IT Quest Quiz

QUEST MANIAFINALS

QUEST MANIA RULES

A team shall consist of max two students. The decision of the quiz-master will be final and

will not be subjected to any change. Participants shall not be allowed to use mobile

or other electronic instruments. Questions shall be in the form of multiple

choice, statement, Visuals, Specific-answer question etc.

ROUND 1 General Questions

Rules FOR ROUND 1

Two questions for each team Each question carries 10 marks -5 marks for wrong answer If passed then no marks will be given +5 marks to the next team who answers

correctly -5 marks to the next team who answers

wrong

TEAM 1

QUESTION 1The founder of this company initially hacked into the protected areas of Harvard's computer network and copied the students directory with photos and information. He was charged for the breach of security and faced expulsion.

Later on his company grew multifold and dropped “The” from its name after purchasing the new domain in 2005 for US$ 200,000.Name this company.

Answer

QUESTION 2

What is the name of the recently released Microsoft smart glasses ?

1. Cortana2. Hololens 3.Oculus rift4. Gear VR

ANSWER

HOLOLENS

TEAM 2

QUESTION 1

This is a kind of Internet-based functionality that provides shared processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand. It is a model for enabling global, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Name the technology !!!

ANSWER

QUESTION 2

Who won the Turing award in 2015 ?

1. Martin E. Hellman & Whitfield Diffie 2. Silvio Micali &Shafi Goldwasser3. Leslie Lamport4. Michael Stonebraker

ANSWER

Martin E. Hellman &

Whitfield Diffie

TEAM 3

QUESTION 1This person graduated from Cambridge and was a leading participant in the breaking of German ciphers during the World war 2 .He was found dead and cause of death was cyanide poisoning and an apple was discovered half-eaten beside his bed. Name the personality !!

ANSWER

ALAN TURING

QUESTION 2The unit of speed for a super computer is ?

1. Mflops2.Kflops3.Gflops 4.None of these

Also give its full form

ANSWER

GFLOPSGiga Floating

Point Operations per second

TEAM 4

QUESTION 1Ericsson, A Denmark based company started working on a device which establishes radio links between portable devices . Jim Kardman named the technology ______ after the 10th century Viking king Harold Blatand who liked eating Blueberries. What is the name of technology?

ANSWER

BLUETOOTH

QUESTION 2To resolve thrashing due to excessive paging

1. Increase the amount of RAM in the computer.2.Decrease the number of programs being run on the computer.3.Replace programs that are memory-heavy with equivalents that use less memory.4. all of above.

ANSWER

All of the above

TEAM 5

QUESTION 1

The themes in this game are borrowed from the major film Scarface and blow, along with the hit 1980s television series Miami Vice .Which game are we talking about?

ANSWER

GTA Vice City

QUESTION 2

If the wait for graph contains a cycle :

a) then a deadlock does not existb) then a deadlock existsc) then the system is in a safe stated) either b or c

Answer

deadlock exists

TEAM 6

QUESTION 1The company name comes from the name of a stream originating on Black Mountain in Santa Clara County, California, United States, which ran behind the houses of John Warnock and Charles Geschke, the founders of this company. Which company am I talking about?

ANSWER

Adobe

QUESTION 2

Who is considered to be the father of Artificial Intelligence ?

1. Alan Turing2.John McCarthy 3.Allen Newell4.Gregory Freeman

ANSWER

John McCarthy

RESULTS OF ROUND 1

Identification Round

ROUND 2

Rules

No negative marking No pass to contestants Question passed to audience Correct answer 10 marks Wrong answer 0

TEAM 1

QUESTION 1Give the name of the

“company” to which this logo of the product currently belongs to.

ANSWER

Intel security group

QUESTION 2With which one of the

following would you associate this guy?                 1. Dell Computers2. Sony PlayStation 43. Microsoft XBOX ONE4. Microsoft Kinect

ANSWER

Sony PlayStation 4

TEAM 2

QUESTION 1Name the “company” that owns this brand.

ANSWER

APPLE

QUESTION 2He is an Indian-American computer architect who helped develop USB. Who is he?

1. Vinod Bhatia2.Ajay Bhatt3.Vijay Bhatkar4.Vinod Dham

ANSWER

Ajay Bhatt

TEAM 3

QUESTION 1

This organization was formerly (previously) known as __________.

