Jesus the Heart of God Christian Academy Salawag Branch

1st Periodical Examination in Computer 7A

A.Y. 2015 2016
Name: _____________________________________________________
Score:________
Teacher: Mr. Aldren M. Barrun
I. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter on the blank.
1. How can you increase the indent space at the beginning of a line?
I. Press the TAB key
II. Click the increase indent command
indent marker

III. Drag the

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. I, II, and III
D. II only
2. What does the Compress Pictures command do?
A. It removes the background from your pictures
C. To reduce the overall
file size
B. To make a documents pictures wider
D. None of the above
3. Jerome created the following list. Whats the quickest way he can add bullets to the
list?
Pencil
Paper
Calculator
Notebook
A. Select the text and click the Bullets icon
C. Select the text and click
the Numbering icon
B. Insert a picture next to each item on the list D. Select the text and use the
Numbering icon
4. Whats one advantage to using the Quick Print feature?
A. It allows you to preview your document before printing it
B. It allows you to print only the first page of your document
C. It shortens your document to a single page
D. It allows you to print with a single click
5. Which of the following orientations would work best with a very wide table?
A. Portrait
B. Letter
C. Flyer
D. Landscape
6. Which of the following can be used to remove text from a document?
I. The delete key
II. The backspace key
III. The cut feature on the Home tab
IV. Ctrl + C
A. I and II only
C. I, II, and III only
B. II only
D. I, II, III, and IV
7. This invention was 1,000 times faster than any machine built before it. It was so big
that it could fill up a house.
A. Apple I
B. ENIAC
C. Windows
D. Z3
8. Who invented the Internet?
A. Steve Jobs
B. More than one person
C. Al Gore D. William
Shockley
9. This invention helped make computers much smaller and faster. What is it called?
A. Vacuum Tube B. Random Access Memory C. Central Processing Unit
D.
Integrated Circuit
10. This man is known for starting the company Microsoft back in the year 1975. Since
then, he has become one of the richest people in the world. His name is:
A. Steve Jobs
B. Bill Gates
C. Konrad Zuse D. Charles
Babbage
11. This person created what is now known as the first computer program. The program
was made to help the Analytical Engine calculate numbers.
A. Charles Babbage
B. Konrad Apple C. Ada Lovelace D. William Zuse
12. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built their first computer using a wooden box. Their
company has grown and is still around today. The name of the company is:
A. Microsoft
B. Linux
C. Apple
D. Windows
13. This invention replaced vacuum tubes and made computers much smaller and faster.
However, it was
eventually replaced by another invention.

A. RAM
B. ENIAC
C. Transformer
D. Transistor
14. This person created a machine called The Analytical Engine. His ideas were some of
the first that led to the creation of computers.
A. Simon Konrad B. Charles Babbage
C. John Lovelace D. William Howard
15. This person is often called the inventor of the modern computer. He actually created
the first fully electronic computer.
A. Konrad Zuse B. Byron LovelaceC. William Gates D. Steve Jobs
II. Choose from the words below that best corresponds in each statement.
Abacus

John Napier
Charles Babbage IBM
Blaise Pascal
ENIAC
Bill Gates & Paul Allen
Robert N. Noyce & Gordon E. Moore
Steve Jobs
and Steve Wozniac

