IT QUIZ 71

                                               IDENTIFY THE LOGO

                                                  answer added on 1/1/2012

VMware Thinapp

VMware ThinApp (formerly Thinstall) is an application virtualization and portable application creator suite by VMware that can package conventional applications so that they become portable applications. According to VMware, the product has a success rate of about 90-95% in packaging applications

TCS IT Wiz 2011 Nationals

Here are some questions from TCS IT Wiz 2011 Nationals

1.

Ans:Amazon silk(a web browser for Kindle Fire)

2.

 Ans:Sabeer Bhatia(He is a member of Trinamool Congress,he co-founded SabseBolo,Jaxtr was acquired by Sabsebolo)

3.Find out the missing words?

Announcing a new era of _____ ______

Ans:Integrated Electronics

4. Who along with Dennis Crowley........[Buzzer]

ans:Naveen Selvadurai (founded Foursquare)

5. California's Governer Jery Brown on the 16^th of October declared.......[Buzzer]

ans:Steve Jobs day

6.It was originally created on the influence by the rotation of the Alonzo Church lamda calculus...[Buzzer]

Ans:LISP

7.4K is an emergence standard for resolution in Digital film and computing graphics.....[Buzzer]

ans:Y4K

 8.What did Steve Jobs Publically do to promote touch screen in iPhone?

Ans:He started wearing Turtile Neck T Shirts

9. which concept was used in IBM 701 computer having load button by which simple instruction or programme gets complicatd system instructions or programs?

ans:Bootstrapping

IT QUIZ 70

                                               IDENTIFY THE LOGO

Syntrillium Software

It is Syntrillium Software.Adobe acquired it in 2003,adding Adobe Audition to its product line

IT QUIZ 69

                                                  IDENTIFY THE LOGO

Google Currents

Google currents is a new application for Android devices, iPads tablets and iPhones that lets you explore online contents like magazines and blogs and so more just with the swipe of your finger. Google currents have already more than 180 editon including CNET, Tech Crunch,  Mashable,  AllThingsD, Forbes , PBS, Huffington Post, Fast Company and more. The content offering by currents is fully optimized for smart phones and tablets that allows you to easily navigate between words pictures and video on large and small screens alike, it does matter you are online or offline.

IT QUIZ 68

1.Which company’s vision statement is to “Empower Indians to create and share information and in the process, discover people”?

A:Meebo

2.Name Microsoft’s animated search engine to showcase its Silverlight animation and video player.

A:Tafiti

3.Which cyber-major has bought e-mail software provider Zimbra for about $350 million?

A:Yahoo!

4.What is SAP’s unveiled mid-market on-demand service called?

A:Business ByDesign

5.Which game console was designed by Shin’ichi Ogasawara?

A:Playstation Portable

6.Who, together with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, developed the World Wide Web?

A:Robert Cailliau.

7.Which cyber-legend’s private asset management company is called Vulcan Inc?

A:Paul Allen

8.What is Google’s “networking service for coordinating location-based social interactions between mobile users” called?

A:Dodgeball

9.In the context of YouTube, what first does Bob Tur, a chopper-piloting journalist, have?

A:He was the first to file a copyright lawsuit against YouTube.

10.Whose tagline reads ‘investing, simplified’?

A:Wikinvest

 

IT QUIZ 67

                                                 IDENTIFY THE PERSON

Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush  was an American engineer and science administrator known for his work on analog computing, his political role in the development of the atomic bomb as a primary organizer of the Manhattan Project, the founding of Raytheon, and the idea of the memex, an adjustable microfilm viewer which is somewhat analogous to the structure of the World Wide Web. More specifically, the memex worked as a memory bank to organize and retrieve data. As Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Bush coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare.

IT QUIZ 66

                                            IDENTIFY THE PERSON

                                                  answer added on 7/12/2011

Andrew Herbert

Andrew James Herbert  is a British computer scientist, formerly Chairman of Microsoft Research, for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Herbert received a BSc in computational science from the Leeds University in 1975, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cambridge University in 1978 for his work on "A Microprogrammed Operating System Kernel".

In 1978 he started working at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory as assistant professor under Maurice Wilkes and Roger Needham in the Computer Laboratory worked with others on the "Cambridge Model Distributed System". In 1985 he left Cambridge to found his own contract research company (Architecture Projects Ltd - APM Ltd), which led projects to develop ANSA, the Advanced Network Systems Architecture
                                                                                                            

IT QUIZ 65

                                               IDENTIFY THE LOGO

                                              answer added on 2/12/2011

Sampoorna

                                       
Sampoorna is a school management system project implemented by the Education Department of Government of Kerala to automate the system and process of over 15,000 schools in the state. Sampoorna is developed by IT@School Project using the free and opensource school erp Fedena

TCS IT Wiz 2011 Mumbai Prelims

I am thankful to Syed Murtuza Hashmi  who shared this questions

1.If you +1 on Google+.Then what is it on Facebook?
Ans:Like
2.An Acquarium inside a Macintosh is called what?
Ans.Macquarium
3.Identify the company?

