A quiz for a slow Sunday afternoon

almoststew1990 · 20 Dec 2015 at 13:45

I'm trying to avoid cracking on with the washing and I came across this quiz on Facebook of all places- how much do you know about CPUs?

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cpu-quiz.htm

I got 31 out of 36... I'll get my coat

hyperseven · 20 Dec 2015 at 13:59

Jumper118 · 20 Dec 2015 at 15:22

27/36

Reality|Bites · 20 Dec 2015 at 16:07

IPBA · 20 Dec 2015 at 16:20

31 out of 36

Disco_P · 20 Dec 2015 at 18:33

25 out of 36

How to computer?

Tee Hee Johnson · 20 Dec 2015 at 18:33

32 out of 36

gpuerrilla · 20 Dec 2015 at 18:53

30 for me, no googling or taking ages

andy_mk3 · 20 Dec 2015 at 18:59

30 for me. Failed on the history side of things mostly cos I'm not that old

Jumper118 · 20 Dec 2015 at 20:34

andy_mk3 said:
30 for me. Failed on the history side of things mostly cos I'm not that old

same

RavenXXX2 · 20 Dec 2015 at 21:00

YOU SCORED: 33 OUT OF 36

Akagi · 20 Dec 2015 at 21:08

novaenough · 20 Dec 2015 at 22:09

Retron · 21 Dec 2015 at 05:06

I got the one about "wire size" wrong.

Confused Stu · 21 Dec 2015 at 07:59

31 out of 36 - am I allowed to keep my geek card or do I need to return it and endure an 8Pack glare of shame?

Sencha · 21 Dec 2015 at 09:37

17

Jesus wept

Cold_And_Miserable · 21 Dec 2015 at 14:03

The quiz is wrong.
"The smallest wire on a chip is measured in microns. Current chips have wires that are less than one micron wide, while a human hair is about 100 microns thick. "

We use nanometers now and I thought human hair was 50microns thick. Edit yes it.

Sixense · 21 Dec 2015 at 14:40

33, not bad, thought would be way less

bru · 21 Dec 2015 at 17:16

31 but I do have to say that some of those questions and answers are just plain wrong.

Retron · 21 Dec 2015 at 17:35

bru said:
31 but I do have to say that some of those questions and answers are just plain wrong.

Aside from the "wire size" one the others all seemed right to me. Do you have any examples of what you think was wrong?