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Technology Quiz: 100 Questions and Answers.

From computer storage to familiar inventions, this technology quiz tests the terms and ideas behind everyday tools. Work through 100 multiple-choice questions in five sets, covering computing, hardware, software and wider technology trivia. Choose a full round or jump to the harder questions.

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Set 1 · Technology

Easy
When was the DVD invented?
Answer: 1995
Easy
What programming language was GitHub written in?
Answer: Ruby
Easy
The LS3 engine is how many cubic inches?
Answer: 376
Easy
The LS1 engine is how many cubic inches?
Answer: 346
Easy
Which computer language would you associate Django framework with?
Answer: Python
Medium
Which of these programming languages is a low-level language?
Answer: Assembly
Medium
Which hat is a distribution of the Linux operating system?
Answer: Red Hat
Medium
The name of technology company HP stands for what?
Answer: Hewlett-Packard
Medium
The name of which island is also a computer programming language name?
Answer: Java
Medium
In 2008, how many nations had aircraft carriers either sea worthy or under construction?
Answer: 9
Hard
What is known as "the brain" of the Computer?
Answer: Central Processing Unit
Hard
What is the acronym for the small generator, used to start the main engines of an aircraft?
Answer: APU
Hard
Which of the following is not part of a jet engine?
Answer: sliding valve
Hard
What does the ROM part of a CD-ROM stand for?
Answer: Read Only Memory
Hard
The computer OEM manufacturer Clevo, known for its Sager notebook line, is based in which country?
Answer: Taiwan
Very hard
What German auto manufacturer was originally set up in 1910 and has a slogan in its home country which translates as Advancement Through Technology?
Answer: Audi
Very hard
What part of an automobile engine uses lobes to open and close intake and exhaust valves, and allows an air/fuel mixture into the engine?
Answer: Camshaft
Very hard
In the world of airplane technology, what does LOT stand for?
Answer: Low Observational Technology
Very hard
In the programming language "Python", which of these statements would display the string "Hello World" correctly?
Answer: print("Hello World")
Very hard
Which Variable Valve Timing technology is used by BMW?
Answer: VANOS

Set 2 · Technology

Easy
What is the code name for the mobile operating system Android 7.0?
Answer: Nougat
Easy
According to the International System of Units, how many bytes are in a kilobyte of RAM?
Answer: 1000
Easy
What does LTS stand for in the software market?
Answer: Long Term Support
Easy
Which of the following is not a type of computer mouse?
Answer: Smoothie mouse
Easy
What does SSD stand for in the context of computer storage?
Answer: Solid State Drive
Medium
Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?
Answer: James Watt
Medium
What five letter word is the motto of the IBM Computer company?
Answer: Think
Medium
In programming, the ternary operator is mostly defined with what symbol(s)?
Answer: ?:
Medium
Whistler was the codename of this Microsoft Operating System.
Answer: Windows XP
Medium
Which small software is actually a software giant from Redmond?
Answer: Microsoft
Hard
Who is the creator of the first steam locomotive?
Answer: Richard Trevithick
Hard
The fundamental book The C Programming Language was written in 1978 by BWK and what other computer scientist?
Answer: DMR
Hard
In the world of computers, what does PC stand for?
Answer: Personal Computer
Hard
What did the name of the Tor Anonymity Network orignially stand for?
Answer: The Onion Router
Hard
What does AD stand for in relation to Windows Operating Systems?
Answer: Active Directory
Very hard
Who developed a punch card that was used with mechanical tabulating machines in the 1890 U.S. Census?
Answer: Dr. Herman Hollerith
Very hard
The internet domain .fm is the country-code top-level domain for which Pacific Ocean island nation?
Answer: Micronesia
Very hard
Although it is a leading automobile maker, what else does Toyota Motor Corporation produce beside automobiles?
Answer: Looms and sewing machines
Very hard
The Japanese multinational corporation Toyota Motor Corporation is the second largest automobile maker in the world for 2006 losing the first place to which company?
Answer: General Motors
Very hard
Which of these Cherry MX mechanical keyboard switches is both tactile and clicky?
Answer: Cherry MX Blue