______________1. The ancient counting device used thousands of years ago, that is still used in
some parts of the world today?
_______________ 2. Scottish mathematician, invented the use of logarithms and developed a
process of using rods for mathematical calculations in 1614?
_______________ 3. He developed the "Difference Engine" concept in 1822.
_______________ 4. International Business Machines Corporation.
_______________ 5. French mathematician and philosopher, developed a calculator called the
"Arithmatique" or "Pascaline." in 1642,
_______________6. J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly designed and built the famous Electronic
Numerical Integrator
and Computer machine in 1946.
_______________ 7. They founded Microsoft Corporation?
_______________ 8. They founded Intel Corporation?
_______________ 9. They founded Apple Computer?
_______________10. The Father of Computers?
III. Identify each item.
________________1. It is used instead of the Office button from Word 2007.
________________2. It is composed of group commands such as Home, Insert, Page Layout.
________________3. It shows the program and document titles.
________________4. It is used to set margins and tab stops.
________________5. It allows you to zoom in for a closer look at your text.
________________6. It is where you type on the flashing vertical bar which is called the insertion
point.
________________7. It lets you capture an image of a particular screen and then inserts it into your
document.
________________8. It narrow the gap between the word processor and image editor.
________________9. It is the gallery of text styles that you can add to your Office documents to
create decorative effects.
________________10. It shows more commonly used commands in the same place, whichever tab
you happen to be
working on in the top left of the workspace.
IV. Fill in the blanks to complete the thought of each sentence.
1. You can move Word, or paragraph by paragraph. Hold down
_______________________________________.
2. Press F5 key to use _______________________________________.

3. Press __________________________________________ to move to the end of the current line.

4. When choosing Select a Save as type by default, it is
______________________________________________.
5. When you select the Close option, it ____________________________________________.
6. To Close, click the File tab and ________________________________________________.
7. Select a file to open and click ________________________________________.
8. Rulers are composed of ____________________________ ruler and ___________________________ ruler.
9. The Zoom control allows you to zoom in for the closer _____________ at your text.
10. To save a document, click ____________________ tab and choose Save As.

V. Label the parts of MS Word interface.

Review Your Answers:

1. True or False: In a hyperlink, the address and display text must be the
same.

Correct Answer:
B. False
Review This

2. True or False: The Mail Merge feature can be used to address the same
letter to several different people.
Your answer:
A. True
CORRECT
Review This

3. True or False: You can customize the Ribbon with different tabs.
Your answer:
A. True
CORRECT
Review This

4. True or False: It is not possible to change the shape of a text box.

Your answer:
B. False
CORRECT
Review This

5. True or False: By default, Microsoft Word automatically saves a file every

ten minutes.
Your answer:
A. True
CORRECT
Review This

6. How can you increase the indent space at the beginning of a line?
I. Press the TAB key
II. Click the increase indent command
III. Drag the indent marker
Your answer:
C. I, II, and III
CORRECT
Review This

7. Whats one reason to add a section break into a document?

Your answer:
A. To be able to format text before the break and after the break differently
CORRECT
Review This

8. What does the Compress Pictures command do?

Your answer:
C. To reduce the overall file size
CORRECT
Review This

9. Jerome created the following list. Whats the quickest way he can add
bullets to the list?

Pencil
Paper
Calculator
Notebook
Your answer:
A. Select the text and click the Bullets icon
CORRECT
Review This

10. Whats one advantage to using the Quick Print feature?

Your answer:
A. It allows you to preview your document before printing it
Correct Answer:
D. It allows you to print with a single click
Review This

11. Entering text in SmartArt is most similar to _______________.

Your answer:
D. inserting a picture
Correct Answer:
C. creating a multi-level list
Review This

12. Cierra created an invitation for her works annual holiday party. She
asked her boss to look over it and this is what she sent back:

Cierra agreed with all of her bosss editing suggestions. How can she
finalize the document?
Your answer:
A. Under the references tab, turn off Spelling and Grammar, then save the document
Correct Answer:
D. Under the Review tab, click Accept drop-down arrow, then select Accept All Changes in
Document
Review This

13. Which of these is an example of justified text?

Your answer:

D.
CORRECT
Review This

14. Juan wants to convert text to a table. What is the first step Juan should
take?
Your answer:
B. Select Convert Text to Table

Correct Answer:
A. Select the text
Review This

15. Whats one way to edit the header after it has been created?
Your answer:
A. Double click the header
CORRECT
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16. In order to move a picture freely around a document, which setting

must be changed?
Your answer:
C. Text Wrapping
CORRECT
Review This

17. Which of the following orientations would work best with a very wide
table?
Your answer:
D. Landscape
CORRECT
Review This

18. Which of the following can be used to remove text from a document?
I. The delete key
II. The backspace key
III. The cut feature on the Home tab
IV. Ctrl + C
Your answer:
C. I, II, and III only
Review This

19. Where are templates located in Microsoft Word 2010?

Your answer:
B. Under the Page Layout Tab in the Page Background section
Correct Answer:
A. Under the File tab in the Backstage View
Review This
__________________________
Questions and Answers

1.
What is the first English language use of the word "computer"?

-------------> Answer: The first known English language use of the word "computer" is found in
writings of Sir Thomas Browne in 1646. Browne defined "computers" as persons who reckoned
the passage of time through the making up of calendars.

