Comp internals Exam 3 T/F
What was the philosophy behind Apple when it started, and how was it different from Microsoft's philosophy?
"Bill gates wanted to make money, and chose to use the pc market as his means to make money. Where as jobs (and waz) wanted to make something to benefit the world."
A computing system using physical addressing with a 64-bit LC, as compared to one with a 32-bit LC, provides a maximum of A) 2 times as many addresses. B) The same number of addresses. C) 4 times as many addresses. D) 4G times as many addresses. E) 4K times as many addresses.
4G times as many addresses
What employee tried to keep Xerox from "giving away the kitchen sink"? A) Bill Atkinson B) Bill Gates C) Adele Goldberg D) Steve Wozniak E) Larry Tesler
Adele Goldberg
Which of the following apply to Microsoft? A) It was created to sell compilers, not OSs. B) It took most of its great ideas from others. C) It was created by a college drop-out. D) It created Windows to compete with the Mac. E) All of the above
All of the above
Which of the following have over $100 million, thanks to computers? A) Steve Jobs B) Steve Wozniak C) Bill Gates D) Steve Ballmer E) All of the above
All of the above
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of memory technologies? A) Volatile or nonvolatile. B) Random or sequential access. C) Read-write or read-only. D) Primary or secondary. E) All of the above ARE characteristics of memory technologies.
All of the above ARE characteristics of memory technologies.
Which of the following were not present at Xerox PARC when the Alto was shown? A) GUI B) Ethernet (networking of computers) C) Mouse D) Graphics E) All of the above WERE present at Xerox PARC at that time.
All of the above WERE present at Xerox PARC at that time.
Which of the following are quantitative measures to assess memory technology? A) Density. B) Latency. C) Cycle times. D) All of the above. E) None of (A), (B), or (C).
All of the above.
Which programming language did Microsoft develop for the Altair? A) DOS B) Java C) C++ D) Basic E) Pascal
Basic
The memory in RAM for Intel-based PCs has an address for each A) bit. B) byte. C) word. D) doubleword. E) chunk -- the size depends on the bandwidth of the bus.
Byte
The inventor of VisiCalc was: A) Bill Gates B) Paul Allen C) Gary Kildall D) Dan Bricklin E) None of the above
Dan Bricklin
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
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
Who made CP/M? A) Bill Gates B) Steve Jobs C) Paul Allen D) Gary Kildall E) Dan Bricklin
Gary Kildall
What company took PCs from being primarily hobby machines to being used by big business? A) MITS B) Apple C) Microsoft D) IBM E) Xerox
IBM
Which of the following statements is true about Intel's microprocessor when it was originally developed? A) It was used in the Space Shuttle. B) It was used in IBM mainframe computers. C) It was not used in computers. D) It was used in medical equipment. E) None of the above are true
None of the above
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of HLLs? A) Provide one-to-one translation. B) Provide hardware independence. C) Use an application orientation. D) Are general purpose. E) All of the above ARE characteristics of HLLs.
Provide one-to-one translation.
Who of the following was not a founder of either Apple Computer or Microsoft? A) Bill Gates B)Paul Allen C) Steve Ballmer D) Steve Jobs E) Steve Wozniak
Steve Ballmer
Which of the following statements is true? A) Memory doesn't follow Moore's Law. B) SRAM runs cooler than DRAM. C) The larger the bus, the more data that can be transferred in one cycle. D) Hard disk access is faster than RAM access. E) The processor keeps track of what is in each memory location at all times.
The larger the bus, the more data that can be transferred in one cycle.
The term density refers to A) The number of clock signals in the processor at any given time. B) The speed of the system's RAM. C) The number of memory cells per square area of silicon. D) The BUS latency. E) Memory the hard drive has written.
The number of memory cells per square area of silicon.
Which was NOT true of IBM? A) It was known as Big Blue. B) They did not see themselves as hippies. C) It had been around for 60 years by the time of the documentary. D) They did not see themselves as creating quality products. E) They saw themselves as the major player in the computing industry.
They did not see themselves as creating quality products.
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
Memory "interleaving" among banks is done to put more or less equal strain on all parts of RAM
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
Each wire of the data bus sends A) a bit at a time. B) a nibble at a time. C) a byte at a time. D) a word at a time. E) a doubleword at a time.
a bit at a time.
Each wire of the data bus sends A) a word at a time. B) a byte at a time. C) a bit at a time. D) control signals before data. E) data before control signals.
a bit at a time.
What is the name for the hardware connection between a processor and memory? A) bus B) SDRAM C) SSRAM D) controller E) physical memory
bus
Dynamic memory A) must be continuously refreshed. B) is smaller than the most commonly used RAM. C) never changes. D) consumes more power than static memory. E) None of the above are true.
must be continuously refreshed.
A base register allows for A) absolute addressing. B) relative addressing. C) maximum memory size. D) maximum address size. E) None of the above.
relative addressing.
A full-duplex hardware interaction can A) only send information. B) only receive information. C) either send or receive information at any given time. D) send and receive information simultaneously. E) None of the above are true.
send and receive information simultaneously.
Bill Gates A) invented personal computers. B) wrote a Basic language compiler for the Altair. C) invented the idea of a GUI interface. D) used CP/M for the first IBM PC. E) None of the above are true about Bill Gates.
wrote a Basic language compiler for the Altair
