1. What do you think are good
names for children?
a) Scott and Jenny.
b) Bill Gates IV.
c) Mozilla and Dotcom.
2. What's a telephone?
a) A thing with a round dial you
use to talk to others.
b) A telecommunications device
with 12 keys.
c) Something you plug into a
modem.
3. Which punctuation is most
correct?
a) I had a wonderful day!
b) I had a **wonderful** day!!!
c) I had a wonderful day :-)
4. You wake up at 4:00 a.m. and
decide to:
a) Visit the washroom.
b) Raid the fridge.
c) Check your E-mail.
5. What are RAM and ROM?
a) A male sheep and a city in
Italy.
b) Hulking stars of the WWF.
c) I need more of the former and
should upgrade the latter.
6. To avoid a virus you should:
a) Stay away from people who
sneeze and cough.
b) Never read E-mail titled "Good
Times".
c) Use virus scanning software
very time you boot up.
7. When you want to buy something
hard-to-find you:
a) Ask friends where to purchase
it.
b) Check out the Yellow Pages.
c) Go to Yahoo!
8. When you don't understand how
to use a new appliance you:
a) Call the retailer.
b) Call the manufacturer's
toll-free number.
c) Visit the manufacturer's Web
site and look for the FAQ.
9. When you want to see all the
beautiful people you:
a) Visit a club on a Saturday
night.
b) Turn on the TV and tune in to
Baywatch.
c) Check out the alt.binary
newsgroups.
10. How do you introduce yourself
at a party?
a) Hi, I'm Jane!
b) Hi, I'm a Taurus on the cusp.
c) Hi, I'm a 5'10" hot blonde
with a super bod.
11. When you're interested in
someone at a party you say:
a) Tell me more about yourself.
b) What's your star sign?
c) What's your Profile?
12. If you really like the person,
you say:
a) Could you tell me your phone
number?
b) What's your E-mail address?
c) Let's chat Private.
13. When I say spam, you think:
a) Ham in a can.
b) Unsolicited advertising E-mail.
c) I mailbomb all spammers!
14. When you receive an AOL
trial diskette, you say:
a) I don't need another mug
coaster.
b) Great! I'll reformat and use
it for backups.
c) Great! I'll sign up under a
fake ID and use up the 50 hours.
15. When you want to research a
reference you:
a) Open up a volume of your
encyclopedia.
b) Slip Encarta in your CD-ROM
drive.
c) Go to www.altavista.digital.com
16. When you write a letter you:
a) Put pencil to paper.
b) Open Eudora.
c) Ask: What's a letter? Is it
like E-mail?
17. Different types of text
formatting include:
a) Writing and printing.
b) Underline and double-strike.
c) Bold and italic.
18. You correct errors using:
a) An eraser.
b) White-out.
c) Backspace or delete.
19. You sign your name:
a) Best regards, John Smith.
b) See you in IRC, John_Smith.
c) Check out my home page for
the cool links
20. To keep a copy of your letter
you:
a) Insert a carbon and a second
sheet.
b) Take it to the photocopier.
c) Check your Sent Mail folder.
SCORING: Give yourself zero
points for each "a" response,
five for each "b" and 10 for
each "c".
=> If you scored 150 or higher,
unplug your computer and
log more hours in real life.
=> If you scored between 50 and
145, you're living a good
mix of Net and reality.
=> If you scored under 50, you
probably didn't read this far.