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1. One of the earliest mechanical calculating devices was the Pascaline. 2. The ideas for the Analytical Engine led to the design of Babbages Difference Engine. 3. Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz invented the Pascaline. Herman Hollerith invented the tabulating machine in response to a contest sponsored by the U.S. Census 4. Bureau. 5. First Generation computers utilized vacuum tubes. 6. First Generation computers could perform up to 1000 calculations per second. 7. The ABC and the ENIAC are fourth generation computers. 8. Alan Turing and John von Neumann both developed the stored program concept. 9. Machine language instructions use 0s and 2s to represent the status of a switch. 10. Magnetic tape gave computers the ability to read and write data more quickly and reliably than punched cards. 11. A high-level programming language consists of English-like instructions. 12. Grace Murray Hopper designed the COBOL programming language. 13. First generation computers had more capabilities than second generation computers. 14. Second Generation computers utilized transistors. 15. Second Generation computers could calculate up to 10,000 calculations per second. 16. Ada is a high-level programming language that supports real-time applications. 17. The replacement of transistors by integrated circuits (ICs) began the third generation of computers. 18. A CPU can think for itself. 19. Third Generation computers utilized ICs (integrated circuits). 20. Third Generation computers could process information at a rate of millions of calculations per second. 21. Application is another name for software. 22. Cache memory is used to store frequently used data so that it can be quickly retrieved by an application. 23. Fourth Generation computers utilize microprocessors. 24. Fourth Generation computers can perform an addition so fast that the speed is measured in nanoseconds (or billionths of a second). 25. A printer is a peripheral device. 26. WANs are used to connect devices over large geographical distances. 27. A client is a powerful computer used to manage network functions such as communications and data sharing. 28. Topology refers to the physical arrangement of the nodes on a network. 29. A ring topology connects each node to form a closed loop. 30. The OOP approach allows programmers to create modules that can be used over and over again. 31. The physical components of the personal computer, such as the monitor, are called software. 32. A personal computer accepts data from an output device. 33. Unicode is a digital code used to represent letters of the alphabet and symbols. 34. Real numbers are numbers that contain decimal points. 35. An overflow error occurs when there are not enough bits to hold the mantissa. 36. Historians refer to the present time as the industrial age. 37. The illegal copying of software is called piracy. 38. Computers will only do what they have been programmed to do. 39. Betty Holberton developed the first computer language. 40. An roundoff error occurs when there are word storing the exponent is not large enough. 41. The number of bytes of storage used by a 64K file is 65,536 bytes (or approximately 64,000). 42. The number of bytes of storage used by a 1MB file is 1,048,576 bytes or approximately 1 million bytes. 43. A microcomputer is small enough to fit on a desktop. 44. One of the first three computers designed to use a stored program was the EDVAC computer. 45. One of the first three computers designed to use a stored program was the EDSAC computer. Visual Basic .NET Programming I Chapter 1 Bell Quizzes page 2 of 7

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One of the first three computers designed to use a stored program was the UNIVAC computer. A modem is both an input and output device. ALU stands for Arithmetic Logic Unit. SRAM (Static Random Access Meory) is high-speed memory referred to as cache.

50. The Stepped Reckoner was unreliable because a. it was made of wood. b. its mechanical parts tended to jam and malfunction. c. it accessed and stored data too slowly on punched cards. d. it contained over 17,000 vacuum tubes. 51. What did Ada Byron mean when she said that the Analytical Engine could never originate anything? a. A machine could not talk. c. A machine could not do calculations. b. A machine could not think. d. A machine could not make decisions. 52. The Mark I was not considered a computer because it a. used mechanical parts. b. used punched cards. c. could not perform multiplication and division. d. could not make decisions about the data it processed. 53. The number system used in computers is called a. decimal. c. binary. b. hexadecimal. d. base. 54. A combination of software and hardware that work together to allow computers to exchange data and to share software and devices such as printers is called a a. network. c. peripheral device. b. modem. d. hard disk array. 55. The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) used a. transistors. c. a single vacuum tube. b. mechanical parts. d. the binary number system. 56. The invention of the transistor was important to the development of computers because it a. increased calculating speed. c. decreased reliability. b. increased the cost of computers. d. increased the size of computers. 57. A mainframe computer a. is large and usually used for multi-user applications. b. usually stores and processes small amounts of information. c. is small enough to fit on a desktop. d. is usually used by a single user. 58. The invention of the microprocessor made possible the a. first generation of computers. c. third generation of computers. b. second generation of computers. d. fourth generation of computers. Visual Basic .NET Programming I Student Name:_________________________ Chapter 1 Bell Quizzes page 3 of 7 Period: _______________________________

59. RAM a. is memory where data and instructions are stored permanently. b. is memory where data and instructions are stored temporarily. c. is a set of circuits that connect the CPU to other components. d. is the computers clock rate. 60. A program is a list of instructions a. that makes the computer think. b. written in a special language that the computer understands. c. written in English that tells the computer what to do. d. written in Basic that makes the computer think. 61. How many states do the electrical circuits on an IC (integrated circuit) have? a. one: on c. four: + - * / b. two: on, off d. three: on, off, wait 62. A bit is a. a single 0 or 1 in the binary code. b. eight 0s or 1s.

c. a persons name stored in memory. d. equal to 64K of RAM.