Ans:Nvidia
4.Name the company which is Tata's electronic store range?
Ans:Croma
5.Sun Microsystems has been acquired by which famous company?
Ans:Oracle
6.Google's service that incoporates social networking,news & chat?
Ans:Google Wave
7.He founded a Anti-Virus company.Which is that company?

Ans:Mcafee
8. Microsoft's  service that was earlier classified only for US military use & was known as 'Munitions'. Its known by a different name today.
Ans:MSN TV
9.Intelliweb Mouse is by which company?
Ans:Microsoft
10.Its the logo of a Operating System.Which is the OS?

Ans:Darwin
11.Which is the famous device does Foxconn manufacture for Amazon?
Ans:Kindle
12.Expand JAR with filename extension
Ans:Jave ARchive
13. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a a form of digital copy protection from this compnay which is famous for making chips. Identify the company?
Ans:Intel
14.He is the founder of which Indian company?

Ans:Patni Computer Systems
15.Chase Bishop  is less known for his innovation for Microsoft. It is one of the prime offerings of Microsoft. Identify the product he designed?
Ans:Windows
16.What was originally to be named '80856' but couldn't trademark it.What was it later named?
Ans:Pentium
17.Two guys at  Percept software started what that revolutionized the world of television?
Ans:IPTV
18.Apple is on the NASDAQ as 'AAPL'.What is it known on NYSE?
Ans:It remains AAPL

IT QUIZ 64

                                               IDENTIFY THE LOGO

RocketMelt

                            It was created by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria

IT QUIZ 63

                                             IDENTIFY THE PERSON

Bjarne Stroustrup

                              He founded the computer language C++

IT QUIZ 62

                                              IDENTIFY THE PERSON

                                                answer added on 22/11/2011

Jeff Raskin

               He was best known for starting the Macintosh  project for Apple

TCS IT Wiz 2011 Delhi Finals

I have my sincere thanks & wishes for the participant up of TCS IT WIZ 2011 Delhi , Mohammed Wasih, who provided me the question.                              
                                Experience Anticipation
1. X is a piece of hardware that plugs into an electrical connector on a loptop,computer.What is it ?
Ans.Dongle
2. X is a system-on-chips series introduced by Nvidia for use on laptops,Smartphones.What is X ?
Ans.Tegra

3.What is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network ?

Ans.Ping

4.GNU  Network Object Model Enviornment ?

Ans.GNOME

5. X  is a simple communications tool used for short messages.This was onc used by doctors in new york to communicate with patients.Identify X?

Ans.Pager

6. X  was one used in world war II to break German crypted codes.This was designed by tommy flowers.What is X?

Ans.Colossus

                                  Experience Diversity

1. Its a science fiction weapon .It touch two most substance without resistance .It (some are missing) can be deflected by another x called (some are missing). An active one keeps you a (some are missing) hung .It raises in picture (some are missing) move rapidly through air .Bringing into contact with an object called another previewses a cracker.What am i describing here?

Ans.Lightsaber

2.This preson co-founded the first web based application viaweb ,which was acquired by Yahoo! And known as Yahoo stores.He is also the author of on lisp,Hackers & authors and many more.Who is the guy??

Ans.Paul Graham

3.Stack War is a term used to define the conflict of which two IT companies??

Ans.Oracle and SAP

4.Identify the person?

Ans.Jonathan Schwartz

5.What is this?

Ans.Metro UI (starting screen in Windows 8 )

                                                 @ TCS

1.It is a huge creation from TCS.It is a first of its kind fully integrated information technology solution which is going to redefine small and medium business .....

Ans.TCS iON

2.In 2008 TCS'sInnovation labs developed this product which ows the (some award ) in the wireless category.It is a product that enables the Indian farmers to receive useful data....

Ans.M-Krishi

                                              Experience Oneness

1.     Home Area Network            +  Picture os NTT Docomo

                    +      one man making a phone call phone was played

           +   A Phone was Shown

Ans.3G

2.         Wipro             +     Sony              + Linden Labs   

           + National Anthem of Malidives

Ans.Second Life

3.           Logo of Lulzec       + Some pictures  of Lulzec were shown

Ans.Lulzec(Hackers Group)

!T QU!Z 61

                                                    WHAT IS THIS?

