Biz-Tech Quiz Prelims(with answers)

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1.Edward Tufte's analysis of _________prepared
for briefing NASA officials concerning possible
damage to the Space Shuttle Columbia during
its final launch. Tufte argues that the ______,
prepared by the Boeing Corporation, had the
effect of oversimplifying the situation, and
provided false assurance that the ultimately
fatal damage to the shuttle was only minimal.
• What was he talking about?

You were looking at the answer al
the time:P

2. Name Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah
Jandali's progeny who made world headlines
recently.

3. There were a large number of bats living
under the roof of the factory, it was decided
that it was appropriate to also show the bats
on the brand. It's worth mentioning that fruit
bats are a symbol of good luck in Cuba.
• Which brand?

5.The significance of X's contributions to the Y design
remains controversial. The book "50 Years of the Y-X"
limits X's contributions to two: advice on the trapeze
tailpiece, and a preference for color (stating that X
preferred gold as "it looks expensive", and a second
choice of black because "it makes your fingers appear
to move faster on the box", and "looks classy")

6.Finland recently passed a bill in its
constitution introducing a new Fundamental
Right.
• What is it?

7.The old logo was a bright red cube. The word
_____ was made to appear dominant on the
logo. The font used for _____ is called
SLURRY- The font looks as though the letters
have congealed or coagulated out of liquid.
• In the new logo the bright red cube was
replaced with a ‘Dialogue box’. The logo of
what is being described here?

9.It is said that only two people-Kishore and Jay
Kumar are capable of doing this in the world.
• This has been handcrafted since 1901 using
two deft strokes.
• What am I talking about?

10.What major change was made to iTunes
stores globally that gladdened the hearts of
prospective music buyers?

• Changed the audio sampling time from 30
seconds to 90 seconds.

12. According to AptiQuant, a Canadian
‘psychometric consulting company', the users
of which browser have the lowest and highest
IQs?

13. Is Apple has Siri what does android have?

15.What is transmitted using MPEG-2 digital
compression technology, from the satellite
INSAT 4A at 83.0°E?

16.Google recently joined hands with a
beverage company called URKontinent .
• What are they planning to make?

17. What has been blanked out?

18.X was first announced on 16 August 1993 by
Ian Murdock. The name X was formed as a
combination of the first name of his then-
girlfriend Debra Lynn and his own first name.
• X?

1. top tape extension
2. top stop
3. slider
4. pull tab
5. tape
6. chain width
7. bottom stop
8. bottom tape extension
9. single tape width
10. insertion pin
11. retainer box
12. reinforcement film

19.These are the components of what?(Japan makes 90%
of these)

20.It has a square shape: there are apparently eight
possible ways to insert it, only one of which is
correct. What happens if I do it wrong? I try inserting
it sideways. Ah, the designer thought of that. A little
study shows that the case really isn't square: it's
rectangular, so you can't insert a longer side. I try
backward. It goes in only part of the way. Small
protrusions, indentations, and cutouts, prevent it
from being inserted backward or upside down: of the
eight ways one might try to insert it, only one is
correct, and only that one will fit. An excellent
design.
• What am I talking about?!
• Think Clean!

21. French Connection began branding their
clothes ______. Reportedly, they first
discovered the acronym ________when a fax
was sent from their Hong Kong store.
• French Connection exploited the controversy
of the name, producing an extremely popular
range of t-shirts with messages such as "hot as
______", "mile high _____", "too busy to
______", “lucky _____ ,”_____ on the beach",
"Cool as _____", etc. FTB.

22. This started back in 1971, with a low budget
of 5,0000.One of the famous organizers for
this was Mr. Nandan Nilekani . What?

24. This retail store started in 1991 in Mumbai.
• Since then it has opened 47 stores across India
and has been awarded "the Hall of Fame" and
won "the Emerging Market Retailer of the Year
Award", by World Retail Congress at
Barcelona, in 2008.
• Which retail store?

25. What is "David and Jerry's Guide to the
World Wide Web“ now famously known as?

26. This is a term coined by Rohit Bhargava, a
senior vice president at Ogilvy, for the practice
of brands using social media to create an
affinity with customers who share the same
sentiments with friends.
• Which term?

27. Sun Danyong, a 25-year-old male,
committed suicide in July 2009 after reporting
the loss of an iPhone 4 prototype in his
possession.
• Which company did he work for ?(This
company makes the major components of the
iPhone and the iPad)

28. It was founded by Peter Morton and Isaac
Tigrett in 1971, in London, England.
• Their motto “love all , serve all” is based on
Sathya Sai baba’s philosophy.
• What?

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