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Computing and the Internet: Sample quiz questions
The first answer is the correct one in each case.
In computing, how many bits make a byte?
In computing, what is the term for a program designed for the benefit of the end user, such as a payroll system or a word processor?
- Application
- Operating system
- System folder
- Print monitor
In computing, what is the name for a program that controls a peripheral device?
- Driver
- Subroutine
- Interface board
- Flow control
In computing, what is an item of software or firmware that allows one device to imitate the functioning of another?
- Emulator
- Macro
- Computer simulation
- Interface
In computing, what is the name for a variable that can be accessed only by the instructions within a particular subroutine?
- Local variable
- Area variable
- Routine variable
- Network variable
Who invented the laptop computer?
- Clive Sinclair
- John Atanasoff
- John Eckert
- John Mauchly
What was the name of the first mass-produced computer?
- Univac 1
- ENIAC 1
- Neumann 1
- Atanasoff 1
What was the name of the elementary computer built by Alan Turing in Britain to decipher the German 'Enigma' codes?
- 'Colossus'
- 'Autotron'
- 'Intellect'
- 'Glorious'
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