2010 Geek IQ Test

snydeq writes "Windows NT name size limits, network cabling and protocols, Linux printer daemon commands, AD&D character alignments — find out how much you know where it really counts by taking InfoWorld's 2010 Geek IQ Test."

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Shitty site

[Anonymous Coward]

2 pop-ups blocked on every page, slow load times, intrusive flash ads all over, 1 question per page to force more ad views.

I didn't even get past question 6 before I closed it to come back here and complain.

lpd

[BitZtream]

Was around long before Linux kids, its not the Linux printer daemon, its the line printer daemon.

Karma Whoring Post

[MyLongNickName]

Question 1: What does "httpd" stand for?
Correct Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Daemon

Question 2: What is the primary use for the 224.0.1.24 IP address?
Correct Answer: It's the WINS server group address, used for the dynamic configuration of replication for WINS servers and auto-discovery

Question 3: How much RAM is supported in the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2008 R2?
Correct Answer: None

Question 4: The names Killing Horizon and Event Horizon are not related to:
Correct Answer: Two sci-fi movies from the '90s

Question 5: Which one of these will let you quickly look at the open ports on a machine?
Correct Answer: NETSTAT

Question 6: When the Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) protocol was popular, which of these was considered one of its primary advantages?
Correct Answer: Multiple tokens
Your Answer: Multiple tokens

Question 7: What does "GUID" stand for?
Correct Answer: Globally Unique Identifier
Your Answer: Globally Unique Identifier
I'm fairly proud of inventing "Group Unnamed Information Delivery" -- it sounds very authentic, though "Great Underwear Is Divine" is nearest a universal truth.

Question 8: A 10Base2 Ethernet network used what kind of cabling?
Correct Answer: Thinnet coaxial
Your Answer: Twisted pair
If some kid straight out of college is standing behind you asking, "What the hell is 10Base2?!" feel free to pretend you don't know the answer and choose HDMI. Old folks need to stick together.

Question 9: "Aero," the GUI introduced with Windows Vista, stands for which of the following?
Correct Answer: Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open

Question 10: Which of these commands will install Windows 2000 Server?
Correct Answer: A and B

Question 11: Which of the following network protocols requires a terminator?
Correct Answer: 10Base5

Question 12: An example of diametrically opposed alignments in AD&D would be:
Correct Answer: CE vs. LG
Your Answer: CE vs. LG
Paladins vs. anti-Paladins or maybe just snarky journalists. Don't feel bad if you didn’t get this -- it just means you were having sex in high school.

Question 13: On a Windows NT network, what is the maximum name size for a client computer?
Correct Answer: 15
Your Answer: 15

Question 14: To restart the printer daemon for a Linux printer, you’ll use the command:
Correct Answer: Restart [printer name]

Question 15: What is an Active Directory forest?
Correct Answer: A group of domains that share a common schema

Question 16: To which politician do we attribute the quote: "The Internet is a great way to get on the Net"?
Correct Answer: Bob Dole

Question 17: The Tombstone-Lifetime Attribute represents which of the following:
Correct Answer: The number of days before a deleted objected is removed from directory services
Your Answer: The number of days before a deleted objected is removed from directory services

Question 18: What early example of an Internet viral video phenom was used in the "Ally McBeal" TV series in 1998?
Correct Answer: The Dancing Baby
Your Answer: The Dancing Baby

Question 19: A MIB contains status information for which protocol?
Correct Answer: SNMP

Question 20: Which of the following has the best chance to protect your users' identities?
Correct Answer: Spyware detector

Re:Karma Whoring Post

[Anonymous Coward]

Question 3: How much RAM is supported in the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2008 R2?
Correct Answer: Geeks don't use Windows.

Question 5: Which one of these will let you quickly look at the open ports on a machine?
Correct Answer: What's wrong with lsof, it's so much more funky!

Question 9: "Aero," the GUI introduced with Windows Vista, stands for which of the following?
Correct Answer: Geeks don't use GUIs either.

Question 10: Which of these commands will install Windows 2000 Server?
Correct Answer: None if I'm in charge.

Question 13: On a Windows NT network, what is the maximum name size for a client computer?
Correct Answer: Far too small.

Question 14: To restart the printer daemon for a Linux printer, you’ll use the command:
Correct Answer: upscmd johnie@node3 shutdown.return # you can't tell me how to restart my daemons

Question 15: What is an Active Directory forest?
Correct Answer: Something related to pubic hair forest, but different, I think.

Question 18: What early example of an Internet viral video phenom was used in the "Ally McBeal" TV series in 1998?
Correct Answer: What is "TV"?

Question 20: Which of the following has the best chance to protect your users' identities?
Correct Answer: Don't let the users touch the computers, duh. If I'm forced to let them, I just do iptables -P OUTPUT DROP.

Re:Karma Whoring Post

[robbak]

No, lsof. It lists open file handles, and any nework port that is open is also a file handle. With some grep and sed hackery, you'll have a simple list.

Re:Geek Trivia != IQ Assessment

[Astatine]

I bet this test has just as much real world meaning as Mensa's IQ test though...

Thank you.

[sconeu]

I unblocked each site listed in NoScript, one at a time, and still couldn't get the quiz.

I wasn't going to fuck with my ABP filters just to see a stupid quiz.