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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?