CS1301 - Interactive Quiz 1

____ was the first fully electronic general-purpose programmable computer.

ENIAC

____ means there exists a computational process that allows the computing agent to complete that operation successfully.

Effectively computable

The ____ developed numerical methods for generating square roots, multiplication tables, and trigonometric tables used by early sailors.

Egyptians

The ____ computing device had a memory capacity of 72 numbers and could be programmed to perform a 23-digit multiplication in just 4 seconds.

Mark I

The first computer actually sold was called the ____.

UNIVAC I

According to the definition of computer science proposed by Norman Gibbs and Allen Tucker, the central concept in computer science is the ____.

algorithm

Specifying a(n) ____ solution to a problem allows us to take advantage of the speed and power of a computer system to automate the solution.

algorithmic

Once an algorithm is formally specified, the ____ carries out the steps of the algorithm.

computing agent

Which of the following operations are the "question-asking" instructions of an algorithm?

conditional

Hollerith's card machines solved what real-world problem in the late 19th century?

enumerating the 1890 U.S. Census

When an algorithm contains no provision to terminate, this is known as a(n) ____.

infinite loop

Which of the following did not appear during the second generation of computing?

integrated circuits

Which of the following operation categories provide the "looping" instructions of an algorithm?

iterative

The fourth generation of computing saw the appearance of the first ____.

microcomputer

____ means that we know which operation to do first and precisely which operation to do next as each step in an algorithm is completed.

ordering

Computer science is the study of all of the following EXCEPT ____.

the formal iterations of algorithms

In ____ computing, miniature computers are embedded into our cars, cameras, kitchen appliances, home heating systems, clothing, and even our bodies.

ubiquitous

A(n) ____ operation is one that can be understood and carried out directly by the computing agent without further simplification

unambiguous

Computer scientists are exclusively responsible for all of the following EXCEPT ____.

using software packages

The first generation of computers used ____ for processing and storage.

vacuum tubes