How Green Is My PC?

Personal computers have become so entrenched in our daily lives that it's hard to remember what life was like pre-PC. Rumor has it that people took quizzes with pencil and paper, and that scoring was accomplished through a tedious manual procedure. No longer! Now you can test your green PC knowledge in a mere eleven clicks with this special "binary" true/false "How Green Is My PC?" quiz. So sharpen your cursor and test your knowledge of how your PC affects the environment:

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1. The average laptop uses only half as much energy as a desktop PC.
   True
   False
   

2. Using a screensaver conserves energy when your computer is idle.
   True
   False
   

3. As personal computers processors get more powerful, they likewise increase their power demands.
   True
   False
   

4. The EPA's Energy Star efficiency criteria only consider the energy a PC uses while it's in standby mode, which means that almost all current PCs qualify as Energy Star compliant.
   True
   False
   

5. More than 80 percent of the lifetime energy consumption of a PC occurs before you buy it.
   True
   False
   

6. Only ten percent of all computers are recycled.
   True
   False
   

7. Constantly shutting down and restarting your computer during the day would consume more energy than just leaving it running.
   True
   False
   

8. Both Windows and Mac computers can be configured by their users to be more power-efficient.
   True
   False
   

9. If your PC goes into low-power/sleep mode, you will lose your network connection.
   True
   False
   

10. Computer gamers tend to use more energy than non-gamers.
    True
    False