Has it become a tradition, that PC-Active Quiz? Also this time we have 10 plus 2 questions to stir up the gray matter again. And don’t look on Wikipedia – or elsewhere -, but just from memory: “Otherwise it doesn’t count!” A little HCC member just has to get 9+ right. Are you such an HCC member?

John Vandeart

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Question 1

Microsoft lists the different versions
of Windows internet codenames.
What is the codename of Windows 98?

  1. Nashville
  2. Memphis
  3. Chicago
  4. Detroit

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Question 2

Getting different Windows versions, as mentioned,
various codenames assigned by Microsoft.
Which Windows version is hidden behind the code name
Sun Valley?

  1. Windows 7
  2. Windows 8
  3. Windows 10
  4. Windows 11

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Processors have been around for a very long time and in all kinds of forms.Q Question 3 2
Still, one processor can handle itself
the first commercial call microprocessor.
Which processor is the very first commercial microprocessor?

  1. Motorola 6800
  2. Intel 4004
  3. Intel 8008
  4. AMD Ryzen 1

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Q Question 4 2

GeForce is the brand name of a large number
super fast graphics processors provided by Nvidia
are designed. GeForce has the IBM compatible
computer, as it were, opened up to the games
industry. What was the very first GeForce version?

  1. GeForce FX
  2. Ge Force 128
  3. GeForce 256
  4. GeForce GX

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Q Question 5 2
Hardware, software… There are of course
many more wares…
The question: What is scareware?

  1. Aggressive ransomware
  2. Creepy game software
  3. Software that doesn’t work
  4. Scary antivirus software

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Q Question 6 2

You have computer viruses and all kinds.
From innocent and playful to dangerous and
threatening. With ransomware as an outlier
taking your data hostage.
What is the very first computer virus discovered?

    1. Creeper Virus
    2. Reaper Virus
    3. WannaCry
    4. MyDoom

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The computer works in binary and that startsQ Question 7 2a
with a bit that you can set to 0 or 1.
Everyone knows that there are 8 bits in 1 byte.
But how many bits are there in 1 MB or
in 1 megabyte?

  1. 1024
  2. 8192
  3. 1048576
  4. 8388608

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Q Question 8 2

Within Windows you can use all sorts of names
make up for the directories, no,
for the folders you create.
Which of the names below
you can NOT for a Windows folder
to use?

  1. PRN
  2. PRS
  3. PRO
  4. PRT

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Files have extensions. A file extension is a
usually three-letter suffix after the last dot
in a file name. This will make the file typeQ Question 9 2
made known. The question: which extension for
Word documents has been introduced with the advent
from Word 2007 in March 2006?

  1. DOC
  2. DOCM
  3. DOCX
  4. DOT

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Q Question 10 2Portable computers have been around for decades.
The concept of ‘portable’ was a must in the early years
which are taken broadly.
Which computer became the first truly portable
computer considered? And in which year?

  1. The Epson HX-20 in 1980
  2. The Osborne 1 in 1981
  3. The Tandy TRS-80 in 1983
  4. The Toshiba T1000 in 1984

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Q Question 11 2Of course you delete files and folders
using the mouse. In the meantime you can still
using the keyboard as an extra.
With which key or key combination can you open files
and folders – note – delete them permanently?

  1. DELETE
  2. ALT+DELETE
  3. CTRL+DELETE
  4. SHIFT+DELETE

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Q Question 12 2The Commodore 64 becomes,
with an estimated 17 million units,
considered the best-selling popular
home computer ever. Which of the
standing Commodore models is compatible
with the Commodore 64?

  1. Commodore Plus-4
  2. Commander 16
  3. Commodore SX-64
  4. Commodore Amiga

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