IT Quiz

KERALA STATE IT QUIZ
Note: All hints mentioned were given by the quizmaster himself.
1] Name the general purpose very-high level programming languagedesigned by Rossum. [Hint: It is dangerous.]
Ans: Python [Pythons are dangerous :D]
2] It was created by James Gosling, and is alternatively known as the OakProject.
Ans: Java [Java was formerly called Oak, after the oak tree that stoodoutside Gosling’s office.]
3] The word Compaq comes from which two English words?
Ans: Compatibility And Quality
4] Identify the logo.
Ans: Western Digital Corporation
5] Which company started as Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory?
Ans: Canon
6] Who started the Free Software Foundation? [Hint: He is God for all freesoftware lovers.]
Ans: Richard Stallman [The hint was no help whatsoever, although almosteverybody knew the answer.]

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7] Identify this co-founder of Sun Microsystems.
Ans: William Nelson Joy or Billy Joy
8] “Middleware is History.” Identify this person.
Ans: Jonathan Schwartz
9] Which product led Cisco to file a lawsuit on trademark infringementagainst Apple Inc.?
Ans: iPhone [InfoGear (now owned by Cisco Systems) released the iPhonemodem in 1998. Even though the product was discontinued, Cisco Systemsheld the trademark for the name, and also released another modem,known as the Linksys iPhone in December 2006, after Apple Inc. releasedtheir iPhone in June, 2006.]
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10] The acquisition of which company by Google Inc. marked their entryinto the world of mobile device software?
Ans: Android [Google Inc. acquired Android in 2005. Android is now anoperating system and a software platform based on the Linux kerneldeveloped by the Open Handset Alliance.]
11] Photorealistic Renderman or PR Man is the product owned by whichcompany? [Hint: It is owned by a company which makes many animationfilms.]
Ans: Pixar Animation Studios [Unfortunately, the hint was too obvious.]
12] Identify this person from the world of Hewlett-Packard.
Ans: Mark Hurd
13] The interface of which photo mapping software bears a similarity to theprogram described in Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi work Snow Crash?
Ans: Google Earth
14] Started as Quantum Computer Services, it is currently a part of TimeWarner. Identify.
Ans: America Online [AOL]
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15] Toshiba launched the Qosmio G55 recently. It was the first laptop tohave the Cell CPU. Which other gaming console has the Cell CPU in it?
Ans: PlayStation Portable or PlayStation 3 [The former answer is probablywrong, as the PlayStation Portable operates on the MIPS or Microprocessorwithout Interlocked Pipeline Stages RISC processor. Interestingly, Qosmio’shome page has no mention of the Cell CPU at all. It mentions only the IntelCore2Duo.]
16] Identify the game.
Ans: Far Cry 2 [The same screenshot was not used. The real screenshotdepicted a character holding a weapon and standing in a mustard field.]
17] Which company has lauched the Ideapad series of notebooks, which istouted to be the next generation of the Thinkpad series?
Ans: Lenovo [Which is actually a subsidiary of IBM, manufacturer of theThinkpad series of notebooks.]
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18] _________ is a project which encompasses two related projects, withthe combined aim of creating a family of open-source mobile phones. It wasstarted by the FIC. [Hint: There were three options for this: a)Mobilemoko; b) Openmoko; and c) Mokomoko.]
Ans: Openmoko [The two projects being discussed here are: a) OpenmokoLinux, a Linux based operating-system designed for mobile phones, builtusing free software; and b) Development of hardware devices on whichOpenmoko Linux runs. The first device based on the Openmoko project wasthe Neo 1973.]
19] Which service do all Apple Inc. devices, such as the Macbook, the iMac,the iPhone and the iPod Touch, use to synchronize data?
Ans: MobileMe [Formerly known as iTools and .Mac, MobileMe is asubscription-based collection of online services primarily designed for MacOS X, but later targeted Microsoft Windows, iPhone, and iPod Touch users]
20] Identify the logo.
Ans: Kingston Technology Company
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