                                                answer added on:19/11/2011

Rediff bol

                                                           

!T QU!Z 60

                                                 IDENTIFY THE LOGO

Game Ranger

TCS IT Wiz 2011 Delhi Prelim

I have my sincere thanks & wishes for the 1st runner up of TCS IT WIZ 2011 Delhi , VISHAL GOLCHA, who provided us the question.
1. This was created by Hasbro in 1967,which allows the user to create glowing designs?
Ans.Lite-Brite
2.This P2P file sharing service ran into trouble after it circulated the song 'I Disappear' by Metallica,even before it was officially released .Which is that P2P file sharing service?
Ans.Napster
3.At 15,he published a book on ethickal hacking and started a website called 'Hacking Truths'.Identify him?
Ans.Ankit Fadia
4.These awards are called the Nobel Prizes of Information Technology?
Ans.Turing Award
5.Expand WPAN?
Ans.Wireless Personal Area Network
6.What is a propriety software called that has a trial version?
Ans.Shareware
7.The first commercially available digital camera was in the 1990s.Identify this?
(options:1)Digicam 2)Dycam 3)Maxcam)

Ans.Dycam
8.Which electronic giant has the LCDs with the name SyncMaster?
Ans.Samsung
9.On what occasion was this  put up for a day on Google  home page, drawn by a 14 year old?

Ans.Children's Day
10.Which sound technology was used for the first time in 'Batman Returns'? You now usually see it on film posters a lot.
Ans.Dolby
11.What is the compact wireless router called that connects to 5 devices at a time within the range of 10m?
Ans.MiFi
12.Which device from Amazon made TOI publish a headline (something like) ‘E-book market has been transformed’?
Ans.Kindle
13.This is a product by Asus.It named after a very famous toy.Give the name of this?

Ans.Asus Eee Pad Transformer
14.'Mycricket.com' provided one of the first services of something in the US.What is it?
Ans.Wireless Telecommunication
15.CompuServe Information Service, also known by its acronym CIS, first major commercial online service in the United States was acquired by which company?
Ans.AOL
16.This was released by Sony,after it's sucess of Walkman.It's a portable TV .What was this product called?

Ans.Watchman
17.After which American scientist was a township in Menlo Park, New Jersey renamed to in 1954?
Ans.Thomas Alva Edison
18.This gadget topped the Timt list of "Top 10 Gadgets of 2010".Most likely,it's to top  the 2011 too.Which is that gadget?
Ans.iPad
19.This is a company owned by 3com.It provided one of the first services of its kind .Give me the namr of the service?

Ans.Internet Radio
20.Originally Microsoft wallet,Microsoft passport,NET passport ,then briefly Microsoft Passport Network.Which service from Microsoft i am talking about?
Ans.Windows Live ID

TCS IT Wiz 2011 Lucknow Prelim

1.The current incarnation of this famous website is the result of a March 2000 merger between Confinity and X.com.In Oct 2002 became a wholly owned subsidiary of ebay. Which famous website is this?
Ans.Paypal

2.World’s largest producer of guided missiles .Established in 1922 the company reincorporated in 1928 & adopted its present name in 1959. What?
Ans.Ratheon

3.Started as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation....?
Ans.Motorola

4.Identify the person?

Ans.Jack Kilby

5.What was created by John Backus?
Ans.Fortran

6.Verizon Wireless has released a line of smartphones that go by a name which is a trademark of Lucasfilms Ltd. It It was involved in a lawsuit with Google with a very popular OS. Identify this series of smartphones?
Ans.Droid

7.Started as Haloid Photographic company..?
Ans.Xerox

8.Lindon Labs headquartered in California launched in June 2003 . It was developed by Philip Rosedale, as a computer hardware allowing people to immerse in a virtual world. In its earliest form, the company struggled to produce a commercial version of the hardware, known as "The Rig", which was realized in prototype form as a clunky steel contraption with computer monitors worn on shoulders.What is this famous in virtual world?
Ans:Second Life

9.Which is the Mascot of JAVA?
Ans.Duke

10.Identify the person who is the co-inventer of USB?

Ans.Ajay Bhatt

11.The Fujifilm FinePix Real X cameras can take X-dimensional pictures using two lenses, and display them to the naked eye in X format .What is X?.
Ans.3 D

12.Contrived acronym was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper, and John Langford?Carnegie Mellon University attempted to trademark the term, but the trademark application was abandoned on 21 April 2008.Identify the term?
Ans.CAPTCHA

13.Precept software by Judith Estrin and Bill Carrico designed and built and internet video product.Identify?
Ans.IPTV(Internet Protocol TeleVision)

14.Identify the person who is the creator of Computer Mouse?

Ans.Douglas Engelbert

15.Started in 1928, as AT&T's Western Electric division , established a division for the specific purpose of installing and servicing their loudspeakers and electronic products for motion picture use. Called "E.R.P.I." (Electrical Research Products, Inc.), it was purchased as part of a consent decree in 1936 by a group of E.R.P.I. executives, including George Carrington, Sr. and Mike Conrow. They changed the name to "All Technical Service Company". How do we know this company today?
Ans.Altec Lansing

16.Identify the logo?

