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  1. Who is largely responsible for breaking the German Enigma codes, created a test that provided a foundation for artificial intelligence?

  2. A.
    Alan Turing
    B.
    Jeff Bezos
    C.
    George Boole
    D.
    Charles Babbage

  3. Who developed Yahoo?

  4. A.
    Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson
    B.
    David Filo & Jerry Yang
    C.
    Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
    D.
    Steve Case & Jeff Bezos

  5. Made from a variety of materials, such as carbon, which inhibits the flow of current...?

  6. A.
    Choke
    B.
    Inductor
    C.
    Resistor
    D.
    Capacitor

  7. The most common format for a home video recorder is VHS. VHS stands for...?

  8. A.
    Video Home System
    B.
    Very high speed
    C.
    Video horizontal standard
    D.
    Voltage house standard

  9. What does VVVF stand for?

  10. A.
    Variant Voltage Vile Frequency
    B.
    Variable Velocity Variable Fun
    C.
    Very Very Vicious Frequency
    D.
    Variable Voltage Variable Frequency

  11. What frequency range is the High Frequency band?

  12. A.
    100 kHz
    B.
    1 GHz
    C.
    30 to 300 MHz
    D.
    3 to 30 MHz

  13. The first step to getting output from a laser is to excite an active medium. What is this process called?

  14. A.
    Pumping
    B.
    Exciting
    C.
    Priming
    D.
    Raising

  15. What is the relationship between resistivity r and conductivity s?

  16. A.
    R = s2
    B.
    R = s
    C.
    R > s
    D.
    R = 1/s

  17. Which motor is NOT suitable for use as a DC machine?

  18. A.
    Permanent magnet motor
    B.
    Series motor
    C.
    Squirrel cage motor
    D.
    Synchronous motor

  19. A given signal's second harmonic is twice the given signal's __________ frequency...?

  20. A.
    Fourier
    B.
    Foundation
    C.
    Fundamental
    D.
    Field