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Below is a complete listing of each of the
computer quizzes Computer Hope posted in 2003. This year's quizzes
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2001 quizzes - 2000 quizzes 12/2003 - How many bits are in a megabit?
1. 1000000
2. 1024
3. 256
4. 8
The correct answer for this month's quiz is one. There are 1,000,000
bits in a megabit.
We would like to thank Daniel T. for
correcting our mistake in stating a megabit is equal to
1,048,576 and forwarding us additional information about the
subject. In addition to correcting this month's answers, we have
also updated each of our related dictionary definitions and
related help pages with the correct information.
11/2003 - Which of the following file systems or file
allocation tables did Windows 95 not provide?
1. NTFS
2. ext3
3. HPFS
4. All
of the above
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number four.
Microsoft Windows 95 only provided support for FAT16 and later versions supported FAT32.
Support for NTFS and HPFS were introduced and/or
available in later versions of Microsoft Windows.
10/2003 - Which of the following is not related to a
computer hard disk drive?
1. Platter
2. Pwrite
3. Access
Arm
4. MFM
The correct answer for this month's
quiz is number two. See our platter,
pwrite, access
arm, and/or MFM dictionary
definition for additional information about each of these terms.
9/2003 - IP is an abbreviation for which of the following?
1. Internet
Printer
2. Internet
Ping
3. Internet
Person
4. Internet
Protocol
The correct answer for this month's
quiz is number four. See our IP
dictionary definition here for additional information about
this term.
8/2003 - Which of the following was the first Intel
processor introduced?
1. 3080
2. 4004
3. 8080
4. 8086
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number
two.
The Intel 4004, introduced
in 1970, was the first
processor introduced by Intel.
7/2003 - Which of the following is not a search
engine?
1. Google
2. Zeal
3. Amazon
4. Hotbot
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number
three. Although Amazon is a real site, it is not a search
engine.
6/2003 - How many bits in a byte?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 4
4. 8
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number
four. There are eight bits
in a byte.
5/2003 - Which Linux command sets a file's
permission?
1. attrib
2. chmod
3. properties
4. rights
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number
two. Additional information about the Linux chmod
command can also be found by clicking
here.
4/2003 - Which of the following is not related to
programming?
1. Subroutine
2. Compile
3. Null
pointer
4. Interleave
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number
four. See our subroutine,
compile, null
pointer, or interleave
definitions for the meanings of each of these terms.
Additional programming dictionary definitions can be
found here.
3/2003 - Which of the following is not a keyboard
layout?
1. QWERTY
2. Maltron
3. Sholes
4. Dvorak
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number three.
Although Sholes did develop the QWERTY keyboard layout, it is not
the name of the layout. Additional information about computer
keyboards can be found on our keyboard
page.
2/2003 - Which of the following is the directory commonly
used to store a website?
1. /home
2. /public
3. /home_html
4. /public_html
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number four. The
/public_html directory is the
directory commonly used on Sun Solaris boxes, *nix boxes, and
other platforms to store each user's website on that computer.
While it is also possible for this directory to be anything, it is
very common for most web hosting services to store web pages and
website information in the /public_html directory.
1/2003 - Which of the below formulas add cells a1 through a5
in Microsoft Excel?
1. =sum(A1+A5)
2. =sum(A1:A5)
3. =add(A1+A5)
4. =total(A1:A5)
The correct answer for this month's quiz is number two. When
using the colon this allows a formula to perform the function for
A1 through A5. However, when doing a single plus symbol this will
only add the two cells together. Additional information and help
with Excel can be found on our Microsoft Excel
page.
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