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How to Identify and Classify Dates - Exam
Contributed by: Woolley
  • 1. What is the first step in identifying a date?
A) Ignore context entirely.
B) Consult an expert immediately.
C) Look for numerical patterns or separators.
D) Assume the date is invalid.
  • 2. Which of these is a common separator used in dates?
A) /
B) %
C) #
D) $
  • 3. What does 'YYYY' typically represent in date formats?
A) Seconds.
B) Day of the week.
C) Four-digit year.
D) Month number.
  • 4. What does 'MM' typically represent in date formats?
A) Year of the century.
B) Milliseconds.
C) Two-digit month.
D) Day of the year.
  • 5. What does 'DD' typically represent in date formats?
A) Day of the month as a word.
B) Hour of the day.
C) Minute of the hour.
D) Two-digit day.
  • 6. Which of the following is the ISO 8601 date format?
A) DD-MM-YYYY
B) YYYY-MM-DD
C) YYYY/MM/DD
D) MM-DD-YYYY
  • 7. What does the ordinal indicator 'th' signify in a date like '4th'?
A) The rank of the day within the month.
B) The hour of the day.
C) The number of days left in the month.
D) The temperature on that day.
  • 8. What is the Gregorian calendar primarily based on?
A) Random events.
B) Lunar cycle.
C) Solar year.
D) Planetary alignments.
  • 9. What is the Julian calendar primarily based on?
A) Random events.
B) Lunar cycle.
C) Solar year (with less accurate leap year rules).
D) Planetary alignments.
  • 10. What is a 'day of the year' format?
A) A number from 1-366 representing the day.
B) The number of days left in the year.
C) The day of the week.
D) Always the first day of a specific month.
  • 11. What is epoch time?
A) Seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC.
B) Days since the formation of Earth.
C) Milliseconds since the Big Bang.
D) Hours since the start of the universe.
  • 12. What is a leap year?
A) A year with 364 days.
B) A year with 367 days.
C) A year with 365 days.
D) A year with 366 days.
  • 13. Why are leap years necessary?
A) Because of a decree by Julius Caesar.
B) To make February longer.
C) To confuse historians.
D) To account for the difference between the solar year and the calendar year.
  • 14. In 'March 15, 44 BC', what calendar is most likely being used?
A) Mayan Calendar
B) Julian Calendar
C) Islamic Calendar
D) Gregorian Calendar
  • 15. How can you differentiate between US (MM/DD/YYYY) and European (DD/MM/YYYY) date formats?
A) Font style.
B) Context and day/month values.
C) Color of the text.
D) Presence of ordinal indicators.
  • 16. What is a 'quarter' in date terms?
A) A four-month period.
B) A three-month period.
C) A six-month period.
D) A one-month period.
  • 17. Which date format is commonly used in programming?
A) DD-MM-YY
B) YY/MM/DD
C) ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
D) MM/DD/YY
  • 18. What does AM/PM signify?
A) Atypical Morning/Perfectly Magnificent.
B) Absolute Minute/Past Minute.
C) Always/Perhaps Midnight.
D) Ante Meridiem/Post Meridiem, before/after noon.
  • 19. Which date is written correctly?
A) October 27th, 2023
B) October 27nd, 2023
C) October 27, 2023
D) 27 October, 2023rd
  • 20. What is the Unix timestamp?
A) Number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT).
B) Number of days since the birth of Unix.
C) A secret code known only to Unix programmers.
D) The number of CPU cycles since the invention of the computer.
  • 21. How do you handle ambiguous dates like '01/02/03'?
A) Reroll the date.
B) Consider the context and expected format.
C) Ignore the date.
D) Assume it's always January 2nd, 2003.
  • 22. What does 'CE' stand for?
A) Calculated Era
B) Current Epoch
C) Christian Era
D) Common Era
  • 23. What does 'BCE' stand for?
A) Before Christian Era
B) Best Case Estimate
C) Before Current Epoch
D) Before Common Era
  • 24. Which of the following is NOT a valid date?
A) January 31, 2024
B) February 30, 2024
C) December 31, 2024
D) April 30, 2024
  • 25. What is the purpose of a date parser?
A) To print dates on paper.
B) To convert date strings into a structured date object.
C) To calculate the age of a document.
D) To automatically create new dates.
  • 26. Which of the following affects date calculations?
A) Network speed.
B) Time zones.
C) Font size.
D) Color of the paper.
  • 27. What is a 'week number'?
A) The number of days in the week.
B) The week's position within the year.
C) A random number assigned to each week.
D) The day of the week.
  • 28. Which calendar system is primarily lunar?
A) Julian calendar.
B) Islamic calendar.
C) Mayan calendar.
D) Gregorian calendar.
  • 29. How many days are in a common year?
A) 367
B) 365
C) 366
D) 364
  • 30. What should you do if a date format is unknown?
A) Guess randomly.
B) Always assume the current date.
C) Delete the data.
D) Research common formats and regional conventions.
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