Science Quiz: Computer Science Quiz

Science Quiz

Computer Science Quiz

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1. What was the name of the IBM supercomputer that defeated the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997?

Deep Blue
Cray Titan
IBM Roadrunner
IBM Sequoia

2. An error in a computer program or in a compute system is called

Virus
Debug
Bug
Worm

3. What is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video called?

Cryptography
Steganography
Otography
Venography

4. Who coined the term Artificial Intelligence?

Herbert Simon
John McCarthy
Bill Gates
Alan Turing

5. What is half byte?

Octet
Bit
Megabyte
Nibble

6. He is an author of science fiction novels and stories who is credited with coining the term "worm" and predicting the emergence of computer viruses in his 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider". Who is he?

Ray Bradbury
Arthur C Clarke
John Brunner
John Scalzi

7. Name the author of the 1970 best seller book about the future, "Future Shock"?

Michael Crighton
Alvin Toffler
F W Lancaster
H G Wels

8. The self replicating experimental computer program on ARPANET written by Bob Thomas is considered to be the first computer worm. What was the name of the program?

Reaper
Creeper
Peeper
Sleeper

9. Which one of the following is an internet slang referring to an ethical computer hacker or a computer security expert?

Boffin
White hat
Silver hat
Nerd

10. Which is the first computer worm that required no human intervention to spread distributed via the Internet?

Meliss
Nimda
Morris worm
Code Red

11. Which one of the following programming languages was created by Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie ?

C
Java
COBOL
FORTRAN

12. Sunway TaihuLight is a

Solar power generator
Computer software
Computer manufacturer
Supercomputer

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