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201.

_Which one of the following is a search engine?$?

A. Macromedia Flash
B. Bing
C. Netscape
D. Librarians' Index to the Internet
Answer» C. Netscape
202.

_How many bits in a byte?$?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 16
D. 32
Answer» C. 16
203.

_What do you call a computer on a network that requests files from another computer?$?

A. A client
B. A host
C. A router
D. A web server
Answer» B. A host
204.

_The main computer that stores the files that can be sent to computers that are networked together is:$?

A. Clip art
B. Mother board
C. Peripheral
D. File server
Answer» E.
205.

_Your computer has gradually slowed down. What's the most likely cause?$?

A. Overheating
B. Your processor chip is just getting old
C. Adware/spyware is infecting your PC
D. You dropped a sandwich in your computer
Answer» D. You dropped a sandwich in your computer
206.

_Another word for 'Graphics for a word processor'?$?

A. Peripheral
B. Clip art
C. Highlight
D. Execute
Answer» C. Highlight
207.

_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
Answer» B. Short circuits
208.

_Which of the following is not a valid domain name?$?

A. Www.yahoo.com
B. Www.yahoo.co.uk
C. Www.fr.yahoo
D. Www.yahoo.fr
Answer» D. Www.yahoo.fr
209.

_How many diodes are in a full wave bridge rectifier?$?

A. 8
B. 2
C. 4
D. 3
Answer» D. 3
210.

_Which of these is a valid e-mail address?$?

A. professor.at.learnthenet
B. www.learnthenet.com
C. professor@learnthenet.com
D. professor@learnthenet
Answer» D. professor@learnthenet
211.

_'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?$?

A. Order of Significance
B. Open Software
C. Operating System
D. Optical Sensor
Answer» D. Optical Sensor
212.

_Which company created the most used networking software in the 1980's$?

A. Microsoft
B. Sun
C. IBM
D. Novell
Answer» E.
213.

_Where are the contents of your computer's hard drive indexed?$?

A. Yahoo!
B. Google
C. MSN
D. None of the above
Answer» E.
214.

_When discussing technology, a hot spot is...$?

A. A small overheated area on a CPU
B. A place served by public wireless access
C. Jargon for an X-rated Web site
D. A faulty area in the programming code
Answer» C. Jargon for an X-rated Web site
215.

_HTML is used to$?

A. Plot complicated graphs
B. Author webpages
C. Translate one language into another
D. Solve equations
Answer» C. Translate one language into another
216.

_Which of these is not a computer?$?

A. Aptiva
B. Macintosh
C. Acorn
D. Paseo
Answer» E.
217.

_What does EPROM stand for?$?

A. Electric Programmable Read Only Memory
B. Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
C. Evaluable Philotic Random Optic Memory
D. Every Person Requires One Mind
Answer» C. Evaluable Philotic Random Optic Memory
218.

_'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?$?

A. Digital Transmission Protocol
B. DeskTop Publishing
C. Data Type Programming
D. Document Type Processing
Answer» C. Data Type Programming
219.

_What are three types of lasers?$?

A. Gas, metal vapor, rock
B. Pointer, diode, CD
C. Diode, inverted, pointer
D. Gas, solid state, diode
Answer» E.
220.

Made from a variety of materials, such as carbon, which inhibits the flow of current...?$?

A. Choke
B. Inductor
C. Resistor
D. Capacitor
Answer» D. Capacitor
221.

Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?$?

A. Flash
B. Flange
C. Fury
D. FRAM
Answer» B. Flange
222.

'.TMP' extension refers usually to what kind of file?$?

A. Compressed Archive file
B. Image file
C. Temporary file
D. Audio file
Answer» D. Audio file
223.

What do we call a network whose elements may be separated by some distance? It usually involves two or more small networks and dedicated high-speed telephone lines.$?

A. URL (Universal Resource Locator)
B. LAN (Local Area Network)
C. WAN (Wide Area Network)
D. World Wide Web
Answer» D. World Wide Web
224.

When measuring the characteristics of a small-signal amplifier, say for a radio receiver, one might be concerned with its "Noise..."?$?

