JOUR248 Problems Winter 2020 1

1. Who wrote the quot;A Song of Ice And Firequot; fantasy novel series?
a. George Orwell
b. George Lucas
c. George Eliot
d. !George R. R. Martin
2. George Orwell wrote this book, which is often considered a statement on

government oversight.
a. Catcher and the Rye
b. To Kill a Mockingbird
c. The Old Man and the Sea
d. !1984
3. In the quot;The Hobbitquot;, who kills Smaug?

a. Frodo
b. Bilbo Baggins
c. !Bard
d. Gandalf the Grey
4. What039;s Harry Potter039;s dad039;s name?

a. Hairy Potter Sr.
b. Frank Potter
c. !James Potter
d. Joey Potter
5. Stephen Chbosky wrote the book 039;The Perks of Being A Wallflower039;.

a. !True
b. False
6. In the year 1818, novelist Mary Shelly is credited with writing a fiction novel
and creating this infamous character.
a. The Thing
b. The Invisible Man
c. !Frankenstein039;s monster
d. Dracula
7. Which American author was also a budding travel writer and wrote of his
adventures with his dog Charley?
a. F. Scott Fitzgerald
b. !John Steinbeck
c. William Faulkner
d. Ernest Hemingway
8. The book quot;The Little Princequot; was written by...

a. Jane Austen
b. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
c. !Antoine de SaintExupeacute;ry
d. F. Scott Fitzgerald
9. Where does the book quot;The Silence of the Lambsquot; get its title from?
a. The voice of innocent people being shut by the powerful
b. !The main character039;s trauma in childhood
c. The villain039;s favourite meal
d. The relation it has with killing the innocents
10. What is the name of the gang that Ponyboy is a part of in the book, The
Outsiders?
a. The Outsiders
b. The Socs
c. The Mafia
d. !The Greasers
11. What039;s the second book in George R. R. Martin039;s 039;A Song of Ice and
Fire039; series?
a. A Feast for Crows
b. A Storm of Swords
c. A Dance with Dragons
d. !A Clash of Kings
12. What was the first ever entry written for the SCP Foundation collaborative
writing project?
a. SCP001
b. SCP999
c. !SCP173
d. SCP1459
1. In the hexadecimal system, what number comes after 9?

a. The Number 0
b. !The Letter A
c. 10
d. 16
2. What is the derivative of Acceleration with respect to time?

a. !Jerk
b. Shift
c. Slide
d. Bump
3. What is the approximate value of mathematical constant e?

a. 3.14
b. !2.72
c. 1.62
d. 1.41
4. The Pythagorean theorem states that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the
product of the squares of the other two sides.
a. !False
b. True
5. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 12,345,678,987,654,321

a. False
b. !True
6. The metric prefix quot;attoquot; makes a measurement how much smaller than the
base unit?
a. One Billionth
b. One Quadrillionth
c. !One Quintillionth
d. One Septillionth
7. An equilateral triangle always has every angle measuring 60deg;.

a. False
b. !True
8. Which greek mathematician ran through the streets of Syracuse naked while
shouting quot;Eurekaquot; after discovering the principle of displacement?
a. Euclid
b. Eratosthenes
c. !Archimedes
d. Homer
1. Moore039;s law originally stated that the number of transistors on a

microprocessor chip would double every...
a. Two Years
b. !Year
c. Eight Years
d. Four Years
2. When was the programming language quot;Cquot; released?

a. 1998
b. 2001
c. 1999
d. !2000
3. In web design, what does CSS stand for?

a. !Cascading Style Sheet
b. Computer Style Sheet
c. Corrective Style Sheet
d. Counter Strike: Source
4. How many cores does the Intel i76950X have?

a. !10
b. 12
c. 8
d. 4
5. In CSS, which of these values CANNOT be used with the quot;positionquot;

property?
a. relative
b. absolute
c. static
d. !center
6. The Windows ME operating system was released in the year 2000.

a. !True
b. False
7. The NVidia GTX 1080 gets its name because it can only render at a 1920x1080
screen resolution.
a. !False
b. True
8. What is known as quot;the brainquot; of the Computer?

a. Keyboard
b. Motherboard
c. Graphics Processing Unit
d. !Central Processing Unit
9. The C programming language was created by this American computer scientist.

a. !Dennis Ritchie
b. alKhwrizm
c. Tim Berners Lee
d. Willis Ware
10. Which of these is not a layer in the OSI model for data communications?
a. Transport Layer
b. Application Layer
c. !Connection Layer
d. Physical Layer
11. What does the 039;S039; in the RSA encryption algorithm stand for?
a. Secure
b. !Shamir
c. Stable
d. Schottky
12. The TMobile Sidekick smartphone is a rebranded version of the Danger Hiptop.
a. False
b. !True
13. What does the computer software acronym JVM stand for?
a. !Java Virtual Machine
b. Just Virtual Machine
c. Java Visual Machine
d. Java Vendor Machine

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1. Who wrote the quot;A Song of Ice And Firequot; fantasy novel series?

2. George Orwell wrote this book, which is often considered a statement on

3. In the quot;The Hobbitquot;, who kills Smaug?

4. What039;s Harry Potter039;s dad039;s name?

5. Stephen Chbosky wrote the book 039;The Perks of Being A Wallflower039;.

8. The book quot;The Little Princequot; was written by...

1. In the hexadecimal system, what number comes after 9?

2. What is the derivative of Acceleration with respect to time?

3. What is the approximate value of mathematical constant e?

5. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 12,345,678,987,654,321

7. An equilateral triangle always has every angle measuring 60deg;.

1. Moore039;s law originally stated that the number of transistors on a

2. When was the programming language quot;Cquot; released?

3. In web design, what does CSS stand for?

4. How many cores does the Intel i76950X have?

5. In CSS, which of these values CANNOT be used with the quot;positionquot;

6. The Windows ME operating system was released in the year 2000.

8. What is known as quot;the brainquot; of the Computer?

9. The C programming language was created by this American computer scientist.

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