Quizzes

Computing fundamentals

• Desktop virtualization vocabulary quiz

  How much do you know about the essential terminology of desktop virtualization? Take our quiz to find out. Would you like to brush up first? See our Quick Start Glossary.

• Big data analytics vocabulary quiz

  Take our 10-question quiz to test your knowledge of essential big data analytics terminology or see our glossary of terms to study up ahead of time.

• PCI DSS vocabulary quiz

  Take this quiz to test your knowledge of abbreviations related to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

• Project Management vocabulary quiz

  This quiz tests your knowledge of project management terminology. See also: Quick Start Glossary: Project Management.

• Quiz: Help Desk Basics

  A quiz about help desks: What basic Internet program lets you verify that a particular Internet address exists and can accept requests?

• Quiz: Do you speak project management?

  A project management quiz: Developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s, this project management tool clearly illustrates task dependencies. What is it?

• Quizzes

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about backup teminology.

• Quiz: E-mail Marketing and the Spam Problem

  A quiz about email marketing and spam: What is a technique used by legitimate marketers to customize offerings for specific customers.

• Quiz: Negotiating -- Do you speak business?

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about service providers and negotiating contracts.

• Question 9

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 8

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 7

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 6

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 5

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 4

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 3

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 2

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 10

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Question 1

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about virtualization teminology.

• Halloween II: Do you speak -- eek! -- Geek?

  A WhatIs.com tech quiz with a Halloween theme: Does Nightmare Freddie of Elm Street fame use one of these for manicures? It's a type of space-saving server for a single, dedicated application.

• Software Piracy Quiz

  How much do you know about the finer points of software piracy? Take our quiz to find out.

• Quiz: Linux Basics

  A quiz about Linux terms: What company hopes to attract Windows expatriots by promoting an easy way for the average desktop user to migrate to Linux?

• Quiz: Laptops

  A quiz about laptop computers: This technology is used in the liquid crystal displays of notebook and laptop computers to provide a more responsive image at a wider range of viewing angle.

• Quiz: HP

  A quiz about Hewlett-Packard technologies: What is a software suite from HP for managing applications, device availability, network conditions and status, system performance, service and program maintenance, and storage resources.

• Quiz: Greening the cube farm

  A quiz about environmentally-friendly computing practices: What innovative technology powers laptops from the One Laptop Per Child foundation?

• Quiz: E-business trends and technologies

  A quiz about e-business: This Web site feature involves tailoring pages to individual users' characteristics or preferences.

• Quiz: Common Vulnerabilities

  A quiz about security vulnerabilities: An intruder might install this on a networked computer to collect user ids and passwords from other machines on the network.

• Quiz: Business Intelligence

  A business intelligence tech quiz: What is an approach to selling goods and services in which a prospect explicitly agrees in advance to receive marketing information.

• Personality Test: What kind of geek are you?

  A WhatIs.com geek personality test. Test yourself - Are you more likely to hum Anchors Aweigh or My Way? Find out what famous geek you resemble.

• Quiz: Troubleshooting

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about troubleshooting teminology.

• Quiz: Spam, Spam and More Spam

  Test yourself. Getting more spam? It's not just your imagination. According to a story from SearchSecurity.com, spam has surged to unprecedented levels in recent weeks, due in part to massive botnets overseas. How much do you know about spam? Can you guess the answers to the following questions without peeking? Quiz yourself and find out!

• Quiz: Processing Power

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about processors and microprocessors.

• Quiz: Peripherals

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about peripherals.

• Quiz: Netiquette

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz Internet etiquette quiz.

• Quiz: Mainframe Acronym-o-phobia

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about mainframe teminology.

• Quiz: More fun with open source

  Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about open source teminology.

• Quiz: Eureka!

  IT's all about the light bulb moments.

• Quiz: Who Done IT? A Murder Mystery

  How to take the quiz: - After reading the question, click on the answer that you think is correct

• Quiz: DSL

  DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is a technology for bringing high-bandwidth information to homes and small businesses over ordinary copper telephone lines.