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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
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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 The Rules
Put these units of computer measurement in order of size, smallest to largest: A. Megabyte B. byte C. bit D. gig
THE ANSWER: C. bit B. byte A. Megabyte D. gig
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 Q: The abbreviation for gigabyte is: C. gig D. underpants
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 w $100 A. Triode B. Cathode Q: It won the Nobel prize and is considered one of the most important Inventions in history C. Transistor D. Resistor
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 w $200 1 w $100 A. Byte B. Bit Q: The smallest possible unit of information, can either be off or on, or binary 0 and 1 C. Baud D. Boot
Q: One Million Cycles per second 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 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Megabit B. Megabyte C. Megaflop D. Mega Hertz
Q: A central device on any star network 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 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Bridge B. Hub C. CRT D. LAN
Q: A device that allows a computer to communicate through telephone lines 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 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. MODEM B. CMOS C. BIOS D. UNIX
Q: Uses part of the hard drive as if it were RAM 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 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. VRAM B. V-Chip C. Virtual Memory D. Cache
Q: How many Megabytes are in a gigabyte? 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 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 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 places 15 $1 MILLION 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Plug and Play B. Fragmented C. Time Sharing D. Integrated
Q: The path between components over which electrical impulses travel 15 $1 MILLION 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Bus B. FAT C. CPU D. Information Highway
Q: Which of the following is the standard for converting computer codes to text? 15 $1 MILLION 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Hexadecimal B. ANSI C. ASCII D. Lookup table
Q:The FAT is found where on a hard disk? 15 $1 MILLION 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Center B. Outer Edge C. Inner Edge D. Bottom Platter
Q: RISC stands for: 15 $1 MILLION 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Reduced Instruction Set Computing B. Read-only Integrated Silicon Circuit C. Real Insert Setting Controller D. Rule Inverted Super Computer
Q: This is performed when you turn on a computer: 15 $1 MILLION 14 $500,000 13 w $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 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 w $500,000 13 w $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. ALU B. BIU C. EU D. FPU
15 w $1 MILLION 14 w $500,000 13 w $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $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!
Q:Using part of your RAM memory to temporarily hold data taken off the disk drive to speed up access is called what? 15 w $1 MILLION 14 w $500,000 13 w $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Virtual Memory B. Disk Cache C. Backside Cache D. TSR
15 w $1 MILLION 14 w $500,000 13 w $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100
Q:The very first computer game 15 w $1 MILLION 14 w $500,000 13 w $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100 A. Pong B. Pac-Man C. Space War D. Breakout
15 w $1 MILLION 14 w $500,000 13 w $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $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! 15 w $1 MILLION 14 w $500,000 13 w $250,000 12 w $125,000 11 w $64,000 10w $32,000 9 w $16,000 8 w $8,000 7 w $4,000 6 w $2,000 5w $1,000 4 w $500 3 w $300 2 w $200 1 w $100