Quiz #5
Geek Check
Copyright 1996-1997.
Bruce A. Epstein. All Rights Reserved.
You know you are a geek when:
1. You add felt pads to your bad CD-ROM burns to make coasters.
2. You own more CD-ROMs than music CDs
But, find out if you are a true geek, or just a wanna-be
Geek-WannaBe
1. What does ASCII stand for?
2. What is the ASCII code for "A" (capital A)
3. What does EBCDIC stand for?
4. What is 8-N-1?
5. What do the "G" and the "S" in "Apple IIGS"
stand for.
Geek-in-Training
1. What is "chmod 666" (hint: This has very little to do with
Satan)
2. What type of processor did an Apple II have?
3. Write Lingo code to convert the ASCII characters "0"-"9"
to integers 0-9
SuperGeek
(SuperGeek questions are not necessarily difficult, but they tend to be
fairly obscure. If you find these easy, then you are definitely a SuperGeek.
This is not so much a test/quiz as a categorization device.)
1. What is the plastic recycling number shown on the inside of an Apple
Desktop Bus Mouse II ?
2. Which one is Muldare?
3. On Fridays you:
- a. Watch the X-Files.
- b. Go to the movies
- c. Shower
(answers below - no peeking!)
Answers to Quiz #5
Geek Check
Geek-WannaBe
1. American Standard Code fir Information Interchange
2. The ASCII code for "A" (capital A) is 65
3. Ehanced Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
4. 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (a communcations configuration for modems)
5. "Graphics" and "Sound"
Geek-in-Training
1. "chmod 666" set the owner, group and world permissions under
Unix.
2. The Apple ][ was 6502-based
3.
on convertDigits
set myList = ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"]
repeat with c in myList
put convertIt (c)
end repeat
end convertDigits
on convertIt inChar
set thisCode = charToNum(inChar)
if thisCode >= charToNum ("0") and thisCode <= charToNum ("9")then
return integer (thisCode-charToNum ("0"))
else
return "not a numeric digit"
end if
end convertIt
SuperGeek
(SuperGeek questions are not necessarily difficult, but they tend to be
fairly obscure. If you find these easy, then you are definitely a SuperGeek.
This is not so much a test/quiz as a categorization device.)
1. Plastic of type "7"
2. I have no idea
3. Let your conscience be your guide