Office Tech Timeout

Email

1. 100 Email is a method for transmitting and receiving what? Response: digital messages Electronic mail (usually shortened to email; alternatively hyphenated e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving digital messages using electronic devices over a computer network. Source: Wikipedia, “Email”
2. 200 What are the three parts of an email address, in order? Response: local-part + @ + domain name Email is a ubiquitous and very widely used communication medium; in current use, an email address (commonly local-part + @ + domain name) is often treated as a basic and necessary part of many processes in business, commerce, government, education, entertainment, and other spheres of daily life in most countries. Source: Wikipedia, “Email”
3. 300 Across which network does email primarily operate? Response: Internet Email operates across computer networks, primarily the Internet, and also local area networks. Source: Wikipedia, “Email”
4. 400 What model describes modern email systems? Response: store-and-forward model Today's email systems are based on a store-and-forward model. Source: Wikipedia, “Email”
5. 500 MIME lets an email carry multimedia content such as what visual format? Response: images Originally a text-only ASCII communications medium, Internet email was extended by MIME to carry text in expanded character sets and multimedia content such as images. Source: Wikipedia, “Email”
6. 600 Which common Windows keyboard shortcut copies selected content? Response: Ctrl+C Copy the result to the clipboard using the Windows shortcut Ctrl+C. Source: Wikipedia, “AutoIt”
7. 700 Expand the file-format abbreviation PDF. Response: Portable Document Format Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1993 used to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Source: Wikipedia, “PDF”

The Web

1. 100 Which protocol supplies the specific rules for access to web resources? Response: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) It facilitates access to documents and other web resources according to specific rules of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Source: Wikipedia, “World Wide Web”
2. 200 Who invented the Web while working at CERN? Response: Tim Berners-Lee The Web was invented by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee while at CERN in 1989 and opened to the public in 1993. Source: Wikipedia, “World Wide Web”
3. 300 In which year was the World Wide Web invented? Response: 1989 The Web was invented by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee while at CERN in 1989 and opened to the public in 1993. Source: Wikipedia, “World Wide Web”
4. 400 Which kind of program accesses documents supplied by web servers? Response: web browsers Documents and other media content are made available to the network through web servers and can be accessed by programs such as web browsers. Source: Wikipedia, “World Wide Web”
5. 500 What secret character string is commonly used to confirm identity? Response: A password A password, sometimes called a passcode, is secret data, typically a string of characters, usually used to confirm a user's identity. Source: Wikipedia, “Password”
6. 600 What is a clickable reference that opens another online location? Response: A hyperlink Hyperlink is embedded into a text or an image and takes visitors to another part of a web page. Source: Wikipedia, “Hyperlink”

Keyboard Terms

1. 100 What is an action assigned to one or more keyboard keys called? Response: keyboard shortcut In computing, a keyboard shortcut (also hotkey/hot key or key binding) is a software-based assignment of an action to one or more keys on a computer keyboard. Source: Wikipedia, “Keyboard shortcut”
2. 200 What is another one-word name for a keyboard shortcut? Response: hotkey In computing, a keyboard shortcut (also hotkey/hot key or key binding) is a software-based assignment of an action to one or more keys on a computer keyboard. Source: Wikipedia, “Keyboard shortcut”
3. 300 Where can a user modify some default shortcuts? Response: settings Most operating systems and applications come with a default set of keyboard shortcuts, some of which may be modified by the user in the settings. Source: Wikipedia, “Keyboard shortcut”
4. 400 What small graphic symbol can represent an app or file? Response: An icon In computing, an icon is a graphic symbol displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system. Source: Wikipedia, “Icon (computing)”
5. 500 Which office tool drives a bent metal wire through sheets to fasten them? Response: A stapler A stapler is a mechanical device that joins pages of paper or similar material together by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and folding the ends. Source: Wikipedia, “Stapler”

Screen Break Puzzles

1. 100 Rearrange LISTEN to make a word meaning quiet. Response: SILENT Worked out from the words in the clue.
2. 200 Choose the odd item: tab, window, folder, banana. Response: banana Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 Continue the paired pattern: A1, C3, E5, ... Response: G7 Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 What glossy board accepts erasable marker writing? Response: A whiteboard A whiteboard (also known as marker board, dry-erase board, dry-wipe board, and pen-board) is a glossy, usually white surface for making non-permanent markings. Source: Wikipedia, “Whiteboard”
5. 500 What is the small adhesive paper square used for temporary notes? Response: A sticky note A Post-it note (or sticky note) is a small piece of paper with a re-adherable strip of glue on its back, made for temporarily attaching notes to documents and other surfaces. Source: Wikipedia, “Post-it note”
6. 600 Which peripheral turns a digital document into a paper copy? Response: A printer A printer is a peripheral machine which makes a durable representation of graphics or text, usually on paper. Source: Wikipedia, “Printer (computing)”
7. 700 Which paper fastener has two folding wire handles? Response: A binder clip A binder clip (also known as a foldback clip, paper clamp, banker's clip, foldover clip, bobby clip, or clasp) is a simple device for binding sheets of paper together. Source: Wikipedia, “Binder clip”

Final round: Offline

A 90-minute session includes two 10-minute breaks. How many working minutes remain? Response: 70 minutes Worked out from the numbers in the clue.