Prelims 1 Tech Quiz

What is the term for the practice of improving a website's visibility in search engine results, leading to higher organic (unpaid) traffic?

• pay-per-click (PPC) advertising
• search engine marketing (SEM)
• website development
• search engine optimization (SEO)

Which company is known for its development of the CUDA platform, which allows developers to harness the power of GPUs for general-purpose computing?

• NVIDIA
• Apple
• AMD
• Intel

In the context of telecommunications, what does "VoIP" stand for?

• Voice of Internet Protocol
• Voice over Internet Protocol
• Voice over Internet Provider
• Voice over Intranet Protocol

What invention, attributed to Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century, revolutionized the production of books and is considered one of the most important developments in the history of printing?

• typewriter
• photocopier
• fax machine
• printing press

Who is considered the "father of the computer mouse" for inventing the computer pointing device in the 1960s?

• Alan Turing
• Steve Jobs
• Bill Gates
• Douglas Engelbart

Which computer scientist and mathematician is known for her work on machine-independent programming languages and for creating COBOL?

• Charles Babbage
• Alan Turing
• Grace Hopper
• Ada Lovelace

Founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph, which company is a global provider of streaming movies and television series?

• Netflix
• Disney+
• Amazon Prime Video
• Hulu

Which company, founded by Larry Ellison, is a leading provider of database software and cloud computing services?

• Amazon
• IBM
• Oracle
• Microsoft

What is the term for a malicious software that disguises itself as legitimate software but is designed to damage or steal data?

• virus
• spyware
• trojan
• malware

Who co-founded Microsoft alongside Bill Gates in 1975, which later became one of the world's largest software companies?

• Larry Page
• Paul Allen
• Mark Zuckerberg
• Steve Jobs