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  1. Sometimes computers and cache registers in a foodmart are connected to a UPS system. What does UPS mean?

  2. A.

     United Parcel Service

    B.

     Uniform Product Support

    C.

     Under Paneling Storage

    D.

     Uninterruptable Power Supply


  3. Who co-founded Hotmail in 1996 and then sold the company to Microsoft?

  4. A.

     Shawn Fanning

    B.

     Ada Byron Lovelace

    C.

     Sabeer Bhatia

    D.

     Ray Tomlinson


  5. '.TMP' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

  6. A.

     Compressed Archive file

    B.

     Image file

    C.

     Temporary file

    D.

     Audio file


  7. In the UK, what type of installation requires a fireman's switch?

  8. A.

     Neon Lighting

    B.

     High Pressure Sodium Lighting

    C.

     Water Features

    D.

     Hotel Rooms


  9. The electromagnetic coils on the neck of the picture tube or tubes which pull the electron beam from side to side and up and down are called a...?

  10. A.

     Transformer

    B.

     Yoke

    C.

     Capacitor

    D.

     Diode


  11. In the United States the television broadcast standard is?

  12. A.

     PAL

    B.

     NTSC

    C.

     SECAM

    D.

     RGB


  13. In a color television set using a picture tube a high voltage is used to accelerate electron beams to light the screen. That voltage is about?

  14. A.

     500 volts

    B.

     5 thousand volts

    C.

     25 thousand volts

    D.

     100 thousand volts


  15. The transformer that develops the high voltage in a home television is commonly called as?

  16. A.

     Tesla coil

    B.

     Flyback

    C.

     Yoke

    D.

     Van de Graaf


  17. Which consists of two plates separated by a dielectric and can store a charge?

  18. A.

     Inductor

    B.

     Capacitor

    C.

     Transistor

    D.

     Relay


  19. What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within a limited distance of each other and that are connected to each other directly or indirectly?

  20. A.

     Inernet

    B.

     Interanet

    C.

     Local Area Network

    D.

     Wide Area Network