Science Quiz 33: Computer Science Quiz (IT Quiz)

Computer Science Quiz (IT Quiz)

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1. Which one of the following social networking service was launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg?

LinkedIn
Twitter
Goodreads
Facebook

2. Who is the creator of the programming language Perl?

Larry Wall
Linus Torvalds
Guido van Rossum
Adobe Systems

3. Name the Taiwanese company founded by Terry Gou which is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer and the largest private employer in China

Foxconn
Sony
Huawei
Panasonic

4. With which one of the following social networking platforms will you associate Pyra Labs?

WordPress
Blogger
LinkedIn
Delicious

5. Which one of the following is the highest award in the field of computer science and known as the "Nobel Prize of computing"?

Godel Prize
Turing Award
Loebner Prize
Dijkstra Prize

6. By which name the Canadian multinational company Research In Motion Limited popularly known to the general public?

Apple
Seagate
Nokia
Blackberry

7. Guido van Rossum is known for the development of which programming language?

Pascal
Python
Perl
AppleScript

8. Yukihiro Matsumoto is known as the chief designer of which one of the following programming languages?

PHP
Perl
Python
Ruby

9. RJ is a standard type of physical connector for network cables. What does RJ stand for?

Registered Jacket
Reduced Joint
Registered Jack
Registered Joint

10. Which one of the following was developed under the name Mocha, and was officially called LiveScript when it was released?

VBScript
JavaScript
Ruby
AppleScript

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