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A Quiz about Computers - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 56 times
- The average score is 11 of 18
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What numbering system does a computer use? | Binary | 94%
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| What tech company, also based in the United States, created the macOS operating system? | Apple Inc. | 91%
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| What American tech company developed the Windows operating system? | Microsoft | 91%
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| What word can refer to either a kind of pathogen or a type of malicious computer program? | Virus | 91%
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| What device allows you to move the cursor and click buttons on the computer screen? | a {Mouse} | 87%
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| What does the P in CPU stand for? | Processing | 85%
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| What is made up of 8 bits? | a {Byte} | 77%
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| What is the name for any computer app that allows you to surf the web? (Hint: you're using one right now!) | Web {Browser} | 72%
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| What word, starting with B, is used to refer to an error in a computer program? | Bug | 66%
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| What is the most common app for editing plain text documents on Windows computers? | Notepad | 55%
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| Computers count time using a numerical value called "Unix time", which represents the number of seconds since the first day of a certain year. Which year is that? | 1970 | 40%
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| Computers these days are capable of recording videos using a certain device. What is it? | a {Webcam} | 38%
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| What operating system, also made by the above, enabled communication with computers using text commands? | MS-DOS | 38%
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| What is the generic term for all the pictures, videos and audio files stored on a computer? | {Media} files | 34%
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| What phrase is used by computer programmers to mean that if you give a computer nonsensical input, it will also give you nonsensical output? | {Garbage} in, {garbage} out | 32%
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| What standard for character encoding is generally followed by computer programs? | {ASCII} code | 28%
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| And what about on Macintosh computers? | TextEdit | 21%
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| What device, introduced in 1946, is generally considered the first computer ever? | ENIAC | 11%
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