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WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE AND A COMPUTER GEEK?. Build your fortune by answering multiple-choice questions correctly and moving up the ladder toward $1,000,000! Along the way, you have three lifelines: 1) 50:50, which eliminates two wrong answers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WHO WANTSTO BE A MILLIONAIRE AND A
COMPUTER GEEK?
The Rules
Build your fortune by answering multiple-choice questions correctly and moving up the ladder toward $1,000,000!
Along the way, you have three lifelines:
1) 50:50, which eliminates two wrong answers
2) Ask a friend, which allows you to ask one person in class
3) Ask the Audience, which allows you to ask the entire class.
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
The Rules
If you answer a question incorrectly, you lose the game.
If you reach the $1,000 or $32,000 level, you are guaranteed that amount even if you answer a question incorrectly.
All prizes are imaginary. Of course, you’re also playing for pride.
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
A. Megabyte
B. byte
C. bit
D. gig
Put these units of computer measurement in order of size, smallest to largest:
A. Megabyte
B. byte
C. bit
D. gig
THE ANSWER:
Q: The abbreviation for gigabyte is:
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
A. big
B. gag
C. gig
D. underpants
Q: It won the Nobel prize and is considered
one of the most important
Inventions in history 15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
A. Triode
B. Cathode
C. Transistor
D. Resistor
Q: The smallest possible unit of information, can either be off or on,
or binary 0 and 115 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
A. Byte
B. Bit
C. Baud
D. Boot
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: One Million Cycles per second
A. Megabit
B. Megabyte
C. Megaflop
D. Mega Hertz
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: A central device on any star network
A. Bridge
B. Hub
C. CRT
D. LAN
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: A device that allows a computer to communicate through
telephone lines
A. MODEM
B. CMOS
C. BIOS
D. UNIX
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: Uses part of the hard drive as if it were RAM
A. VRAM
B. V-Chip
C. Virtual Memory
D. Cache
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: How many Megabytes are in a gigabyte?
A. 100
B. 124
C. 1000
D. 1024
Q: A common occurrence on a hard drive, when parts of a file are stored
in different places15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
A. Plug and Play
B. Fragmented
C. Time Sharing
D. Integrated
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: The path between components over which electrical impulses travel
A. Bus
B. FAT
C. CPU
D. Information Highway
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: Which of the following is the standard for converting computer codes
to text?
A. Hexadecimal
B. ANSI
C. ASCII
D. Lookup table
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q:The FAT is found where on a hard disk?
A. Center
B. Outer Edge
C. Inner Edge
D. Bottom Platter
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: RISC stands for:
A. Reduced Instruction Set Computing
B. Read-only Integrated Silicon Circuit
C. Real Insert Setting Controller
D. Rule Inverted Super Computer
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q: This is performed when you turn on a computer:
A. DRAM
B. CMOS
C. POST
D. LEAD
Q: Which of the following is not a major part of all CPUs?
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
A. ALU
B. BIU
C. EU
D. FPU
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Congratulations!
You’ve become a Millionaire!(at least, in this little fantasy world we’ve created!)
Answer the next two questions and you can become a true computer geek billionaire!
You get no lifelines to help, though!
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q:Using part of your RAM memory to temporarily hold data taken off the disk drive to speed up access is called what?
A. Virtual Memory
B. Disk Cache
C. Backside Cache
D. TSR
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
Q:The very first computer game
A. Pong
B. Pac-Man
C. Space War
D. Breakout
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
15 $1 MILLION
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100
CONGRATULATIONS!
If you got all of the questions correct so far, not only are you a virtual millionaire, you’re a certified computer geek! Rest assured that as long as there is technology that confuses the masses, you’ll have a skill to rely on!