Software and Programming Trivia Quizzes

A quiz on Java, the programming language.

Do you know how your programs store your data?

CSS is a unique language that works with HTML and other markup languages to format them. This quiz involves general rules about CSS as well as questions about some individual styles. Some basic knowledge of HTML may be required.

There are many license options available, and the selection of which to use is not usually based on technology, but ideology, politics and economics. This quiz covers some information about copyleft licenses.

You've seen those wonderful animated films like "Shrek" and the Hollywood blockbusters like "Transformers," but how much do you know about the process of 3D animation?

10 questions on very basic terms and functions of Hyper Text Markup Language, or HTML. HTML is the code used by programmers to make some of the simplest parts of a webpage, such as bold and italic text, links to other pages or photos. Recommended for grades: 8,9,10

How much do you know about these data storage discs?

Test your computer virus knowledge.

SQL or Structured Query Lanaguage is the most popular language used to create, retrieve, update and delete data from relational databases.

CSS offers a way to separate styles and presentation from the content of an HTML document, simplifying page design and creation. Most modern websites make heavy use of this, but do you know enough to hold your own in the world of web development?

Computers compute values using ones and zeros, but they are also limited in space: only so many digits. Here are questions surrounding the use of one-byte registers of ye very olde computers.

Loops are a key concept in computer programming so I thought I'd write a quiz on them. (In this quiz I sometimes specify a programming language in each question although the construct/idea may be very similar, or even the same, in other languages)

This will be easy for those of us who use Microsoft Word on a regular basis. If you don't use it too often, then take notes on the interesting information.

C++ is a programming language developed in Bell Laboratories. This quiz is on the basic elements of a C++ program. I hope you enjoy the quiz.

Follow along with romantic matchmaker Disco Stu as he uses Microsoft Access' database capabilities to find a date for disco novice Ned Flanders.

What will the following sections of Java code do?

Data is stored in a computer as a series of zeros and ones. It is called the binary system. This is the lowest possible number base since there are only 2 digits. This quiz will introduce other bases and how they are used in programming.

MES software links the administration software to the production area, translating customer orders into production instructions. Most automation software companies, like Rockwell, Siemens, GE and Wonderware, have a MES (one s!). This is an introduction.

"I'm a software engineer" or "I need the software." What are people talking about when they mean software? Do you know? Take this quiz and find out!

This is a quiz about programming languages for those who know a bit about software already. Enjoy!

This quiz will test your knowledge of the semantics and syntax associated with C++ programming language.

Python is a high level programming language. This quiz covers the basics of the language, its history and recent events related to the language.

I spent over 20 year in the data processing field working for a major bank. As a programmer most of my programs were coded in cobol. These questions are a basic introduction to the language.

Some UNIX commands are the normal English word for the function that you want to accomplish. See if you can find the UNIX command in each sentence.

Python, created by Guido van Rossum, is one of the most versatile programming languages today. It is widely used in web programming and known for its massive collection of user libraries.

This quiz was designed so that people who use GIMP quite a bit will know exactly what I'm asking but simple enough that those who are new to the program shouldn't struggle.

Welcome to my QBasic quiz! If you like to program in QBasic, then take this quiz!

How well do you understand the built-in functions of PHP?

Assembly Language is a non portable programming language consisting of instruction mnemonics used to form programming statements. This quiz is based on the Intel 80x86 family.

HTML is the basic foundation of a webpage. This quiz is on the fundamentals of HTML and how it works.

Email has become a standard form of communication for both business and personal use. How much do you know about how email works?

Test your knowledge of one of the internet's most popular languages.

This quiz tests some basic knowledge of Perl. Anyone who's taken an introductory Perl course or read "The Llama" should be able to do well.

This quiz is written for software engineers and anyone who is interested in learning more about software engineering. These questions were created using The Software Engineering Book-A Practitioner Approach(International Edition) by Roger S. Pressman.

My first Microsoft Word quiz was easy, so this should be too. I will describe the symbol used for an icon, and you tell me which icon it is.

In the early days of computers, space was very limited. It was a challenge to store items in as few bytes as possible. This quiz is about the lower limits for storing a date in a COBOL program.

How well do you know Crystal Reports?