Ans.Blu Ray

17.What is defined as “Collection of duplicating original values stored elsewhere or computed earlier where the original data is inexpensive to fetch “?
Ans.Cache Memory

18.Identify the company?

Ans.Cisco

19.Veronica was based on ?
Ans.Gopher

20.Which technology czar has committeed to put aside well over 10%of his wealth for philanthrophic issues . His foundation’s education venture include SSN educational Institute named after his father and is setting up Seven Vidyagyan schools in UP for rural students?
Ans:Shiv Nadar

!T QU!Z 59

                                                  IDENTIFY THE LOGO?

Macromedia

!T QU!Z 58

                                                 IDENTIFY THE LOGO?

OmniWeb

!T QU!Z 57

                                               IDENTIFY THE LOGO?

Spotlight

!T QU!Z 56

                                                 Identify the game?

Doodle Jump

!T QU!Z 55

                                            IDENTIFY THE GAME

Forza

!T QU!Z 54

                                              IDENTIFY THIS LOGO

LSI Corporation

!T QU!Z 53

                                                    Identify this

Archer

!T QU!Z 52

                                                IDENTIFY THIS LOGO

Marvell Technology Group

                

!T QU!Z 51

                                               IDENTIFY THIS LOGO

Ans:DLNA

!T QU!Z 50

                                               IDENTIFY THE LOGO

Ans:WELL

!T QU!Z 49

                               CONNECT THESE

A.

                                                        

B.

C.

D.

                                                                                   

TCS IT WIZ Kochi Finals

                        Experience Anticipation

1. It was Originally developed by a guy named wes cherry .It remained a part of their offerings .What simple thing did gave the world of computing?

Ans.Solitaire

2.It's a region of memory which is called a whole data location while data is being moved from one location to another location. What is it technically called?

A.buffer
3.Entities in the collection, are kept in order & he  principle operations  are usually , addition to this entity list it normally work in a FIFO ( First In First Out) structure?
A.Queue
4.It is a better name by which the world knew the Intel x86  & the reason was it was made compatible with something else , hence this name?
A.WINTEL
5.Xerox developed this between 1973 & 1975 in many way it redefines modern computing.?
A.ETHERNET
6.It was started as a research project at Telnor Telecom?
A.Opera
                            Audience questions
7.What do you call half of a byte?
A.Nibble

8. It comes from greek mythology for chosing to appear something else.What did the world of computers is this?

A.Trojan

9. Digital media files downloadable on hand

A.Podcast

                         Experience Diversity
1.Identify him?

 A.Nicolas Zenstorm

2.A particular invention by the English computer scientist named James Plaskett in the mid 1990's is used today by a popular sport to track audio and video.Noices and images that could otherwise be lost.What was he founded?

A.Snicko

3.Who or what is a 'Mouse Potato'?

A.A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.

4.The term was first used in the cyberpunk science fiction written by William Gibson.Which term was thus coined?

A.Cyberspace

5.Bradley chose this key combination because it is practically impossible to accidentaily press this combination of keys on a standard keyboard.Which key combination did David Bradley devise?

A.Ctrl+Alt+Del

                                        @ TCS

1.What is today an offering from TCS at first of its kind fully integrated IT solution....[buzzer]

A.TCS iON

2.Universal Tube announced a joined partnership with TCS in Russia,Ukraine and the Republic of ....[buzzer]

A.Banking

3.Created in 2008 by TCS's innovation lap....[buzzer]

A.M-Krishi

4.TCS actually provided its first solution for a system concern which was Tata's steel.What they provided then was a similar technology which was used....[buzzer]

A.Punched Cards

                              Experience Oneness

1.

             Your's is Here                 +     

                                +

    Ans:DELL

2.

          Quantam 

           Computers 

           Services                    +        

           

                               +

                         

Ans:AOL

3.
 

He is describing about AADHAR project

                          +       




           +    and something related to MindTree

Ans:MindTree

 4.
       "Nothing like anything"          +     Background song - Sing is King


Ans:Micromax
                            Experience Acheivement 

                          Question 1

15-In 1959 when Hollerith limited took over Powers-Samas,they renamed it as International Computers & Tabulators.

10-It is a software wing of RPG group headquarted in Pune,India.

5-Dr.Ganesh Natarajan is the CEO of this company

Ans:Zensar

                            Question 2

15-His company was the first.com domain in India in 1996.

10-He is currently chairman of the Govt of India,Ministry of IT Committee in Internet Governance and Proliferation.

5-He is the chairman of the Board of Governers of the Indian Institute of Managemant,Calcutta.

Ans:Ajit Balakrishnan

                             Question 3

15-this technology was pioneered by John G Daugman,of University of Camebridge Computer Laboratory..

10-It is a form of Person recogination system.

Ans:Iris Technology