Computer Trivia Questions — page 6
402 trivia questions with answers, all ages. Multiple-choice trivia with answers, sorted by topic and level. Reveal the answers below, pick one at random, or present them full-screen.
- 251.
At time 0, five jobs are available for execution on a single processor, with service times of 25, 15, 5, 3, and 2 time units. Which of the following is the minimum value of the average completion time of these jobs?
- A10
- B50
- C208/5
- D92/5
Answer: 92/5 - 252.
Church's thesis equates the concept of "computable function" with those functions computable by, for example, Turing machines. Which of the following is true of Church's thesis?
- AIt is now in doubt because of the advent of parallel computers.
- BIt can never be proven.
- CIt has not yet been proven, but finding a proof is a subject of active research.
- DIt was first proven by Alan Turing.
Answer: It can never be proven.
How to use these trivia questions
- Warm-up. Open a lesson or meeting with 3–5 questions — enough to wake the room, short enough to keep the agenda.
- Review game. Pick 10 questions on the topic you just taught and play them in teams; discuss every wrong answer.
- Quiz night. Mix two or three topics, read each question twice, and give 20 seconds before revealing the answer.
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