Computer Science 1030 Chapter 1
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- 1.In 1642 Pascal created a mechanical device with gears and leveers. This device was capable of what kind of calculation?
- A.
Addition
- B.
Addition and subtraction
- C.
Addition, subtraction, and multiplication
- D.
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- 2.Leibniz built on Pascal's work by creating the Leibniz Wheel. This device was capable of what kind of calculations in addition to the ones Pascal's could do?
- A.
Subtraction
- B.
Addition and multiplication
- C.
Subtraction and multiplication
- D.
Multiplication and Division
- 3.The Jacquard loom is important in the history of computing for what innovation?
- A.
It worked like a player piano.
- B.
Reusable cards with holes held information.
- C.
It used gears and wheels for calculation.
- D.
Paper rolls with holes held information.
- 4.IBM has some of its origins in what 1890 event?
- A.
The U.S. Census
- B.
The first Jacquard loom in the United States
- C.
Ada Lovelace's first program loop
- D.
The introduction of electricity to the United States
- 5.Name the four important elements of Babbage's Engine that are components of today's computer.
- A.
The stored program technique, an input device, an output device, and memory
- B.
Mechanical calculation equipment, human-powered mechanisms, punched cards, and an output device.
- C.
An input device, memory, a central processing unit, an output device
- D.
An input device, the stored program technique, a central processing unit, and an output device.
- 6.What logical elements did Charles Sanders Peirce realize electrical switches could emulate in 1880?
- A.
Epistemological calculus
- B.
Ontological algebra
- C.
Boolean algebra
- D.
Metaphysical algebra
- 7.The U.S. military used the ENIAC computer for its intended purpose during World War II.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.What important concept is attributed to John Von Neumann?
- A.
The large memory concept
- B.
The stored program concept
- C.
The discrete variable automation concept
- D.
The virtual memory concept
- 9.What company controlled 70% or more of the computer marketplace in the '60s and '70s?
- A.
Sperry-Univac
- B.
International Business Machines
- C.
Hollerith Machines
- D.
Microsoft
- 10.What features of transistors made them superior for computers, compared with vacuum tubes?
- A.
They were more expensive than tubes but lasted longer and were cooler in temperature.
- B.
They didn't last as long as tubes but were less expensive.
- C.
They were cheaper and smaller than tubes.
- D.
They were cheaper, smaller, and cooler than tubes and lasted longer.
- 11.WHat important pastry helped move your job up in the queu in second-generation software, and what third-generation software develoment made that pastry unnecessary?
- A.
Donuts and integrated circuits
- B.
Bear claws and multitasking
- C.
Donuts and time-sharing
- D.
Donuts and virtual memory
- 12.In hardware, the next step up from the transitor was the transmitter.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.WHat magazines can you thank for the first microcomputer?
- A.
Science and Wall Street Journal
- B.
Popular Electronics and Radio Electronics
- C.
Popular Electronics and Star Trek Monthly
- D.
New Mexico Entrepreneur and Radio Electronics
- 14.What important concept did the Altair use, which was borrowed by its competition, including the IBM personal computer?
- A.
The computer came in kit form.
- B.
The computer's price was $666.
- C.
The machine had an open architecture.
- D.
The machine could be used without plugging it into a wall outlet.
- 15.The Apple computer became very popular. What was its largest market, and what software made it interesting to that market?
- A.
The education market and the educational game Shape Up.
- B.
The games market and the game The Big Race
- C.
The business market and the program Lotus 1-2-3
- D.
The business market and the program VisiCalc
- 16.In 1990, what software company dominated the software market, and what major product did it sell?
- A.
Lotus and Lotus 1-2-3
- B.
Bricklin and VisiCalc
- C.
Apple and the Apple Operating System
- D.
Microsoft and Word
- 17.Today, Microsoft considers its major competition in operating systems to be what system?
- A.
Control Data Corporation OS
- B.
Sega Games operating system
- C.
Linux operating system
- D.
Mac OS X
- 18.ARPA was created in response to what major event in world history?
- A.
World War II
- B.
The McCarthy hearings of the 1950s
- C.
The launch of Sputnik
- D.
The inability of computers to communicate with one another
- 19.Name the three most likely critical large-scale develpments of the fifth generation of software develpment from this list of options:
- A.
Parallel computing, networking, and the multiple-data-stream approach
- B.
The graphical user interface, networking, and computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools
- C.
Networking, the graphical user interface, and packet switching
- D.
ARPANET, the Internet, and CASE tools
- 20.Marc Andreessen released what application that made browsers widesoread?
- A.
Netscape
- B.
Mosaic
- C.
Explorer
- D.
Hypertext
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