Section 1. Multiple choice.

 

1. Before the Internet became all-encompassing, there were many smaller networks, run by Academic Institutions and hobbyists. Which of the following was NOT an on-line network of the 1990s?

 

a. JANET
b. ECONET  This was a LAN system for the BBC Micro
c. HAIRNET
d. FIDONET
e. ARPANET

 

2. Microsoft has, for many years, had a habit of buying other peoples' software, changing it slightly, and releasing it as if it were their own. Which of the following was NOT bought in - i.e. which was conceived and written by Microsoft from the outset.

 

a. MS-DOS
b. Outlook Express
c. Microsoft BASIC Bill Gates and Co actually wrote this rather than buying something else.
d. Internet Explorer
e. IBM OS/2

 

3. There have been many operating systems written for the PC. One of these is NOT a PC Operating System. Which one?

a. MS-DOS Version 6.22
b. Microsoft Windows 95
c. IBM OS/2 Warp
d. Microsoft Windows 3.1 This is a GUI, not an Operating System  - it needs DOS to run.
e. Microsoft Windows NT 4
f. SuSE Linux 7.1
g. DR-DOS Version 5
h. Cygwyn Version 1

 

4. Which of the following is not (to the best of my knowledge) a company in the computer software business:

 

a. Fluffy Clouds Software
b. Chicken Shit Software
c. Sausage Software
d. Hotdog Software
e. Stripey Software This is the only one I made up!
f. Silly Software
g. Hyena Software

 

5. Which of the following is NOT an Internet ProtocolPC

a. HTTP
b. HTTPS
c. EMSI This is the main protocol used for Fidonet.
d. FTP
e. Telnet
f. NNTP
f. SMTP

 

Section 2: Use your Imagination

6. TWAIN is a protocol that allows scanners to talk with computers. What does TWAIN stand for?
Thing Without An Interesting Name

7. You've heard of copyright. What's copyleft?
go to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html 

8. If the price and power of a Rolls Royce had kept track of those of computers, how much would a Rolls Royce cost today? What would be its top speed?
Very fast and very cheap

9. When is the best time to buy a computer?
Tomorrow (or never)

10. Here are a few computer acronyms. What do you think they stand for? (Silly suggestions only, please).
These answers appear on so many web pages, I have no idea where they originate, but I take no credit for them.

PCMCIA: People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

ISDN: It Still Does Nothing

APPLE: Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity

SCSI: System Can't See It

DOS: Defective Operating System

BASIC: Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control

IBM: I Blame Microsoft

DEC: Do Expect Cuts

CD-ROM: Consumer Device - Rendered Obsolete in Months

OS/2: Obsolete Soon, Too.

WWW: World Wide Wait

MACINTOSH: Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs

PENTIUM: Produces Erroneous Numbers Thru Incorrect Understanding of Mathematics

AMIGA: A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction

LISP: Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parentheses

MIPS: Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed

WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System

MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers

RISC: Reduced Into Silly Code