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True or False Questions about Computer

41 true or false questions with answers, all ages. Quick statements to judge true or false — great for fast rounds. Reveal the answers below, pick one at random, or present them full-screen.

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  1. 1.

    The first IBM PC was released in 1981.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  2. 2.

    The open source program Redis is a relational database server.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  3. 3.

    The IBM PC used an Intel 8008 microprocessor clocked at 4.77 MHz and 8 kilobytes of memory.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  4. 4.

    The 'Raspberry Pi' series of single-board computers were created in the United States.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  5. 5.

    Early RAM was directly seated onto the motherboard and could not be easily removed.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  6. 6.

    The name of the programming language AWK is abbreviated from the names of the developers – Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  7. 7.

    The last Windows operating system to be based on the Windows 9x kernel was Windows 98.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  8. 8.

    FLAC stands for "Free Lossless Audio Condenser"'

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  9. 9.

    The very first recorded computer "bug" was a moth found inside a Harvard Mark II computer.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  10. 10.

    Linux was first created as an alternative to Windows XP.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  11. 11.

    The Windows 7 operating system has six main editions.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  12. 12.

    The first computer bug was formed by faulty wires.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  13. 13.

    MacOS is based on Linux.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  14. 14.

    The NVidia GTX 1080 gets its name because it can only render at a 1920x1080 screen resolution.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  15. 15.

    "HTML" stands for Hypertext Markup Language.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  16. 16.

    Ada Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  17. 17.

    Pointers were not used in the original C programming language; they were added later on in C++.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  18. 18.

    The T-Mobile Sidekick smartphone is a re-branded version of the Danger Hiptop.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  19. 19.

    To bypass US Munitions Export Laws, the creator of the PGP published all the source code in book form.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  20. 20.

    It's not possible to format a write-protected DVD-R Hard Disk.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  21. 21.

    The programming language "Python" is based off a modified version of "JavaScript".

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  22. 22.

    AMD created the first consumer 64-bit processor.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  23. 23.

    Linus Torvalds created Linux and Git.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  24. 24.

    A Mac is not a PC

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  25. 25.

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

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  26. 26.

    RAM stands for Random Access Memory.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  27. 27.

    "Windows NT" is a monolithic kernel.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  28. 28.

    The first dual-core CPU was the Intel Pentium D.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  29. 29.

    The ARM computer chip was originally developed by Acorn Computers.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  30. 30.

    A Boolean value of "0" represents which of these words?

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  31. 31.

    The Python programming language gets its name from the British comedy group "Monty Python."

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  32. 32.

    Time on Computers is measured via the EPOX System.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  33. 33.

    All program codes have to be compiled into an executable file in order to be run. This file can then be executed on any machine.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  34. 34.

    The logo for Snapchat is a Bell.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  35. 35.

    JavaScript derives from a later version of Java

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  36. 36.

    Linus Sebastian is the creator of the Linux kernel, which went on to be used in Linux, Android, and Chrome OS.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  37. 37.

    Android versions are named in alphabetical order.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  38. 38.

    The common software-programming acronym "I18N" comes from the term "Interlocalization".

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  39. 39.

    In most programming languages, the operator ++ is equivalent to the statement "+= 1".

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  40. 40.

    DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Port.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  41. 41.

    Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1997 and was saved by Microsoft

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True

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