Set 3 · Technology

Easy
In any programming language, what is the most common way to iterate through an array?
Answer: 'For' loops
Easy
In the programming language Java, which of these keywords would you put on a variable to make sure it doesn't get modified?
Answer: Final
Easy
On a standard American QWERTY keyboard, what symbol will you enter if you hold the shift key and press 1?
Answer: Exclamation Mark
Easy
Which programming language was developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995?
Answer: Java
Easy
While Apple was formed in California, in which western state was Microsoft founded?
Answer: New Mexico
Medium
Which of the following languages is used as a scripting language in the Unity 3D game engine?
Answer: C#
Medium
What was the first commerically available computer processor?
Answer: Intel 4004
Medium
Generally, which component of a computer draws the most power?
Answer: Video Card
Medium
Which part of a building is also a computer operating system name?
Answer: Windows
Medium
What is the name of the default theme that is installed with Windows XP?
Answer: Luna
Hard
In most computer monitors which of these colors is not accomplished by simply emitting in the respective wavelength?
Answer: Orange
Hard
What is the main CPU is the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis?
Answer: Motorola 68000
Hard
What aircraft was used by the United States Navys Blue Angles demonstration team prior to adopting the F/A18 Super Hornet?
Answer: A-4
Hard
Who put up the money to start the Hudson Motor Car Company?
Answer: Joseph L. Hudson
Hard
Which art term is also used to refer to dependencies between computer applications or processes?
Answer: Choreography
Very hard
Which of these names was an actual codename for a cancelled Microsoft project?
Answer: Neptune
Very hard
Internet Explorer, Opera and Mozilla are examples of what?
Answer: Web browsers
Very hard
Volkswagen's legendary VR6 engine has cylinders positioned at what degree angle?
Answer: 15 Degree
Very hard
In their third generation computers flourished, thanks Jack St. Clair Kilbys and Robert Noyces independent invention. What did they invent?
Answer: integrated circuit (or microchip)
Very hard
Which of the following computer components can be built using only NAND gates?
Answer: ALU

Set 4 · Technology

Easy
In networking, what does OSPF stand for?
Answer: Open Shortest Path First
Easy
When was the first fountain pen invented?
Answer: 1883
Easy
What is the hottest part of the computer?
Answer: CPU
Easy
The term "battery" to describe an electrical storage device was coined by?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
Easy
What are the cylinder-like parts that pump up and down within the engine?
Answer: Pistons
Medium
Which of the following is a personal computer made by the Japanese company Fujitsu?
Answer: FM-7
Medium
Mobile hardware and software company "Blackberry Limited" was founded in which country?
Answer: Canada
Medium
Who invented the ball point pen?
Answer: Jozsef Laszlo Biro
Medium
On which computer hardware device is the BIOS chip located?
Answer: Motherboard
Medium
Where is the headquarters of the Toyota Motor Corporation located?
Answer: Aichi, Japan
Hard
The telephone handset has two main parts. One is the mouthpiece or transmitter. What is the other one?
Answer: receiver
Hard
What is the name for a port used to connect peripheral devices (such as keyboards, mouses and digital cameras) to a computer?
Answer: USB
Hard
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft. What does NT stand for?
Answer: New Technology
Hard
Originally used in PCM adapters, what frequency is the standard for sampling audio in the Compact Disc Digital Audio format?
Answer: 44.1 kHz
Hard
What does the acronym CDN stand for in terms of networking?
Answer: Content Delivery Network
Very hard
In Internet parlance, what is a cookie?
Answer: Something stored on the client computer by a web pages program
Very hard
What was the original plan of the Hudson Motor Car Company founders?
Answer: To produce an automobile which would sell for less than $1,000
Very hard
Released in 2001, the first edition of Apple's Mac OS X operating system (version 10.0) was given what animal code name?
Answer: Cheetah
Very hard
What internet protocol was documented in RFC 1459?
Answer: IRC
Very hard
What major programming language does Unreal Engine 4 use?
Answer: C++

Questions adapted from Open Trivia Database and OpenTriviaQA, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected, filtered and arranged into fixed rounds. Sources & editorial notes.

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