IST 3131 Test 3: True/False

A busy server is constantly switching among programs, generally to a different one each second.

False

A company that holds a monopoly can legally use its position as a wedge into another area where it doesn't have a monopoly.

False

Bill Gates was the sole founder of Microsoft in 1975.

False

Cache memory is small and generally inexpensive.

False

DRAM stands for Direct Read And Modify.

False

Dan Bricklin was not only the inventor of VisiCalc, but he also programmed the application.

False

If I need to send 32 bits at one time, I need at least 64 wires on my front side bus.

False

In physical addressing, if I double the maximum size of memory, I must also double the size of the LC.

False

In the U.S., it is illegal to become a monopoly.

False

In the U.S., it is normally illegal to "give away for free" a product that someone else is selling for a fee.

False

Interleaved memory modules are visible to programmers.

False

Interleaving is a way of trying to achieve higher performance from a system by speeding up bus transfer speed.

False

Memory organization may assign unique addresses to either bytes or words. It requires more addresses if you pick the latter (words).

False

Microsoft (and Bill Gates) made millions by producing computer hardware.

False

Microsoft created the first OS.

False

Microsoft invented the Basic language.

False

Microsoft refused to provide applications for the Apple Macintosh.

False

Moore's Law suggests that the density of memory will increase by a factor of 10 every 18 months.

False

Non-volatile memory does not keep its values when it is turned off.

False

OS/2 was a huge success

False

Object code can be executed directly.

False

Primary memory includes RAM and disk.

False

Primary memory is larger (in size) than secondary memory.

False

RAM cannot have a clock that runs faster than the CPU clock.

False

RAM is nonvolatile.

False

Read and write cycle times for RAM are identical.

False

Steve Jobs left Apple because he hated his job.

False

Steve Jobs was a co-founder of Microsoft.

False

Steve Wozniak invented the first personal computer.

False

The Altair was designed by Intel to launch their 8080 chip.

False

The Apple Macintosh was the first commercially available PC to use a GUI interface.

False

The IBM PC's first operating system was QDOS.

False

The Intel 8080 chip was designed for PC use.

False

The LC size has no relationship to the maximum memory size, even for physical addressing.

False

The RAM controller also controls the disk.

False

The disadvantage of volatile memory is that it can change without warning while the computer is running.

False

The process of getting a program into executable form is to compile it, load it, and then link it.

False

The size of memory, either in bytes or words, is always a power of 10 for convenience.

False

We consider RAM, registers, and disk to be random access.

False

While Steve Jobs was fired from Apple, he respected John Scully and accepted that the change was good for Apple.

False

A bus has separate wires for each direction.

True

A company that holds a monopoly can legally buy other companies in other areas.

True

A compiler creates an external reference table to specify modules that must be added.

True

A disk usually has its own controller.

True

According to Cringely's Universal Law, it takes 30 years for society to adopt a technology for use in daily life.

True

Apple dominated the computing niche of PCs in the late 1970s.

True

Buses in computers are bi-directional.

True

By 1983, IBM was ahead of Apple in the computing niche of PCs.

True

Cache memory is content addressable.

True

Common "word sizes" are 16, 32 or 64 bits.

True

Density and latency are two ways of measuring memory technology.

True

IBM dominated the world of computing in the late 1970s.

True

If I have four memory modules and am interleaving bytes among them, bytes 3, 7, 11, etc. will go into module #3 (which is the fourth module).

True

If you have multiple programs running using physical addressing, only one of them may have a specific location (i.e., only one has location 1024).

True

In the U.S., it is OK for a non-regulated company to hold a monopoly position.

True

It was possible to make the Altair play sounds over a transistor radio.

True

Making the LC larger in physical addressing means I can make the maximum memory larger.

True

Monopolies are legal.

True

Object code is the result from a compiler.

True

Primary memory is faster than secondary memory.

True

RAM usually has its own controller and its own clock.

True

Read and write cycle times for registers are identical.

True

SDRAM stands for Synchronized Dynamic RAM.

True

Steve Jobs's dream for the Apple II was impossible until Steve Wozniak found a way to eliminate the need for many chips.

True

The Altair used the Intel 8080 chip.

True

The Apple II set a new standard for personal computers and showed that there was some real money to be made.

True

The Apple Lisa was the first commercially available PC to use a GUI interface.

True

The Intel 8080 chip was used in the first PCs.

True

The VisiCalc concept was initially a technique used on blackboards at the Harvard Business School.

True

The data bus and the control bus are separate things.

True

The launch of Windows 3 killed Apple's hopes that Macintosh would win the GUI wars.

True

The process of getting a program into executable form is to compile it, link it, and then load it.

True

The world's first personal computer was actually a computer kit.

True

We consider RAM and registers to be random access.

True