2.
What is the name of the ancient counting device used thousands of years ago, that is still used in
some parts of the world today?

-------------> Answer: The Abacus.

3.
What is the probable origin of the decimal numbering system?

-------------> Answer: The ten fingers of the hands. Our numbering system was used by the Arabs
as early as 800 A.D. and was probably borrowed from India.

4.
Arabic numerals were introduced into Europe by Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci in what century?

-------------> Answer: The thirteenth century (approximately 1202)

5.
In 1614, what Scottish mathematician, invented the use of logarithms and developed a process
of using rods for mathematical calculations?

-------------> Answer: John Napier

In 1623, this German mathematician and clergyman designed and built a mechanism which
could add, subtract, multiply and divide. His machine was similar in operation to the slide rule
but also incorporated a set of metal wheels that performed the arithmetical operations. He called
his device a "calculator-clock."
-------------> Answer: Wilhelm Schickard

8.
Who developed an early slide rule and circular rule in 1632?

-------------> Answer: William Oughtred

In 1642, what French mathematician and philosopher, developed a calculator called the
"Arithmatique" or "Pascaline."
-------------> Answer: Blaise Pascal

In 1671, he invented a machine that performed multiplication, division and extraction of square
roots. This device was called the "___________ Wheel."
-------------> Answer: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz; the "Leibnitz Wheel"

In 1801, Joseph Marie Jacquard built the first of these devices for which he later became well
known. ------------> Answer: first punch-card controlled machine

11.
In 1820, what Frenchman developed a complete hand-operated mechanical calculator?

-------------> Answer: Charles Xavier Thomas of Colmar, Alsace, France

12.
Who developed the "Difference Engine" concept in 1822?

-------------> Answer: Charles Babbage

In 1833, this same individual designed a machine which relied on punched cards to perform
automatic calculations. Although he did not build a working model, his machine design was
called the "____________ __________."
-------------> Answer: Analytical Engine

This person developed a punched-card driven tabulating machine in 1880, that was later used in
calculating the totals for the U.S. Census Bureau. He later started his own company.
-------------> Answer: Herman Hollerith

15.
This person (the answer to question 14), started his own company in 1886 which he called the
"Tabulating Machine Company." In 1911, he sold this company to a group of investors and it
became part of a new company called the "Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company" or "CTR."
In 1924, CTR became what now famous company?

-------------> Answer: IBM (International Business Machines Corporation)

16.
In 1939, Harvard University and IBM enter into an agreement to build a large mechanical
calculating machine called the ASCC. What does ASCC stand for?

-----------> Answer. Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator

17.

In 1939, what German scientist and inventor created the first automatic, program-controlled,
fully functional, general purpose digital computer?

-------------> Answer: Dr. Konrad Zuse

18.
What was his computer called?

-------------> Answer: the Z-3 computer

19.
This same individual (in question 17) developed the first high-level programming language. What
was the language called?

-------------> Answer: "Plankalkul."

20.
From 1939 to 1945, the Allies were hard at work attempting to break the coded messages sent
by the Germans and Japanese during World War II. What now famous English estate was the
location of one of the secret code-breaking efforts?

-------------> Answer: Bletchley Park, U.K.

21.
What was the name of the German cypher machine used in World War II?

-------------> Answer: The Enigma

22.
What electronic, vacuum-tube based code breaking machine was developed at the Dollis Hill
Research Station in 1943?

-------------> Answer: The Colossus

23.
Both the Americans and the British built electromechanical code-breaking machines during the
1939 to 1945 period. What was the odd name of these machines?

