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What are transistors?
What was devolped in 1958 at MIT?
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What was devolped in 1958 at MIT?
The first microprocessor
COBOL
LISP
FORTRAN
2
What are transistors?
a device to transitition gas into energy
a small part of a car to keep it the right temp.
a device to control and amplify currents
A feature on a computer to search things
3
What is Microsoft?
The largest vendor of computer software
The smallest microchip ever
A model line
A programming system
4
The PARC team beleieved that as hardware prices decreased, xerox would be able to mass-produce machines
True
False
5
What is hoasting?
A type of internet service
When compaines hoast a party for other companies
A unpopular search engine
When compaines use a different companies network for a fee
6
The enigneer, Zuse, came from?
Asia
England
Germany
Alabama
7
What are the downsides to Delay lines?
they take to long to create
They are always late
Mercury is dangerous and also has to be kept really hot
Mercury is in space and is hard to get
8
True or False : Was America fast to adopt Labor-Saving Equipment?
True
False
9
Hypertext will...
Make you text really fast
Make you faint
Allow you to access ten documents from within another
Allow you to access one document from within another
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FILL IN THE BLANK: A blockchain is an online_______that shows financial transactions
book
system
bank
game
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Who was Charles Babbage?
A man who came up with an idea of AI
A man who came up with an idea of Robots
A man who came up with the idea of Automation
A man who came up with an idea of computers
12
What was Software used for back then?
To locate missing people
To operate people
To operate computers
To operate systems
13
Who first invented CTSS?
Fernando Corbato and his MIT team
Gregor Mendel
Elon musk
MIT and General Electric
14
Why did univerisities switch from teaching with C++ to Java?
C++ had features that students had a hard time understanding
C++ had features that professors had a hard time understanding
C++ had a lot glitches and bugs
C++ was heavily outdated and had very little features
15
When did the Air Force request a flight simulator from MIT?
C. WWI
B. WWII
A. 1986
D. WWIII
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What happened before the computer was decommisioned in the 1980's?
D. It was multiplied and bought by millions of people
C. It was named the first interactive computer in history
B. It was run through tests to see if it would make it to the real world.
A. It was multiplied for the Air Force's SAGE system.
17
How did they make the Apple macintion system affordable?
they stoped selling them
they just wanted to lower the price
they made the shell of the computer out of plastic
they made the shell of the computer out of alloy metal
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What did Eckert and Mauchly realize made the ENIAC work faster?
light
a generator
vacuun tube
money
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Why hadn't America caught up with Britain and the rest of Europe in terms of Industrialization?
The American Revolution
World War 1
World War 2
The Civil War
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Web 2.0 is...
Spider web
The new web 1.0
The current state of the internet
The old state of the internet
21
Which company bought Andoid?
Nokia
Google
Samsung
Microsoft
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The 360 system was created for someone's everyday needs
False
True
23
What kind of companies did good during covid?
McDonalds, Burger King
food delivery, online delivery(amazon)
driving(rideshare, lyft), restrants
Hulu, netflix
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Why did Charles Babbage believe his idea was more efficient?
He wanted to somewhat use Automation to save time and not pay Workers
He wanted to help make more accurate Calculations
He wanted to entirely use Automation to save time and not pay Workers
He wanted to entirely use Automation to save time and not pay Workers
25
How did flight agencies get access to SABRE?
A. New York
D. All of the Above
B. A data center
C. Terminals in New York
26
When where microchips invented?
a 1950
1940
1995
1980
27
What did Eniac and older computers need?
vacuum
wood
gasoline
big battery
28
What is sales as a service?
A unistaltion web broswser
A store
A bunise tactic
A busines website
29
Williams tubes were tested in the...
Manchester baby computer
Eniac computer
Original Iphone
BBC micro
30
What is snubbed?
Treat with scorn or contempt
A programming system
worlds largest tech comany
Treat with kindness
31
Time sharing is...
Time traveling
an old clock
Buying a portion of a property to rent
Timesharing is a process that allows multiple people to be online at once
32
Which of these devices are NOT related to Moblie Computing?
music players
navigation devices
Smart TVs
cellphones
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Why are microchips used more than transistors?
They are easier to produce
There are multiple transistors in a michrochip
They are cheaper to make because they are silicone
They arent used more than transistors
34
Why did the Military cut funding for Project Whirlwind?
D. It was taking way too long
C. It overheated and broke.
B. The blueprints were stolen
A. Nobody took care of it.
35
What was the earliest example of Large Scale Processing?
ENIAC
CETUS
ARAE
CENSUS
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What did the 360 system have problems with
it would reset
some had higher degree of precision
there were no problems
it got hot too fast
37
Magnetic drums is...
a memory storage system
a very large magnet
a musical instrument
a computer brand
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A core memory is...
Specific set of memories that hold more emotional value
The thing from inside out
Something with memory
Memory drive
39
The UNIVAC and IBM machines both were able to use magnetic cards to save storage.
False
True
40
What companie uses Amazon Web Survcies?
Hulu
Netflix
Fortnight
Google
41
The PARC team consisted of brilliant computer sciences who created the idea of personal ideas
False
True
42
What is The IBM PC?
a IBM employee
a programming system
a programming system
first microcomputer announce in the IBM PC model line
43
What companie uses Sales as a Service(SaaS)?
CoolMathGames
Google
Spotify
Youtube
44
In which order did these devices replace eachother?
william tubes, delay lines, microchips, transistors
transistors,williams tubes,microchips,delay lines
delay lines, microchips, transistors, williams tubes
transistors, microchips, delay lines, williams tubes
45
What was the most popular computer in the 1960s?
macbook pro
HP
Chrome OS
IBM 1401
46
When Apple fired Steve Jobs, did they do better without him?
No
Yes
Sometimes
They didn't fire him
47
Why did the American Airlines develop computerized reservations?
B. It was run through tests to see if it would make it to the real world.
C. Because people thought it was harder to do manually
A. So people had something to see
D. It was multiplied and bought by millions of people
48
What does LISP focus on?
macrprocessors
manipulating lists of symbols
emphasis on efficiency
distinctive arrangement
49
What Intel chip did they use?
Intel 8080 chip
Intel 6000 chip
Intel 520 chip
Intel 8088 chip
50
OS/360, the flagship operating system for System/360, was NOT a complex piece of software.
False
True
51
The Apple macintosh was advertised at the 1984 suberbowl.
False
True
52
TRUE OR FALSE: you can change the transactions, as you won't damage the entire ledger
False
True
