Q 01/05

To which city did Oracle move its world headquarters from Redwood Shores in 2020?

A) San Jose, California

B) Austin, Texas

C) Seattle, Washington

D) Denver, Colorado

Answer · why

B) Austin, Texas

Oracle announced the move from Redwood Shores to Austin in December 2020, after opening an East Riverside office there in 2018.

Q 02/05

In which year was Oracle co-founded in Santa Clara, California?

A) 1969

B) 1977

C) 1984

D) 1991

Answer · why

B) 1977

Bob Miner, Ed Oates and Larry Ellison started the company on June 16, 1977.

Q 03/05

Under what name was Oracle originally founded?

A) Relational Data Laboratories

B) Software Development Laboratories

C) Structured Query Systems Inc

D) Digital Research Laboratories

Answer · why

B) Software Development Laboratories

It became Relational Software, Inc in 1979 and Oracle Systems Corporation in 1983 to match its flagship database.

Q 04/05

Which US government agency was Oracle's first customer?

A) The IRS

B) NASA

C) The Pentagon

D) The CIA

Answer · why

D) The CIA

The company's name came from the codename of a 1977 database project for the agency, and Oracle got permission to reuse it.

Q 05/05

The three founders decided Larry Ellison was the worst programmer, so he took which role?

A) Office manager

B) Hardware buyer

C) Accountant

D) Salesman

Answer · why

D) Salesman

Ellison understood both customers and the technology and used demo database tables to show customers the power of SQL.