-------------> Answer: Bombes

24.
In 1939, George Stibitz designed and built an electromechanical calculator using about 450
relays. It was probably the first computing device capable of being operated remotely over a
telephone line. What was this machine called?

-------------> Answer: The Bell Labs Model 1

25.
George Stibitz also designed a general purpose computer that utilized paper tape for
programming (around 1943). What was this computer called?

-------------> Answer: The Bell Labs Model II

26.
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly designed and built the famous ENIAC machine in 1946. What
does ENIAC stand for?

-------------> Answer: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

27.
Eckert and Mauchly later went on to start the first computer company in the United States. It was
originally called the "Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company" but was later purchased by what large
company?

-------------> Answer: Remington-Rand purchased it in 1950

28.
What computer was produced by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly and marketed by
Remington-Rand?

-------------> Answer: The UNIVAC

29.
What famous woman was highly instrumental in the development of many early programming
languages and compilers, and who worked for the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company?

-------------> Answer: Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

30.
Who constructed the "ABC," an early vacuum tube-based computer in 1939-41, at Iowa State
University?

-------------> Answer: John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry

31.
Who founded the Harvard Computational Laboratory and co-authored a paper on the Automatic
Sequence Controlled Calculator" (ASCC)" in 1946?

-------------> Answer: Howard Aiken

32.
What was the other name for the ASCC?

-------------> Answer: The Harvard Mark I

33.
Built in 1949, the BINAC was made by the Eckert-Mauchly division of Remington-Rand, and had
700 tubes. What did BINAC stand for?

-------------> Answer: Binary Automatic Computer

34.
The digital computer that had more vacuum tubes than any other computer ever made was
the__________?

-------------> Answer: ENIAC (it had 18,000 vacuum tubes)

35.
What does IBM stand for?

-------------> Answer: International Business Machines Corporation

What pre-1940 computer was nicknamed "The Baby?"

-------------> Answer: George Stibitz's Bell Labs Model 3 computer It was nicknamed "the
baby"since its trouble alarm often went off during the night and woke people up.

This project is a multi-million dollar project designed to study artificial intelligence. The Cyc
computer contains a massive database of facts and learning programs. It was started in 1984 at
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), an Austin based research
consortium of high-tech companies. In 1994, MCC spun off this project on its own. Today, it is one
of the largest, continuously running artificial intelligence research projects in existence.
-------------> Answer: The Cyc Project

The Internet grew out of a project originally funded by this U.S. Government agency.
-------------> Answer: ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)

(also known as DARPA)

39.
Who invented the CP/M operating system?

-------------> Answer: Dr. Gary Kildall

40.
MS DOS came mostly from an earlier program called "QDOS." What did QDOS stand for?

-------------> Answer: "Quick and Dirty Operating System"

41.
Who founded Lotus Development Corporation?

-------------> Answer: Mitch Kapor in 1982

42.
Who founded Digital Equipment Corporation?

-------------> Answer: Kenneth Olsen, along with Stan Olsen and Harland Anderson, left M.I.T.'s
Lincoln Labs and founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) with $70,000 in capital (1957)

43.
Who founded Intel Corporation?

-------------> Answer: Robert N. Noyce and Gordon E. Moore, were two of the original 8 founders of
Fairchild Semiconductor. In 1968, they became dissatisfied with the direction Fairchild was taking
and they decided to start their own company, N M Electronics. Andrew S. Grove, Ph.D., also from
Fairchild, soon joined them. It was later changed to INTEL.

44.
In January 1977, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and a former marketing manager at Intel and
Fairchild Semiconductor incorporated Apple Computer. Who was this third person?

-------------> Answer: Armas C. "Mark" Markkula

45.
Who founded Atari in 1971?

-------------> Answer: Nolan Bushnell

This man designed the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine.
-------------> Answer: Charles Babbage

47.
In 1952, IBM was selected to work with MIT on a proposed government air defense system. It was
known as the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system. In July 1958 it became operational at
McGuire Air Force Base. What was this project called for short?

