date did Linux post to comp.os.minix saying “I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)”?

Answer – August 25, 1991

Question 34
1 Point

What was the first consumer product that Bill Gates launched personally?

Question 34
1 Point

What was the first consumer product that Bill Gates launched personally?

Answer -MS Bob

Question 35
2 Points

In what year did ARPANET go online?

Question 35
2 Points

In what year did ARPANET go online?

Answer - 1969

Question 36
1 Point

What was the first processor Intel made?

Question 36
1 Point

What was the first processor Intel made?

Answer – Intel 4004

Question 37
1 Point

What does DMCA stand for?

Question 37
1 Point

What does DMCA stand for?

Answer – Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Question 38
2 Points

Who created the Palm Pilot?

Question 38
2 Points

Who created the Palm Pilot?

Answer – Jeff Hawking

Question 39
2 Points

Majal Barret, wife of the late Gene Roddenberry, played 2 different characters in the original Star Trek series and 2 different characters in Star Trek – TNG. Name 3 of these characters.

Question 39
2 Points

Majal Barret, wife of the late Gene Roddenberry, played 2 different characters in the original Star Trek series and 2 different characters in Star Trek – TNG. Name 3 of these characters.

Answer – First Officer (Number 1), Nurse Chappel, Lwoxana Troy, Enterprise D computer voice

Question 40
1 Point

What was the name of the ship in The Matrix?

Question 40
1 Point

What was the name of the ship in The Matrix?

Answer – Nebuchadnezzar

Question 41
3 Points

What is the formatted capacity of an 8 inch floppy disk?

Question 41
3 Points

What is the formatted capacity of an 8 inch floppy disk?

Answer - 170k

Question 42
2 Points

On what hardware platform was Unix originally created for?

Question 42
2 Points

On what hardware platform was Unix originally created for?

Answer – DEC PDP7

Question 43
2 Points

In what year was Perl released?

Question 43
2 Points

In what year was Perl released?

Answer - 1987

Question 44
2 Points

What processor was used in the original Apple Macintosh?

Question 44
2 Points

What processor was used in the original Apple Macintosh?

Answer – Motorola 68000

Question 44
1 Point

What company developed the first incarnation of X Windows?

Question 44
1 Point

What company developed the first incarnation of X Windows?

Answer - Xerox

Question 45
2 Points

How did Boba Fett meet his fate?

Question 45
2 Points

How did Boba Fett meet his fate?

Answer – He was swallowed by a sarlack

Question 45
2 Points

What was the clock speed of the original Intel 386sx processor?

Question 45
2 Points

What was the clock speed of the original Intel 386sx processor?

Answer – 16 Mhz

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