Monday, September 17, 2001		Compuquiz

COMPUQUIZ — 49

1.What is the latest rage to emerge in Britain?

2.A study by Stanford University’s Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society finds heavy Net users are which of the following: a) Happy and gregarious b) Friendly c) Isolated and lonely.

3.On the other hand, according to the The Pew Internet and American Life Project, the Internet promotes what: a) Cybersex b) better marital relations c) improved communication with friends and relatives.

4.A study shows 200,000 Internet users compulsively seek sexual material which is a disorder referred to as what?

5.Seeking sex on the Internet may be a potential risk factor for Sexually Transmitted Disease and HIV. True or False?

6.According to Surf Control, office workers who while away their time online at work, could cost businesses as much as?

7.According to the boffins at British Telecom when do people use the Net and chat on the phone the most: Sundays, New Year’s Day or in the run up to a full moon?

8.According to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), millions of "ex-Net surfers" around the world – 28 million in the US alone, 2 million in the UK are fed up with the Internet and are logging off. True or False?

9.What percentage of surfers shop online in their pyjamas?

10.What percentage of Fortune 500 companies have battled sexual harassment claims stemming from employee misuse of e-mail and Internet systems?

1. Vint Cerf

2. Vannevar Bush

3. Guglielmo Marconi

4. Dr. Martin Cooper

5. Bob Metcalfe

6. Tim Burners Lee

7. Marc Andreessen

8. Jim Clark

9. Jeff Bezos

10.Jerry Yang and David Filo

1. Ritu Vashistha, Faridabad

2. Payal Mangla, Yamunanagar

3. Dinesh Rathore, Shimla

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