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Acadec 2023-24 Social Science Sections 2-3
Acadec 2023-24 Social Science Sections 2-3
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What was the first high-level programming language? The first business-oriented programming language? (respectively)
B-0; COMTRAN
FORTRAN; FLOW-MATIC
FLOW-MATIC; FORTRAN
A-0; FLOW-MATIC
2
What was the biggest problem IBM's PC faced?
It was difficult to download software on the IBM PC
It had limited graphic and sound capabilities
It was too expensive compared to other personal computers
It was easy to recreate with the given parts
3
What is Brook's Law?
Adding more developers to a software project will speed it up
Adding more people to a late software project makes it later.
Software complexity increases exponentially over time.
The number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years.
4
Microchips are used in which computer function?
Memory and Processing
Processing
Storage
Memory
5
What was the TCP/IP?
A hardware component used in computers
The protocol for packet switching between nodes on the ARPANET
A popular programming language used to create many early computer OSs
The protocol on how data should be formated, encoded, and transmitted
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What was the main problem with the Apple Lisa?
It had a confusing operating system
It was too bulky
It had too little memory
It was too expensive
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IBM created the Systems/360 using macroprogramming
True
False
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Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the PDP-11 (a computer released by the Digital Equipment Corp.)
Motorola 68000 microprocessor was modeled after PDP-11
C (programming language) was written on the PDP-11
The Unix System was written using a language created on the PDP-11
Release of PDP-11 led to theOEM (original equipment manufacturing) industry
9
Which of the following best describes what VisiCalc did?
It was a digital spreadsheet
It was a digital calculator capable of preforming complex operations
It was a digital mathematical graphing tool
It was a digital financial reccord book
10
What was the world's first fully functional stored-program computer?
Manchester United
Manchester Mark I
EDSAC
Manchester Baby
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What was the memory system used in the EDVAC that was better than the memory system used in the ENIAC?
Mercury Delay Line
Williams Tubes
Magnetic Drums
Vacuum Tubes
12
What was the first wireless net?
ALOHAnet
Ethernet
BITNET
ARPANET
13
Which computer did Bill Gates and Paul Allen create a programming langauge for that would become the basis of Microsoft?
The TRS-80
The Altair 8800
The Commodore PET
The Alto
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What was the first timesharing sytem?
Whirlwind
SAGE
SABRE
CTSS
15
Which three scientists created the first ever computer: the ENIAC?
Atanasoff, Berry, Zuse
Mauchly, von Neumann Eckert,
Xia, Kim, Yang
Mauchly, Goldstein, Eckert
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Who started Intel?
Robert Metcalfe
Robert Noyce
Gordon Moore
Steve Jobs
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Which company, who owned the patent for the ENIAC, claimed the patent applied to all electronic computers?
NCR
Sperry Rand
Unisys
Remmington Rand
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Why was BASIC created?
To standardize programming for different computer systems.
To simplify the process of writing and understanding computer programs.
To provide a high-level programming language for business applications.
To enable complex mathematical calculations on early computers.
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Who acquired the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC)?
Remington Rand
IBM
NCR
Northrop Aircraft