-------------> Answer: Project SAGE

48.
In 1968, SRI International produced the first complete robot system,
called__________?

-------------> Answer: Shakey

This company produced the 816, the first digital microcomputer available for personal use, and
the first successful microcomputer kit, the Altair.
-------------> Answer: MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems)

50.
The first commercially available microprocessor was the____?

-------------> Answer: Intel 4004 (1971)

51.
In 1959, Digital Equipment Corporation produced its first minicomputer. What was it called?

-------------> Answer: PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor)

52.
What was the first large scale, fully functional, stored-program, electronic digital computer
(1949) at Cambridge, England?

-------------> Answer: EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer)

53.

What was the first real-time processing computer (1946-53) at MIT?

-------------> Answer: Whirlwind, built by J. Forrester and others at MIT

54.
Who was head of IBM during its big expansion in the computer manufacturing business?

-------------> Answer: Thomas Watson, Jr.

What was IBM's first electronic computer? (Hint: It was made in 1953.)
-------------> Answer: The IBM 701

The first U.K. Computer company produced the LEO computer in 1953. The Company was J.
Lyons. What was the company's primary line of business?
-------------> Answer: J. Lyons was a maker of tea and pastries

57.
What does EBCDIC stand for?

-------------> Answer: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

58.
What does ASCII stand for?

-------------> Answer: American Standard Code for Information Interchange

59.

Who founded Microsoft Corporation?

-------------> Answer: Bill Gates and Paul Allen

60.
Who invented the "mouse?" in the early 1960's?

-------------> Answer: Dr. Douglas Engelbart

61.
What does BASIC stand for?

-------------> Answer: Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

62.
What does FORTRAN stand for?

-------------> Answer: Formula Translator

63.
What does COBOL stand for?

-------------> Answer: Common Business Oriented Language

What personal computer was originally called the "Acorn?"

-------------> Answer: The IBM PC

65.
Some very early computers (before 1959) used acoustic delay line storage devices, with a
specific type of liquid used in acoustic tanks. The liquid was very dense and was used to store
vibrations. What liquid was most often used?

-------------> Answer: Mercury

66.
What was the first commercially available computer that businesses could purchase?

-------------> Answer: UNIVAC, 1951

67.
Who made the first hand-held, scientific, pocket-calculator?

-------------> Answer: Hewlett-Packard, in 1972

68.
Who produced the PET microcomputer?

-------------> Answer: Commodore Business Machines, in 1977

69.
What company was founded by these three men: Edward Roberts, William Yates and Jim Bybee?

-------------> Answer: MITS, maker of the Altair

IBM introduced removable magnetic disc units for data storage in 1960. These units were called:
-------------> Answer: magazines

81.
Who developed the first "floppy disks" in 1971?

-------------> Answer: Alan Shugart led a team at IBM that developed the 8 inch floppy diskette for
data and program storage

82.
IBM marketed its first microcomputer in what year?

-------------> Answer: in 1975 they marketed the IBM 5100 microcomputer IBM's first marketed
personal computer, but it was not successful (in 1981, IBM introduced the IBM PC, which was
successful)

This company produced the VAX series of processors.

-------------> Answer: Digital Equipment Corporation

84.
Some early computers (pre-1960) used CRT type devices for memory storage. These devices
were named after their inventor. What were they called?

-------------> Answer: "Williams Tubes" after F. C. Williams

85.
What do ROM and RAM stand for?

-------------> Answer:
ROM = Read-only Memory

RAM = Random Access Memory

Tapes and diskettes are magnetic media. CD-ROMs are referred to as ___________ media.
-------------> Answer: optical media

87.
A digital computer works with data in the form of bits (Binary Digits), which have either an "on"
or an "off" condition. An ______________ computer is a device that performs computations using
continuous physical variables which are analogs of the actual items being computed. Such
computers might, for example, use the continuous rotation of gears or the angular movements of
mechanical or electromechanical parts to perform computations. What are these types of
computers called?

