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IT Majors: A quiz on some IT companies

Most people have heard of IT companies like Apple, Microsoft, IBM etc., but do you really know the brains behind these companies? Some famous, and some unknown. Take this quiz to see how much you know about them.

A multiple-choice quiz by way2smart123. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
way2smart123

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
342,238

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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241

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Question 1 of 10

1. Nokia, a major telecom company, was started in Finland in 1871. They introduced their mini Laptop in 2009. What is it called? Hint

Playbook

Booklet 3G

Galaxy Tab

Xoom

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Question 2 of 10

2. One of the leading online stores is eBay, selling almost everything from pencils to computers. Who started eBay, in 1995? Hint

John Donahoe

Meg Whitman

Pierre Morad Omidyar

Jeff Bezos

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Question 3 of 10

3. Apple Inc., known for their Mac OS, I-Pad, Ipod and Iphone, was started by three people: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniack and which other individual? Hint

Ronald Wayne

Paul Allen

Tim Cook

Steve Balmer

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Question 4 of 10

4. What company did Bob Metcalfe start in 1979? Hint

Metcalfe Studios

3COM

Xerox

Linksys

5. This company was started in 1982 by Vinod Khosla, Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy and Scott McNealy. It sold computers and created open-source software, until it was acquired by Oracle in 2010. What company is this? Hint

Convergin

Sun Microsystems

Fatwire

Siebel

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Question 6 of 10

6. Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites of our time, was started in 2004 by Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg and funded by his Harvard colleague, Eduardo Saverin. Who was the Official Spokesperson for Facebook when it was started? Hint

Sean Parker

Eduardo Saverin

Dustin Moskowitz

Chris Hughes

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Question 7 of 10

7. "X" started his company on December 17th 1880, producing something that is present in all of our houses. Today it is known by a different name, and is present in all sectors of business, including healthcare. Identify person "X". Hint

John Wesley Emerson

Alexander Graham Bell

Werner von Siemens

Thomas Alva Edison

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Question 8 of 10

8. This company, that specialises in the manufacture of routers and modems, was started in 1984 by Len Bosack, Sandy Lerner and Richard Troiano, who worked as computer operations staff members at Stanford University. Identify the company. Hint

Cisco Systems

Belkin

Juniper Networks

Linksys

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Question 9 of 10

9. This company began in India in 1968 under a slightly different name to that by which it is known today. Its main business was to provide computer services to other group companies. F C Kohli was the first CEO. Identify this company. Hint

Infosys

Patni Software

WIPRO Software

Tata Consultancy Services

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Question 10 of 10

10. This company was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and data processing company. The company was inaugurated as the "Soci�t� pour la Gestion de l'Entreprise et le Traitement de l'Information". By what name is it better known? Hint

French Telecom

SAP

Capgemini

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Nokia, a major telecom company, was started in Finland in 1871. They introduced their mini Laptop in 2009. What is it called?

Answer: Booklet 3G

Nokia,was started in Finland in 1871, by Fredrik Idestam and Leo Mechelin. They introduced their mini laptop Booklet 3G, which runs on Windows 7.

2. One of the leading online stores is eBay, selling almost everything from pencils to computers. Who started eBay, in 1995?

Answer: Pierre Morad Omidyar

John Donahoe became eBay's CEO in 2008. The company was started in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar, a French-born Iranian programmer.

3. Apple Inc., known for their Mac OS, I-Pad, Ipod and Iphone, was started by three people: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniack and which other individual?

Answer: Ronald Wayne

Ronald Wayne was the lesser known Apple Founder. He unfortunately sold his shares for $2300. Steve Jobs retired through illness in August 2011 (and died two months later), having been succeeded by Cook.

4. What company did Bob Metcalfe start in 1979?

Answer: 3COM

Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of the Ethernet cable and port, worked with Xerox before he started 3COM. Metcalfe Studios is in no way related to Bob Metcalfe, while Linksys is a Cisco product.

Answer: Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems is one of the largest distributors of open-source software, including a Business Office Suite, StarOffice. For those of you who have not tried it yet, it's only 700 Mb, and is available for free download.

Answer: Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes was Mark Zuckerberg's roommate at Harvard. Dustin Moskowitz was in charge of maintenance of the website when it was started, and Sean Parker was initially the Vice-President of the Company.

Answer: Thomas Alva Edison

Edison General Electric was started by Thomas Edison in the 1890s. Today it is known by the name General Electric (G.E).

Answer: Cisco Systems

John Chambers became CEO of Cisco's in 1995. In a major campaign that commenced in 2006, Cisco branded itself as "The Human Network".

Answer: Tata Consultancy Services

It began as the "Tata Computer Centre". J. R. D. Tata was the first chairman, followed by Pankaj Roy. S.Chandrashekaran took over as CEO of TCS in 2009.

Answer: Capgemini

Capgemini is one of the world's largest management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies. It is headquartered in Paris.

Source: Author way2smart123

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