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