competency questionnaire

[o_0coxy0_o]

Im doing the same assignement as nivag and viper190, and so i have a brilliant questionnaire to fill out to, mines a little longer than theirs though
Questionnaire
How competent with technology are you?

1) Age:
0-13 | 14-20 | 21-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-60 | 70-80 | 90+

2) Regular household Income (per year)

0 - 4000 | 4000 ? 14,000 | 14,000 ? 20,000| 20,000+ |35,000+ | 50,000+

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you: (please tick
a. Read the instructions then try to use the player
b. Try and figure the player out then refer to instructions if you get stuck
c. Throw out the instructions and hope for the best

4) In your opinion what is a CPU
a. The actual computer
b. The processor
c. Where information is stored

5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch
a. No, not at all
b. Maybe with a little help i.e. friends, manual or internet.
c. Yes, it would be easy.

6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?
a. Yes
b. Sometimes when I?m using things other than the standard buttons
c. No

7) Have you ever had a bad experience with technology? Please explain:
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8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
a. Try and fix it yourself
b. Take it to a shop to get fixed
c. Ignore it and hope for the best
d. Get a friend to have a look

9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology
a. Yes
b. No
c. Via recommendation

10) Can you touch type
a.Yes
b.No
c.What?

 

[Viper190]

19
60+
C
B
B
C
No, can't say I have.
A
A
A
Took a long time but there you go.

 

[sandersonLJ1529]

1) Age:18

2) Regular household Income (per year)

50,000+

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you:
Throw out the instructions and hope for the best

4) In your opinion what is a CPU
The processor


5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch
c. Yes, it would be easy.

6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?
No

7) No? I do not belive my ipod is trying to kill me..

8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
Try and fix it yourself


9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology
Yes


10) Can you touch type
Yes

 

[Inverse Skies]

1. 21-30 (21 specifically)
2. Seeing as I live by myself and pay rent... 14000-20000
3. b
4. b
5. a
6. b
7. Only when it doesn't work! Otherwise it's fine. My dad can never seem to get the tv working correctly...
8. a
9. a
10. a

Good with your assignment. I wonder what the teacher thinks of you all gleaning responses off the world wide web?

 

[KeithA45]

Haha I was JUST about to quote you on a different questionare thread.

1) 14-20
2) 35,000+
3) b. Try and figure the player out then refer to instructions if you get stuck
4) b. The processor
5) b. Maybe with a little help i.e. friends, manual or internet.
6) c. No
7) I always have bad experiences. I'm a little clumsy and impatient and tend to manage to fuck something up pretty often, but it helps me learn more about it. No one sticks out more than any other and range anything from my laptop screen failing to a hard drive failing to accidentally destroying Windows
8) a. Try and fix it yourself I actually usually wipe the computer and start over, but if I can't do that then I do a.
9) a. Yes
10) a.Yes

 

[PumpItUp]

You might not want to include the household income bit. Not a lot of people would be willing to divulge info like that to a stranger on the Internet.

1)B

3)A
4)B
5)A
6)B

8)A
9)A
10)B

7) Dealing with antivirus software that does little except slow your computer to tortoise speed. I want rabbit speed, dammit!

 

[Nivag the Owl]

1) Age:
18

2) Regular household Income (per year)
50,000+

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you: (please tick
c. Throw out the instructions and hope for the best

4) In your opinion what is a CPU
b. The processor

5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch
c. Yes, it is easy.

6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?
c. No

7) Have you ever had a bad experience with technology? Please explain:
Only electric shocks but no technical difficulties

8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
a. Try and fix it yourself

9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology
a. Yes

10) Can you touch type
a.Yes

 

[You didnt have to wear an eye patch]

1) Age:

14-20

2) Regular household Income (per year)

20,000+

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you: (please tick

b. Try and figure the player out then refer to instructions if you get stuck


4) In your opinion what is a CPU

b. The processor

5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch

b. Maybe with a little help i.e. friends, manual or internet.

