Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In
Western society, you can probably credit the 1622 invention of the ____
as the beginning of the solution of complex mathematical problems by mechanical
devices with moving parts. a. | slide rule | c. | logarithm | b. | abacus | d. | transit | | | | |
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Both
the Jacquard loom and the player piano had a “____”. a. | monitor | c. | keyboard | b. | stored program | d. | disk drive | | | | |
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In
1823 ____ invented a mechanical device that did addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
of 6-digit numbers. a. | Charles Babbage | c. | Blaise Pascal | b. | Thomas
Jefferson | d. | Gottfried
Leibniz | | | | |
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Herman Hollerith introduced electromechanical counting equipment using ____ as
input. a. | voice
patterns | c. | punch
cards | b. | magnetic tape | d. | keyboard entry | | | | |
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IBM’s first multipurpose machine was called which of the
following? a. | Mark
I | c. | ENIAC | b. | EDVAC | d. | UNIVAC | | | | |
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Which
of the following technologies made electronic computing possible? a. | punch
cards | c. | keyboards | b. | reusable pins | d. | vacuum tubes | | | | |
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Which
of the following war-time activities caused the U.S. Navy Board of Ordinance to sponsor the
development of the first modern electronic computer? a. | weapons
development | c. | aerial
reconnaissance | b. | map-making | d. | ship building | | | | |
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ENIAC
was a functioning and useful computer that could perform both arithmetic and ____
operations. a. | linguistic | c. | logical | b. | surgical | d. | standard | | | | |
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Which
of the following was the first commercially viable computer? a. | UNIVAC | c. | EDVAC | b. | ENIAC | d. | Mark I | | | | |
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According to general consensus, which of the following companies won the mainframe
battle of the first electronic computer generation? a. | Remington
Rand | c. | Honeywell | b. | RCA | d. | IBM | | | | |
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Assembly language, while easier to use than machine code, has what type of
correspondence with machine code? a. | one-to-many | c. | many-to-one | b. | one-to-one | d. | many-to-many | | | | |
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The
concept of computer design that allows for future modifications and additions by members of the
public is known as which of the following? a. | closed architecture | c. | open architecture | b. | proprietary
architecture | d. | licensed
architecture | | | | |
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In
1977, Apple released the ____ based upon the Motorola 6502 processor. a. | Macintosh | c. | Apple
I | b. | iPod | d. | Apple
II | | | | |
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The
Macintosh had the first mass-produced ____ , an interface that uses graphical instead of text
commands.
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Which
of the following operating systems was developed jointly by IBM and Microsoft?
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A(n)
____ network consists of computers that independently decide how to channel to the next
computer. a. | centralized | c. | monolithic | b. | distributed | d. | concentrated | | | | |
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____
involves dividing messages into blocks that can be reassembled at their destination, with each block
possibly following a different path. a. | Multiplexing | c. | Packet switching | b. | Decoding | d. | Linking | | | | |
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The
loose collection of networks called “the Internet” is the short form of which of the
following words? a. | internexus | c. | internetwork | b. | interarpanet | d. | interconnect | | | | |
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Fiberoptics and wireless technologies have given rise to which of the following
terms? a. | WLAN | c. | WAN | b. | LAN | d. | Internet | | | | |
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In
the fifth generation of electronic computing, modular approaches to coding, such as ____ , facilitate
larger, more complex, and more quickly and reliably delivered software products. a. | object-oriented
programming | c. | binary
programming | b. | assembly programming | d. | machine programming | | | | |
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Using
the Berners-Lee protocols, Marc Andreesen created the browser that had the most impact beyond the
walls of academia: ____. a. | Impact | c. | Internet Explorer | b. | Mosaic | d. | Next | | | | |
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The
integration of Internet Explorer with the dominant Windows operating system was the turning point in
what came to be known as the “____”. a. | Internet affair | c. | code conflict | b. | network
nightmare | d. | browser
wars | | | | |
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Based
on low cost, available source code, and reputed reliability, which of the following operating systems
presents the greatest competitive threat to Windows? a. | Linux | c. | Star | b. | OS/2 | d. | Crescent | | | | |
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In
its antitrust suit with the government, Microsoft claimed which of the following programs was an
integral part of the operating system? a. | MS-Word | c. | Internet Explorer | b. | Navigator | d. | Mosaic | | | | |
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The
term ____ computing or ____ architectures refers to linking a number of CPUs to work on a task
simultaneously. a. | parallel | c. | serial | b. | sequential | d. | monolithic | | | | |
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