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Test Your IQ With The Pew Internet Quiz
On 30th
November, 2014 From makeuseof.com
By Dave Parrack on 30th
November, 2014
If you’re a
regular reader of MakeUseOf then you
probably consider yourself something of a geek.
A geek who knows all there is to know about technology and the Internet. But do
you, really? It’s time to find out by taking this short quiz from Pew Research.
By answering the
12 questions all about technology and the Internet, you’ll be able to determine
how knowledgeable you are on all things geeky. You’ll also be able to compare
your results to the representative sample of 1,066 people who officially took
the quiz.
Well, what are
you waiting for?
Test Your Web IQ
As part of its
ongoing commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, the Pew
Research Center recently put a sizeable number of Internet users’ geeky
knowledge to the test with a quiz related to technology and, in
particular, the Web.
The quiz is now
online for anyone to take. We couldn’t resist taking it, and we suspect you’ll
be similarly inclined to test your knowledge of the Internet. So, we invite you
to go and do that right now by taking the Pew Internet Quiz,
before coming back here to take a look at the results.
Dissecting The Results
Q1: The Internet and the World Wide Web are the same thing…
True or False?
The correct
answer is False. Just 23 percent of respondents answered this correctly. Any of
you who answered incorrectly should read our explanation of the
difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Q2: Twitter limits the number of characters per tweet to
140… True or False?
The correct
answer is True. An impressive 60 percent of respondents answered this
correctly. Which suggests that even those people who
don’t actively use Twitter know about its self-imposed limitations.
Q3: Moore’s Law relates to how many transistors can be put
on a computer chip… True or False?
The correct
answer is True. A measly 34 percent of respondents answered this correctly, but
then they obviously never read our
explanation of Moore’s Law. Those dummies.
Q4: When a company posts a privacy policy, it ensures that
the company keeps confidential all the information it collects on users… True
or False?
The correct
answer is False. A total of 44 percent of respondents answered this correctly.
To be fair, it’s a rather confusing question, but it’s important to remember
that signing a privacy
policy doesn’t guarantee your privacy.
Q5: The first widely popular graphical Web browser, released
in 1993, was… Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Mosaic, or Opera?
The correct
answer is Mosaic. This was shows to be the hardest question included in the
quiz, with just 9 percent of respondents answering it correctly. This isn’t
surprising, but it is rather sad as we owe a debt of gratitude to Mosaic
and the people who developed it.
Q6: Who is this technology leader (Picture of Bill Gates)…
Steve Jobs, Sergei Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, or Bill Gates?
The correct
answer is Bill Gates.
A whopping 83 percent of respondents answered this correctly. But, to be
honest, we’re a little surprised it wasn’t even higher given Gates’ notoriety
as a geek and status as the richest man in the world with a fortune of $76
billion.
Q8: The Apple iPhone was first released in what year… 2005,
2007, 2009, or 2011?
The correct
answer is 2007. Just 36 percent of respondents answered this correctly, which
we found rather surprising. Apple fan or not, the moment Steve Jobs stood on
stage and unveiled the
first iPhone was, after all, a turning point for consumer
technology.
Q9: Choose the bigger amount of information… A kilobyte or a
megabyte?
The correct
answer is a megabyte. A whopping 74 percent of respondents answered this
correctly. The other 26 percent can be forgiven for making such a simple
mistake. However, they should read our guide to
memory sizes.
Q10: ‘Net Neutrality’ refers to… “The postings on websites
that are nonpartisan,” “A promise by users of some websites that they
will not make critical comments,” “The way Wikipedia editors are
instructed to handle new entries on their site,” or “Equal treatment of
digital content by internet service companies?”
The correct
answer is, “Equal treatment of digital content by internet service
companies.” A disappointing 61 percent of respondents answered this
correctly. Perhaps if more people understood what net neutrality actually is
there would be more of a push to
protect it.
Q11: Which university was the first on Facebook… Harvard,
Stanford, MIT, or University of illinois?
The correct
answer is Harvard. Just 42 percent of respondents answered this correctly. But
then answering it correctly would require you knowing Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg attended Harvard.
Q12: What does ‘URL’ stand for… Ultra Reliable Linkage, User
Responsibility Liability, Unique Rate Limit, or Uniform Resource Locator?
The correct
answer is Uniform Resource Locator. A euphemistic 69 percent of respondents
answered this correctly. That would surely have been lower if the other
possible answers hadn’t been quite so preposterous.
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www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki
If you would like to listen to experts in all aspects of Netiquette and communication, try my radio show on BlogtalkRadio and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and Yahoo. I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ Rider University and PSG of Mercer County New Jersey.
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