6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?

c. No

7) Have you ever had a bad experience with technology? Please explain:

nope

8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
a. Try and fix it yourself

9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology

b. No

10) Can you touch type

b.No

 

[fix-the-spade]

1) Age:
21 (as of Thursday)

2) Regular household Income (per year)
|35,000+ |

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you: (please tick
a. Read the instructions then try to use the player

4) In your opinion what is a CPU
b. The processor

5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch
c. Yes, it would be easy.

6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?
c. No

7) Have you ever had a bad experience with technology? Please explain:
Not really, had a few hardware failures on my PC's (notably a hard drive), but I keep backups. -----------------------------------

8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
a. Try and fix it yourself

9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology
a. Yes

10) Can you touch type
a.Yes


Does that make me competent or does it mean I merely think myself competent?

 

[Alien-maiden]

1) Age:
14-20

2) Regular household Income (per year)
Unknown.

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you:
B

4) In your opinion what is a CPU
B

5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch
B

6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?
C

7) Have you ever had a bad experience with technology? Please explain:
Yes. The computer I'm on right now is the "family" computer. It has Windows Vista from when Vista first came out. Those of you who have dealt with this kinda Vista know that I have said enough.

8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
A, then D

9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology
C

10) Can you touch type
C

 

[o_0coxy0_o]

You might not want to include the household income bit. Not a lot of people would be willing to divulge info like that to a stranger on the Internet.

I think that there is a direct link between people over 40 and how much they earn, from my experiances, older people who earn more, tend to be better with technology as they can buy it.

 

[o_0coxy0_o]

Also, thanks to everyone who as contributed so far =]

 

[sooperman]

1) Age: 14-20

2) Regular household Income (per year) 35,000+

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you: (please tick
a. Read the instructions then try to use the player

4) In your opinion what is a CPU
b. The processor

5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch
b. Maybe with a little help i.e. friends, manual or internet.

6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?
b. Sometimes when I'm using things other than the standard buttons

7) Have you ever had a bad experience with technology? Please explain:
Well sure, stuff breaks some times. Xbox got RROD, Windows crashes a few times a week, theres a bunch of stuff, actually, but I can't recall everything.

8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
a. Try and fix it yourself: i.e. antispyware software.

9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology
a. Yes

10) Can you touch type
a.Yes

 

[sooperman]

Hey coxy, love the avatar

 

[o_0coxy0_o]

Thanks!
Good old Yahtzee =D

 

[o_0coxy0_o]

I need a few more people to answer this, any takers?

 

[rossatdi]

1) Age:
21-30

2) Regular household Income (per year)
50,000+

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you: (please tick
b. Try and figure the player out then refer to instructions if you get stuck


4) In your opinion what is a CPU
b. The processor


5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch
b. Maybe with a little help i.e. friends, manual or internet.


6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?
c. No

7) Have you ever had a bad experience with technology? Please explain:

No not really. My hard drive once crashed but it was about 6 years old so it was my fault for not backing it up.

8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
a. Try and fix it yourself

9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology
a. Yes

10) Can you touch type
a.Yes

 

[sky14kemea]

1. 14 - 20

2. 0 - 4000

3. B

4. B

5. A

6. C

7. ive seen the "blank screen of death" in nearly every colour of the rainbow, and black and grey (if that makes sense)

8. A

9. B

10. A

 

[S.H.A.R.P.]

1) Age:
21-30

2) Regular household Income (per year)
0 - 4000

3) You have just bought a new DVD player, would you: (please tick
b. Try and figure the player out then refer to instructions if you get stuck

4) In your opinion what is a CPU
b. The processor


5) Do you feel you would be able to build a computer from scratch
c. Yes, it would be easy.

6) Do you have to concentrate when using a tv/radio/dvd player ect remote control?
c. No

7) Have you ever had a bad experience with technology? Please explain:
Of course. Some stuff broke down. Technology is replaceable so it isn't a big deal.

8) If your computer had a virus or spyware ect what would you do?
a. Try and fix it yourself

9) Do you often buy accessories for your technology
b. No

10) Can you touch type
c.What?

Edit: Glad to be of help, but seriously, what is touch type?
Edit2: is that typing without your eyes? if so, then yes.