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	Normal Science & Technology Quiz 1 - If a phenomenom has a periodicity of 6 miliseconds, it has a frequency of: 600 mhz 6 hz 1.66 hz 166 hz 2 - Which of the following companies has not developed an 'Office suite' of programs for the Windows OS? Lotus Microsoft Corel Oracle 3 - Who discovered Charon, the satellite of Pluto? Percival Lowell James Christy Clyde Tombaugh James van Allen 4 - What element has "H" for symbol? Helium Hydroxide Hydrogen Hafnium 5 - What does the first Moore's law state? The number of transistors that can be fitted per square inch doubles every 18 month The speed of microprocessors doubles every year The cost of a microprocessor is inversly proportional to the size of its market The energy needed by a processor is increased by half for every doubling of performance 6 - Euclid's 'The Elements' is a book about what? Earth, Water, Wind, Fire Geometry and Reasoning Atomic Structure and Properties The Scientific Method 7 - Which of the decimal number below corresponds to the binary number 00101010? 3 68 42 101,010 8 - What is the sun expected to become at the end of its life? A black dwarf A white dwarf A red dwarf A yellow dwarf 9 - For what accomplishment did Einstein receive a Physic Nobel Prize? The discovery of the Law of the Photoelectric Effect The Theory of Special Relativity The Theory of General Relativity The discovery of radio-activity 10 - Who allegedly invented a mechanism where a pipe fitted in spiral inside a tube will raise water or grain when turned? William Gilbert William Bickford Ctesibius Archimedes 11 - Which of these is a star? Andromeda Antares Ceres Orion 12 - What is a micro-kernel? A new breed of genetically engineered corn A computer operating system that provides a minimal set of services A theory in fundamental particle physics involving immutable laws A philosophical premise that says that one should have as few axioms or assumptions as possible 13 - Which of these is heavier ? A brown dwarf A white dwarf Jupiter All the solar planets put together, except for Jupiter 14 - What is the unit of energy? Newton Einstein Joule Watt 15 - In the name of the disc type, what does CD stand for? compressed disk format computer disk compressed data compact disc 16 - How many more times heavier is the Sun than the Earth? 35 3500 350,000 35,000,000 17 - What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? (di)Nitrogen (di)Oxygen Water Vapor Carbon Dioxide 18 - Refraction is due to: Light changing frequency Light changing speed Light changing brightness Light changing phase 19 - What is the name of Pluto's satellite? Centaur Charon Chronos Pluto does not have a satelite 20 - What is the most massive planet in the Solar System? Jupiter Saturn Earth The Sun Homepage