1) The "desktop" of a computer refers to: a) The visible screen b) The area around the monitor c) The top of the mouse pad d) The inside of a folder 2) Which of these is a search engine? a) FTP b) Google c) Archie d) ARPANET 3) 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 4) How can you catch a computer virus? a) Sending e-mail messages b) Using a laptop during the winter c) Opening e-mail attachments d) Shopping online 5) What was the fastest growing web browser in 2020? a) Microsoft Edge b) Firefox c) DuckDuckGo d) Internet Explorer 6) Which University offered the first-ever academic programme in Computer Science? a) Harvard University b) MIT c) University of Glasgow d) Cambridge University 7) What search engine did Google beat in 2004 in order to become the most successful search engine? a) MSN b) AskJeeves c) Yahoo! d) Netscape 8) What was the first mobile phone with internet connectivity? a) iPhone b) Nokia 9000 Communicator c) Motorola 7500 d) Blackberry 850 9) Who founded Apple Computer? a) Stephen Fry b) Bill Gates c) Steve Jobs d) Stephen Hawking 10) What does the Internet prefix WWW stand for? a) Wide Width Wickets b) World Wide Web c) Worldwide Weather d) Western Washington World 11) A network designed to allow communication within an organization is called: a) the World Wide Web b) Yahoo c) an intranet d) the Internet 12) Which of these is not a kind of computer? a) Apple b) Lenovo c) Toshiba d) Lada 13) Who is the maker of the iPhone? a) Microsoft b) IBM c) Apple d) Zenith 14) Aircraft flight recorders are often known by the misnomer ‘black box’, even though they are actually which colour? a) red b) blue c) green d) orange 15) Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium? a) Isaac Newton b) Albert Einstein c) Benjamin Franklin d) Marie Curie 16) What invention caused many deaths while testing it? a) Electricity b) Ladders c) Race cars d) Parachute 17) Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE? a) J. R. Gluber b) A. Nobel c) G. Fawks d) W. Bickford 18) For whom high heeled shoes were invented? a) Cleopatra b) Queen Elizabeth I c) King Louis the XIV d) King Charles II 19) Roentgen discovered a) Electrocardiograph b) X–rays c) Anti polio vaccine d) Encephalograph 20) The theory of Evolution was produced by a) Darwin b) Einstein c) Newton d) Mendel

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