ANSWER

Infotech

QUESTION 2 An Indian businessman and the co-founder of 

Micromax Informatics.

1.Rahul Sharma2.Rakesh Sharma3.Rohan Sharma4.Rohit Sharma

ANSWER

Rahul Sharma

TEAM 4

QUESTION 1

Give full name of the company to which this logo belongs.

ANSWER

Advanced micro devices

QUESTION 2An Indian business executive who is the CEO and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services.

1.Naresh Goyal2.Lalit Suri3.Kushal Pal Singh4.Natarajan Chandrasekaran

ANSWER

Natarajan Chandrasekara

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TEAM 5

Question 1

Identify the software and give the full name of its latest version.

ANSWER

Eclipse Mars 4.5

QUESTION 2

Name the type of cable and one of its functionality

ANSWER

COAXIAL CABLE(transmission line for radio frequency

signals. Its applications include feedlines connecting radio transmitters and receivers

with their antennas, computer network (Internet) connections, digital audio (S/PDIF), and distributing cable television signals)

TEAM 6

QUESTION 1

This 9 year old CEO is an international expert on hacking and cyber security.

1.Larry Ellison2.Larry Page3. Reuben Paul4.David Ogilvy

ANSWER

Reuben Paul

QUESTION 2

This is the old logo of which famous company?

ANSWER

XEROX

RESULTS OF ROUND 2

ROUND 3

RULES FOR ROUND 3

Total 5 rapid questions for each team in 60 seconds

Every correct answer 5 marksPass or wrong answer 0 marks

TEAM 1

QUESTION 1

What is the first web browser to be launched ?

QUESTION 2

IBM is a well known computer and information technology company, what does IBM stand for?

QUESTION 3

ERP is an acronym for ________.

QUESTION 4

"Jeffrey Preston Bezos" is a founder and CEO of?

QUESTION 5

“Born in Japan Entertaining The World” is the tagline of which company?

TEAM 2

QUESTION 1

Which is the first web based mail?

QUESTION 2

Function of CTRL+E in windows?

QUESTION 3

JPEG stands for?

QUESTION 4

“The Network is the Computer” is the tagline of which company?

QUESTION 5

This emerging technology use visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit information at very high speeds.

TEAM 3

QUESTION 1

'Don’t be evil' is corporate motto

of ?

QUESTION 2

Which company is nicknamed "Big Blue"?

QUESTION 3

What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk called ______

QUESTION 4

The first search engine on internet?

QUESTION 5

GIF stands for?

TEAM 4

QUESTION 1

A small piece of data text stored specific to website on a user's computer by a web browser for maintaining the state.

QUESTION 2

PNG stands for?

QUESTION 3

The inventor, founder, &

chairman of Twitter is…?

QUESTION 4

“Delighting u Always” is the tagline of?

QUESTION 5

Which company launched worlds first windows 10 TV?

TEAM 5

QUESTION 1

Gutsy Gibbon, Hardy Heron and Jaunty Jackalope are codenamed for which software…?

QUESTION 2

Which is the first company to pay twitter

for emoji?

QUESTION 3

What is the extension of PDF?

QUESTION 4

 ”High Performance. Delivered” is the tagline of?  

QUESTION 5

World's first microprocessor is ?

TEAM 6

QUESTION 1

Rediff.com was founded by?

QUESTION 2

Which technology giant run the campaign "Life without Walls"?

QUESTION 3

Semaphores are used to solve the

problem of?

QUESTION 4

First computer virus is known as?

QUESTION 5

Full form of VLC media

player?

RESULTS OF ROUND 3

ROUND 4

Rules FOR ROUND 4

Total 5 questionsCorrect answer 10 pointsWrong answer -5 points.Team who picks the flashcard

first will get to answer.No pass

QUESTION 1

The name of the programming language recently introduced by Apple is _____.

QUESTION 2

Which Chinese mobile brand was accused of stealing data from the user’s handsets and transmitting it to their servers back in China in year 2014.

QUESTION 3

The technologically advanced humanoid robot 'ASIMO' is made by which car company?

QUESTION 4

Where is an autoresponder

used?

QUESTION 5

What is the CAPTCHA test?