63. Computer memory capacity and file size are measured in a. bytes. c. nanoseconds. b. inches. d. codes. 64. The CPU a. is an input device. c. is an output device. b. processes data and controls the flow of data. d. is a type of network. 65. Operating system software a. is a combination of hardware and software that works together to allow computers to exchange data. b. is network security hardware that prevents unauthorized network access. c. is software that enables the user to communicate with the computer. d. is a series of related Web pages. 66. In which type of network topology is each node attached to a hub? a. bus topology c. ring topology b. star topology d. client topology 67. The Mark I was considered a highly sophisticated calculator instead of a computer because a. of its size. b. it used punched cards. c. it could not make decisions about the data it processed. d. it had mechanical parts.

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68. The ENIAC computer was originally developed a. to calculate the U.S. Census. b. as a secret military project to calculate the trajectory of artillery shells. c. to represent decimal numbers as binary code. d. to read DVDs. 69. An electronic machine that accepts data, processes it according to instructions, and provides the results as new data is called a(n) a. computer. c. software. b. program. d. operating system. 70. Which is not a high-level programming language? a. Fortran c. C++ b. machine language d. Visual Basic .NET 71. An input device that uses a laser to create a digital image from artwork such as photos is called a a. laser printer. c. toner. b. scanner. d. keyboard. 72. 00000000 01001101 represents the letter M in a. decimal. c. kilobytes. b. hexadecimal. d. binary. 73. Which is not an object-oriented programming language? a. C++ c. Visual Basic .NET b. Java d. COBOL 74. A set of circuits that connect the CPU to other components on the motherboard is called a a. storage medium. c. base unit. b. bus. d. transformer. 75. Which is a netiquette guideline? a. Access the account of another user. b. Never change your password.

c. Share your password. d. Be considerate of other peoples beliefs.

76. A program that is designed to reproduce itself by copying itself into other programs without the users knowledge is called a. a bug. c. a reproduction. b. a virus. d. an infection. 77. ALU refers to a. Arithmetic Logic Unit. c. a recently developed virus. b. a high level programming language. d. university where the supercomputer: the Cray computer is stored. 78. The number of bytes of data a 3GB hard drive can store is a. approximately 3 billion c. 3,221,225,460 bytes b. 3,221,225 bytes d. either a or c are good answers Visual Basic .NET Programming I Chapter 1 Bell Quizzes page 5 of 7 Student Name:_________________________ Period: _______________________________ 79. A microprocessor is an entire ____________________ on a single chip.

a. CPU b. communication bus

c. IO port d. LED

80. In binary code, an 8-bit unit is called a ____________________. a. Nanosecond c. LED b. Byte d. ROM 81. A network can reduce costs since users can share devices such as ___________________. a. Monitors c. Scanners b. Printers d. either b or c 82. This diagram illustrates which type of topology:

a. Ring b. Star

c. Bus d. line segment

83. This diagram illustrates which type of topology:

a. Ring b. Star

c. Bus d. line segment

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a. Ring b. Star

c. Bus d. line segment

85. Which item would NOT be considered an Input Device a. Mouse b. Scanner c. Printer 86. Which item would be considered an Output Device a. hard drive c. Scanner b. Printer d. Mouse 87. Which item would be considered an Output Device a. hard drive c. Screen b. joy stick d. Mouse 88. ROM stands for a. Referent Operating Method b. Random Operation Mode 89. RAM stands for a. Referent Actuated Method b. Random Access Memory

d. Keyboard

c. Recursive On Mode d. Read Only Memory

c. Recursive Active Mode d. Read Adjacent Modality

Matching Match the law with the corresponding description. a. Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 c. Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996 b. Privacy Act of 1974 d. Financial Privacy Act of 1978 90. Requires federal government agencies to make certain agency information available for public inspection. 91. Restricts the way in which personal data can be used by federal agencies. 92. Requires that a government authority have a subpoena, summons, or search warrant to access an individuals financial records. 93. Gives individuals the right to see information maintained about them.

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94. Which item is the monitor? 95. Which item is the tower? 96. Which item is the printer or scanner? 97. Which item is the mouse? 98. Which item is the keyboard? 99. Which item is a CD or DVD player 100. Which item is the floppy disk drive?