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Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What is ISP and what is their functions?

  1. Intenal Service Provider. A company which provide internet connection for a fee.

  2. Internet Service Provider. A company which provide internal transferring data service to an organization.

  3. Internet Service Provider. A company which provide internet connection to other people for a fee.

  4. Internal Service Provider. A company provide internal connection to transfer data between two company.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

ISP stands for Internet Service Provider - companies that provide internet access to customers for a fee. Examples include Comcast, AT&T, and Airtel. They are not internal service providers or limited to data transfer between organizations.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

HTTP stand for ______.

  1. Hyper Transport Text Protocol

  2. High Text Transport Protocol

  3. High Transport Text Protocol

  4. Hyper Text Transport Protocol
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. It's the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web, defining how messages are formatted and transmitted between web servers and browsers.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Arrange the slower to the higher access latency.

  1. Magnetic tape, Magnetic disk, Main memory, Cache, Registers

  2. Registers, Cache, Main memory, Magnetic disk, Magnetic tape.

  3. Registers, Main memory, Cache, Magnetic disk, Magnetic tape

  4. Magnetic tape, Main memory, Magnetic tape, Cache, Registers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Computer memory hierarchy by speed (fastest to slowest): Registers → Cache → Main memory → Magnetic disk → Magnetic tape. Access latency increases in this order. Registers are fastest (nanoseconds), while magnetic tape is slowest (minutes to hours).

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Ethics was invented in ______

  1. 1972

  2. 1987

  3. 2000

  4. 1947
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This likely refers to the establishment of formal computer ethics guidelines or a specific ethics code. Ethics as a philosophical discipline dates back thousands of years to ancient Greek philosophy (Aristotle, Socrates), so 1987 must refer to a specific field-related milestone.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Fear of electricity.

  1. Electrophobia

  2. Hippophobia

  3. Ideophobia

  4. Hydrophobia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Electrophobia is the specific term for fear of electricity, derived from 'electro' (electricity) and 'phobia' (fear). The other options are different phobias: Hippophobia is fear of horses, Ideophobia is fear of ideas, and Hydrophobia is fear of water.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Fear of horses.

  1. Electrophobia

  2. Ideophobia

  3. Hippophobia

  4. Hydrophobia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Hippophobia is the fear of horses, derived from the Greek word 'hippos' meaning horse. The term specifically refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of horses. The other options are different phobias: Electrophobia (electricity), Ideophobia (ideas), and Hydrophobia (water).