Science Quiz 40: Computer Science Quiz

Computer Science Quiz

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1. Can you name the programming language developed in the early 1980s for the U.S. Department of Defense for large-scale programming which was named after a lady programmer?

Adenine
Cayenne
Esterel

2. This hardwarre and electronics company was established in 1976 as Multitech. Which company we are talking about?

Samsung
Foxconn
Fujitsu
Acer

3. What is the art and science of hiding information by embedding messages within other, seemingly harmless messages called?

Encryption
Masking
Steganography
Cryptography

4. Name the first app in the Google Play app store to reach the 1 billion download milestone in 2014

Candy Crush Saga
Gmail
Clean Master
Dropbox

5. With which one of the programming languages will you associate Guido Van Rossum?

C++
Java
Perl
Python

6. Name the longest running software product line for Microsoft which was developed by Bruce Artwick in 1977?

Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Flight Stimulator
Microsoft Visio

7. MAC address is a globally unique identifier assigned to network devices. What does MAC stand for?

Machine Access Control
Machine Address Control
Media Access Control
Media Address Control

8. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are the founder of

Instagram
Facebook
Delicious
Orkut

9. This social networking site owned by Google which was named after its creator was closed in 2014. Name the site

FeedBurner
Orkut
Google Swiffy
Google Buzzy

10. Which company named different versions of its operating system after big cats?

Microsoft
IBM
Google
Apple

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