-------------> Answer: Analog computers

88.
In a computer, what does CPU stand for?

-------------> Answer: Central Processing Unit

Computer chips are often made of this common substance, which is a semiconductor material.
-------------> Answer: silicon

80.
Who founded Apple Computer?

-------------> Answer: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac

81.
Who designed the Osborne computer?

-------------> Answer: Adam Osborne

82.
Who founded Oracle Corporation?

-------------> Answer: Larry Ellison

83.
Who developed the JAVA language?

-------------> Answer: James Gosling

84.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator are two examples of what kind of
software?

-------------> Answer: Web Browsers

The term NOS, in computer terminology, stands for _________ __________ _________.
-------------> Answer: Network Operating System

This function on the Internet allows one to send or receive files to or from remote computing
systems.
-------------> Answer: FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

At one time, this company was the largest computer company in the world. It was formed from
five companies, including Rand Kardex and others.

-------------> Answer: Remington Rand Corporation was formed in 1927 from five companies: 1.
Remington Standard Typewriter Company 2. Rand Kardex 3. Powers Accounting Machine
Company 4. Safe Cabinet Company, and 5. The Dalton Adding Machine Company It later merged
with Sperry Corporation to form Sperry-Rand. Prior to 1954, Sperry-Rand was the largest
computer company in the world. By the mid-1950's, they lost their lead to IBM and never
regained it.

88.
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley are credited with what revolutionary
invention in 1947?

-------------> Answer: the Transistor

89.
Advances in microprocessor technology and computer ship manufacturing processes made
possible VLSI. What is VLSI?

-------------> Answer: Very Large Scale Integration

90.
The SEAC, SWAC, DYSEAC, Pilot Data Processor, FLAC and MIDAC were all computers developed
by or with the aid of what U.S. Government Bureau?

-------------> Answer: National Bureau of Standards (NBS) (now called NIST)

91.
During the 1960's, much research was done into the process of enabling more than one person
to use a computer system at one time. Early research in this area was done at MIT, Dartmouth,
at the Cambridge office of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BB&N), and other areas. What was this
concept called?

-------------> Answer: Time sharing

92.

In 1986, Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Rand Corporation to form UNISYS, the
second largest computer company in the world at that time. What does UNISYS stand for?

-------------> Answer: United Systems

93.
The HP-35 was the world's first pocket electronic scientific calculator. It was introduced in January
1972 and had the equivalent of 30,000 transistors. It originally sold for _______. (a)
Under $99.00 (b)
$199.95 (c)
$250.49 (d)
Over $390.00

-------------> Answer: (d) Over $390.00

94.
Memphis is the code name for what Microsoft product?

-------------> Answer: Windows 98

95.
This family of protocols is used on the Internet and is becoming more widely used by businesses
and organizations in the design of their internal networks and Intranets. It is known by its five
letter acronym. What is it?

-------------> Answer: TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

96.
Which of these items have been used at one time or another for computer data and program
storage: Punched Cards; Punched Paper Tape; Punched Film; Magnetic Cards; Magnetic Tape
Magnetic Disk; Magnetic Drum

-------------> Answer: All of Them

97.
Who made the original 80386, 80486, Pentium and the P6 chips?

-------------> Answer: Intel

98.
Who makes the 100 Mb Zip disk drive?

-------------> Answer: Iomega

99.
Who was Bill Gate's partner in forming Microsoft Corporation?

-------------> Answer: Paul Allen

100.
Who made the first general purpose, program-controlled electronic digital computer?

-------------> Answer: Dr. Konrad Zuse's Z3 COMPUTER, designed and built from 1938 to 1941, was
the first automatic, program-controlled, fully functional, general purpose digital computer.

101.
Decimal is base 10. Binary is base 2. What is base 16?

-------------> Answer: Hexadecimal

__________________________________________
1.

Joseph Jacquard used ______ to control he operations of his loom?

vacuum tubes (your response)

transistors

punched cards (correct answer)

electricity

2.
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2.

The Fourth Generation of computers used this to control operations:

integrated circuits

transistors (your response)

vacuum tubes

microchips (correct answer)

3.
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3.

What part of the computer processes information?

input

memory (your response)

central processing unit (CPU) (correct answer)

software

4.
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4.

