fundamentals of computer science UNIT 1
What was the first successful programming language
FORTRAN
Which language was designed for mathematicians, scientists and engineers
FORTRAN
Which of these was/were invented hundreds of years ago, but still used as recently as the 1970s? I. Pascal's Adding Machine II. The Slide Rule III. Jacquard's Loom
I and II only
What company created the operating system for the first IBM-PC
Microsoft
What dose ROM stand for
Read Only Memory
Which computer had almost 17,500 vacuum tubes and was the first electronic general purpose computer
The ENIAC
What was the first commercially successful computer with mouse/GUI technology
The Macintosh
Who is The Mother of Programming
Ada Byron, The Countess of Lovelace
Word, PowerPoint and Excel are all examples of
Application Software
Which language was designed for beginners and was the first to be used in personal computers
BASIC
What is the Exposure Equation
Bewilderment + Exposure = Obvious
Which language added Object Oriented Programming to the existing language C
C++
Which of these would be classified as a medium-level language
C++
Which of the following is NOT a type of computer chip
CD-ROM
Which of the following stores/retrieves information using laser light
CD-ROM
Which language was created (largely by Grace Hopper) for the business community and later officially adopted by the United States Armed Forces
COBOL
Which of the following is a chip that is responsible for all calculations and processing and is essentially the "brains" of the computer
CPU
What does CPU stand for
Central Processing Unit
Who is The Father of Computers
Charles Babbage
How have computers changed over the past 70 years
Computers have become smaller, Computers have become faster Computers have become easier to use, Computers have become less expensive.
What is the Compaq personal computer known for
First IBM compatible computer & the first wireless computer.
When comparing human capabilities with computer capabilities, which statements are true? I. Computers are faster. II. Computers are more accurate. III. Computers have better memory. IV. Computers are more intelligent. V. Computers are more creative
I, II and III only
Which of these is/are programmable? I. Pascal's Adding Machine II. The Slide Rule III. Jacquard's Loom
III only
The connection of all of the networks in the world is called the
Internet
Which is the first platform independent language
Java
Which language(s) will you learn in this class
Java, with a little Python and HTML
Which language was designed to help develop artificial intelligence
LISP
Which of these would be classified as a very high-level language
Lego NXT
Which language is made up of 1s and 0s and is understood by the computer
Machine Code
What language was created by Niklaus Wirth specifically for the purpose of teaching computer programming
Pascal
Which of the following is a chip that stores temporary information and is erased when the computer is turned off
RAM
Which of the following is a chip that stores permanent information and is not erased when the computer is turned off
ROM
What does RAM stand for
Random Access Memory
Copying a file to a USB Jump Drive and then handing it to a friend for him to copy to his computer is an example of
Sneakernet
Windows 10, UNIX and Linux are all examples of-
System Software
Which of these refers to a series of IBM computers that essentially standardized hardware
System/360
Which of the following was invented first
The Abacus
What was the first commercially successful personal computer
The Apple II
What computer(s) was/were used to help decrypt secret code messages from Nazi communications before and during World War II
The Bomba Kryptologiczna, The Bombe, The Colossus
Who or what motivated the creation of the Internet
The Department of Defense during the Cold War
What was the first stored program computer
The EDVAC
What was the first personal computer to be taken seriously as a business tool
The IBM PC
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce are co-creators of something that lead to the development of microchips and microprocessors. What did they invent
The Integrated Circuit
Why did Herman Hollerith invent the Tabulating Machine
To speed up the process of taking the US Census
What was the first commercially available computer? (This means, the first computer that a company could actually purchase.)
UNIVAC I
What company invented the computer mouse
Xerox
A(n) _______ device measures in a continuous fashion
analog
Which of the following networks has at least one dedicated computer to handle services like logging on, network printing, and file sharing
client-server
A(n) _______ translates an entire program to low-level code before execution
compiler
Most modern languages today use a(n) _______
compiler
With _______ information it is always possible to always make a precise copy of the original.
digital
Monitors, Printers, Disk Drives, and the computer itself are all examples of-
hardware
A(n) _______ translates a program one line at a time during execution
interpreter
Which of the following are advantages of an intranet
more speed, more security, less cost
In computers, the main circuit board with all the primary computer components is called the-
motherboard
Which concepts are obvious when first introduced?
none of them
Which of the following is a small network where all of the computers are considered equal
peer-to-peer
A _______is a sequence of instructions, which enables a computer to perform a desired task.
program
Many so-called computer errors are caused by-
sloppy data entry
Which of the following is/are characteristics of modern computers?
small enough to fit on a desk, programmed with languages like Java, use microchips
Which of the following is/are characteristics of early computers
very large, programmed by people switching wires, used vacuum-tubes
About how many bytes are in a gigabyte
1 million
How many bytes are in a megabyte
1 million
How many bytes are in a terabyte
1 trillion
about how many bytes are in a kilobyte?
1000
