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
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
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
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
f. Silly Software
g. Hyena Software

 

5. Which of the following is NOT an Internet ProtocolPC

a. HTTP
b. HTTPS
c. EMSI
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?

7. You've heard of copyright. What's copyleft?

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?

9. When is the best time to buy a computer?

10. Here are a few computer acronyms. What do you think they stand for? (Silly suggestions only, please).

PCMCIA:

ISDN: I

APPLE:

SCSI:

DOS:

BASIC:

IBM:

DEC:

CD-ROM:

OS/2:

WWW:

MACINTOSH:

PENTIUM:

AMIGA:

LISP: L

MIPS:

WINDOWS:

MICROSOFT:

RISC: