Monday, December 31, 2001		Compuquiz

Compuquiz — 64

Indicate whether the following sentences or statements are true or false:

1. Screen savers are currently used to prevent ghosting.

2. Using a computer to perform more than one task at a time is called multitasking.

3. An important job of an operating system is to provide the user with an interface to communicate with the computer.

4. All multiuser operating systems are also multitasking operating systems.

5. The Taskbar contains a horizontal list of menu options.

6. On a computer, groups of data are stored in files.

7. Application programs run independently of the operating system.

8. The Clipboard is an operating utility for keeping notes to yourself.

9. You can save several blocks of data on the Clipboard, as long as you remember to transfer each block in the order that you placed it there.

10. Object linking allows you to change data in the source file, which automatically changes the data in the destination file.

1.A cross platform computer language

2.1971

3.1989

4.Mark Andreesen

5.1,000,000,000,000,000

6..xxx

7.1945

8.During the development of the Mark II computer in 1945, researchers found a relay that had failed along with a dead moth. This is where the term "bug" and "debug" was derived from.

9.False

10.Domain Name System

1. Rajesh Yadav, Bathinda

2. Vimal Gupta, Rewari

3. Palvinder Singh Mann, Shimla

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4. In case of more than one correct entry, prizes will be decided by a draw of lots. The decision of the Quizmaster in this regard will be final.

5. The answers and result of Compuquiz-64 will be published in the issue of January 14, 2002.

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