What BEST explains why IBM refused to modify its System/360 to support timesharing?

d. Chose not to slow down the development of System/360 for unproven tech

The Xerox Star is BEST described as

a. a machine that featured a graphical user interface

Which choice below is considered the ancestor of today’s flat computer display screens?

b. the cathode ray tube display screen

What BEST describes the assumption behind timesharing?

a. Computers are fast but people are slow.

In 1960, what was the niche that Digital Equipment Corporation filled in the computer business world?

c. It offered low-cost computers to technically savvy users.

Which of the following historical events saved Project Whirlwind from losing government funding?

the Soviet Union’s development of nuclear weapons

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1
What BEST explains why IBM refused to modify its System/360 to support timesharing?
b. IBM’s consumer computers did not have enough speed.
c. IBM had little respect for the simplistic code of timesharing’s BASIC.
a. Its OS was incompatible.
d. Chose not to slow down the development of System/360 for unproven tech
2
The Xerox Star is BEST described as
c. a machine that enabled users to easily develop applications of their own
a. a machine that featured a graphical user interface
d. a personal computer that incorporated advanced laser printer technology
b. an inexpensive personal computer for the masses
3
Which choice below is considered the ancestor of today’s flat computer display screens?
c. tube mirror imagery screen
b. the cathode ray tube display screen
d. the RCA displayer screen
a. the IBM visualizer screen
4
What BEST describes the assumption behind timesharing?
d. As memory is developed, the cost of storage will decrease.
b. Every five years, computer chips will double in speed.
a. Computers are fast but people are slow.
c. Computers are fast but human creativity is far more important.
5
The leader of Project Whirlwind was
b. Thomas Kurtz
d. Jay Forrester
a. Douglas Englebart
c. John McCarthy
6
Who spearheaded the development of the Macintosh product line?
b. Steve Jobs
d. Linus Torvalds
a. Bill Gates
c. Mark Zuckerberg
7
What was the first commercially successful coin-operated game console?
a. Pac-Man
c. Asteroids
d. Pong
b. Donkey Kong
8
Which personal computer was sold with off-the-shelf parts as an unassembled kit?
b. the Commodore PET
a. the Altair 8800
c. the Apple II
d. the TRS-80
9
IBM developed the SABRE system to expedite the process of
receiving a mortgage loan
collecting taxes
collecting census information
reserving airline seats
10
In 1960, what was the niche that Digital Equipment Corporation filled in the computer business world?
d. It spent enormous amounts of money on marketing.
a. It supplied advanced software to its customers.
c. It offered low-cost computers to technically savvy users.
b. Offered expensive computer to the savviest engineers.
11
The original purpose of Project Whirlwind was to create a(n)
flight simulator
aerial radar system
rocket launcher
global navigation system
12
Which of the following historical events saved Project Whirlwind from losing government funding?
the election of General Dwight Eisenhower as president
the Soviet Union’s development of nuclear weapons
the passing into law of the Truman Doctrine
the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
13
Which of the following groups of people did the BASIC programming language target?
physicists
statisticians
politicians
students
14
At its peak, CTSS could support up to how many simultaneous users?
b. 25
c. 30
d. 35
a. 20
15
Which of the following firms produced the computers used in both the BASIC and the Multics timesharing systems?
IBM
Digital Equipment Corporation
Sperry Rand
General Electric
16
Who was the market leader in the copy machine industry in the mid-twentieth century?
d. Xerox
b. IBM
c. Brother
a. Canon

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