A. Fundamental
B. Fall
C. Force
D. Figure
Answer» E.
225.

What is the relationship between resistivity r and conductivity s?$?

A. R = s2
B. R = s
C. R > s
D. R = 1/s
Answer» E.
226.

In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?$?

A. 1976
B. 1972
C. 1980
D. 1984
Answer» C. 1980
227.

The transformer that develops the high voltage in a home television is commonly called as?$?

A. Tesla coil
B. Flyback
C. Yoke
D. Van de Graaf
Answer» C. Yoke
228.

The first graphical browser for the WWW was named:$?

A. Netscape
B. Veronica
C. Mosaic
D. Explorer
Answer» D. Explorer
229.

This virus activated every Friday the 13th, affects both .EXE and .COM files and deletes any programs run on that day. What is the name of that virus?$?

A. Chernobyl
B. Jerusalem
C. Melissa
D. I Love You
Answer» C. Melissa
230.

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
Answer» E.
231.

Which of the following word processors came first?$?

A. WordPerfect
B. Lotus Notes
C. MS Word
D. WordStar
Answer» E.
232.

What does SSL stand for?$?

A. Secure Socket Layer
B. System Socket Layer
C. Superuser System Login
D. Secure System Login
Answer» B. System Socket Layer
233.

What is the Websites code for the country Spain?$?

A. SI
B. SP
C. ES
D. SN
Answer» D. SN
234.

What was the clock speed of the original IBM PC?$?

A. Less than 5 MHz
B. 10 MHz
C. 8 MHz
D. Just over 16 MHz
Answer» B. 10 MHz
235.

ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, was developed by:$?

A. FAA
B. Department of Defence
C. NATO
D. UART
Answer» C. NATO
236.

Which of the following is operating system for mobiles?$?

A. Windows XP
B. Mac OS
C. Android
D. Linux
Answer» D. Linux
237.

The speed of your net access is defined in terms of...$?

A. RAM
B. MHz
C. Kbps
D. Megabytes
Answer» D. Megabytes
238.

ROM stands for:$?

A. Royal Ontario Museum
B. Read Only Memory
C. Read on Monday
D. Real Obsolute Memory
Answer» C. Read on Monday
239.

What kind of data can you send by e-mail?$?

A. Audio
B. Pictures
C. Video
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
240.

Name the terminals of an FET.$?

A. Drain, Gate, Source
B. Positive, Negative, Neutral
C. Anode, Cathode, Triode
D. Emitter, Base, Collector
Answer» B. Positive, Negative, Neutral
241.

The "http" you type at the beginning of any site's address stands for:$?

A. HTML Transfer Technology Process
B. Hyperspace Terms and Tech Protocol
C. Hyperspace Techniques & Tech Progress
D. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Answer» E.
242.

"www" stands for:$?

A. World Wide Web
B. World Wide Wares
C. World Wide Wait
D. World Wide War
Answer» B. World Wide Wares
243.

In a Digital circuit, what is 1 'AND' 1?$?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4
Answer» C. 2
244.

What does CPU stand for?$?

A. Cute People United
B. Commonwealth Press Union
C. Computer Parts of USA
D. Central Processing Unit
Answer» E.
245.

Which is not an internet protocol?$?

A. HTTP
B. FTP
C. STP
D. IP
Answer» D. IP
246.

Name the terminals of a BJT.$?

A. Drain, Gate, Source
B. Positive, Negative, Neutral
C. Anode, Cathode, Triode
D. Emitter, Base, Collector
Answer» E.
247.

To select text by shading as you drag the mouse arrow over the text is known as...$?

A. Clip art
B. To highlight
C. To fetch
D. To decode
Answer» C. To fetch
248.

What are the two terminals of a diode called?$?

A. Pentode and Triode
B. Gate and Drain
C. Drain and Source
D. Anode and Cathode
Answer» E.
249.

On which of the following sites can you set up your email account:$?

A. www.linux.org
B. www.gre.org
C. www.syvum.com
D. www.hotmail.com
Answer» E.
250.

What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?$?

A. Report
B. Field
C. Record
D. File
Answer» C. Record