Tata Consulatancy Services InformationTechnology Wiz 2009

Quiz Prelims

1) FC Kolhi, Ramadorai and __________Ans: N Chandrashekaran

2) What was "Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web" and was renamed in April1994?Ans: Yahoo

3)

(Hint: A very famous CEO)Ans: Carol Bartz (CEO and President of Yahoo!)

4) What did XP stand for in Windows XP?Ans: eXPerience

5) Jack Dorsey created this in 2006 as a project within a now-defunct podcasting companycalled Odeo, which was run by entrepreneur Evan Williams. What is it?Ans: Twitter

6)

Ans: Xerox

7) MagicBox@Work is a Windows-based mobile device from which company?Ans: Vodafone

8) Expand TSR.Ans: Terminate and Stay Resident (Roughly DOS Multitasking)

9) This was the result of a new approach to go beyond search to build what they call adecision engine. With a powerful set of tools on top of a world-class engine, X will help youmake faster decisions. What are we talking about?Ans: BING

10) Set up in August 1984 by the government of India, it is the technology developmentcentre for designing and developing digital exchanges. What is it? (Somebody, pleaseexpand on this one. Mail me at a.crystalunicorn@yahoo.com)Ans: C-DOT

11) [A photo which said Just For Fun The Story Of An Accidental Revolutionary]. Name theauthor, or his creationAns: Linus Torvalds/Linux

12) In the world of Internet and dromain names, what is GTLD?Ans: Generic Top-Level domain

13) Which supercomputer was built by Computational Research Laboratories in India, and isIndia's fastest supercomputer? (Hint: It was built along with TCS)Ans: Eka

14)

IdentifyAns: Google Wave

15) This story revolves around a supernatural phenomenon, which a fictional special forces.The player assumes the role of F.E.A.R.'s Point Man, who possesses superhuman reflexes,and must uncover the secrets of a paranormal menace in the form of a little girl. Identifythe game, developed by Monolith Productions and published by Vivendi Universal.Ans: First Encounter Assault Recon (F.E.A.R)

16) This started in a living room of co-founder Reid Hoffman. The other original foundersincluded Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant. They created asocial networking site for professionals. (Giri: What you do is social networking. This isprofessional networking, something that your parents may use). What am I talking about?Ans: LinkedIn

17)

Identify the person.Ans: Charles Babbage (Featured here is the Analytical Engine)

18) In the context of mobile numbers, what is MNP? (Giri: Everybody is saying "India isgetting MNP." What is it?)Ans: Mobile Number Portability (Changing your operator without changing the mobilenumber)

19) David Bradley implemented this keyboard combination, as a designer of the original IBMPC. What am I talking about? (Hint: Gets us out of many tricky situations)Ans: Control+Alt+Delete

20)

Identify.Ans: Sachin Pilot (In addition to bearing a striking resemblance to VS Karthik of DPS VasantKunj finished fourth in this TCS IT Wiz 2009, Sachin Pilot is Minister of State in Ministry ofCommunications and Technology)

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