If you listen to CIOs in the insurance industry, the job is becoming more and more like being a businessperson. Too many meetings, too many reports. The business/IT alliance states there are no IT decisionsonly business decisions. Right? Well some of us started our lives as techies and regret the loss of true geekness that comes with the job. Lets have a bit of fun every so oftenitll be our secret. See if you still have any tech skills left. Yes, its that time again. I know you all have been eagerly awaiting our bimonthly little quiz.
1. What is the proper term that describes your state of mind when you are talking on the phone while Web surfing or reading e-mail? (This phenomenon often is accompanied by keyboard sounds in the background.)
a. Absent Presence
b. Surf n Talk
c. Terminal Distraction
d. Disguised Disinterest
The correct answer is aabsent presence, which is described in the Wall Street Journal, Nov. 10, 2003, edition.
2. What standard is used most often for uploads in Web-based policy systems?
a. XML
b. AL3
c. EDI
d. FAX
My informal survey tells me AL3 is the current preferred standardas in if it works, dont try to fix it!
3. Microsoft recently offered a bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of certain virus writers. This was funded with $5 million from Microsoft. What percentage of Microsofts annual income does that translate to?
Part 2What percentage of the GDP of Nicaragua does that translate to?
The correct answer is .01553 percent. Microsofts annual revenue for the year ending June 30, 2003, was $32.187 billion.
Part 2The correct answer is .03906 percent. The GDP of Nicaragua is estimated to be $12.8 billion.
4. What is the front side bus (FSB)?
a. It is the bus within a processor that connects the CPU and memory.
b. It is the bus used to connect the CPU to the L2 cache.
c. It is the bus used to connect the CPU to the Peripheral Component Interconnect.
d. I dont ride the bus.
The correct answer is a. Just FYI: A bus is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components.
5. How many lines of source code are in Windows 3.1?
a. Three million
b. 17 million
c. 420,000
d. Seven million to eight million
The correct answer is a. Red Hat Linux (2000) 6.2 had 17 million SLOC (Source Lines of Code); Sun Solaris (2000) had seven million to eight million; and the NASA Space Shuttle flight control has 420,000 on the bird. Windows XP is estimated to have 40 million SLOC.
6. What is a dropper?
a. A router that keeps dropping network connections.
b. A program that when run will install something else (like a virus).
c. A Web site that drops users onto a site they did not intend to browse.
d. A routine that drops users when Web site traffic becomes too heavy.
The correct answer is b. A dropper is like a Trojan horse that delivers nasty code to a computer.
7. How many XML jokes are there?
I could find only one, and it was really badsomething like this:
Q: When should you use XML?
A: When you need a good buzzword in your vocabulary.
If you have something better than that, please let me know.
Back to business. CYAL8TR.
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