Who was known as the Father of Computers?

Blasie Pascal (your response)

Herman Hollerith

Joseph Jacquard

Charles Babbage (correct answer)

5.
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5.

Using a computer at school is called:

computer aided manufacturing (CAM)

computer aided design (CAD)

computer assisted instruction (CAI) (correct answer, your response)

automatic teller machine (ATM)

6.
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6.

7.

Which of these is NOT an input device?

printer (correct answer, your response)

keyboard

mouse

disk

Points earned: 1 out of 1

7.

To keep track of large amounts of information such as employee addresses, you use which productivity tool?

spreadsheet

graphics (your response)

database (correct answer)

word processor

8.
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8.

To work with pictures or charts you use which productivity tool?

spreadsheet

graphics (correct answer, your response)

database

word processor

9.
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9.

Which of the following is the correct order of the processing cycle of a computer?

input, memory , processing, output (correct answer, your response)

output, input, memory, processing

processing,, input, memory, output

memory, input, output, processing

10.
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10. What device is BOTH an input and output device?

printer

keyboard (your response)

monitor

disk (correct answer)

11.
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11. Computer Literacy is a:

quarter class (your response)

year long lass

semester class (correct answer)

two semester class

12.
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12. The First Generation of computers used this to control operations:

integrated circuits

transistors (your response)

vacuum tubes (correct answer)

microchips

13.
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13. The abacus was believed to have been first used around 5000 B.C. in what country?

Japan

China (correct answer, your response)

Germany

France

14.
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14. To write a business report you use which productivity tool?

spreadsheet

graphics

database (your response)

word processor (correct answer)

15.
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15. When you work at home and send reports to the office it is called?

telecommuting (correct answer)

electronic mail (your response)

teleconferencing

telemarketing

16.
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16. To keep track or monthly sales you use which productivity tool?

spreadsheet (correct answer)

graphics (your response)

database

word processor

17.
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17. When a meeting is conducted over communication lines on a TV-like device it is called:

telecommuting (your response)

electronic mail

teleconferencing (correct answer)

telemarketing

18.
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18. Designing and drafting office furniture on the computer is called:

computer aided manufacturing (CAM)

computer aided design (CAD) (correct answer)

computer assisted instruction (CAI) (your response)

automatic teller machine (ATM)

19.
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19. RAM (Random Access Memory) is the __________ of the computer?

permanent memory (your response)

control memory

temporary memory (correct answer)

arithmetic/logic unit

20.
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20. Which of the following is true about ROM (Read Only Memory)?

It is temporary memory

You can make changes to it

You cannot make changes to it (correct answer, your response)

All of the above

21.
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21. The Second Generation of computers used this to control operations:

integrated circuits

transistors (correct answer)

vacuum tubes (your response)

microchips

22.
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22. The arithmetic/logic unit of the computer:

can compare numbers

can add numbers

is part of the central processing unit

all of the above (correct answer)

23.
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23. What machine allows money to be withdrawn from a checking account after the bank has closed?

CAD

quick cash machine (your response)

automatic teller machine (correct answer)

electronic fund transfer

24.
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24. A program that can do more than one thing is called:

a good program

an integrated program (correct answer, your response)

fun

electronic mail

25.
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25. The Third Generation of computers used this to control operations:

integrated circuits (correct answer)

transistors (your response)

vacuum tubes

microchips

26.
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26. What are programs that tell the computer what to do?

hardware

cartridges

software (correct answer, your response)

printers

27.

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QUESTION 1:
Which pioneer of machine computing is known as the grandfather of computer pioneers?
Answer: Charles Babbage
QUESTION 2:
Which woman is often misleadingly called the world's first computer programmer?
Answer: Ada Lovelace
QUESTION 3:
Who, in 1937, claimed that some mathematical problems cannot be solved by an automatic
machine, and theorized a universal computing machine which could do anything a human could
do if programmed with explicit instructions?
Answer: Alan Turning
QUESTION 4:
For what great achievement are John Mauchly and Presper Eckert recognized?
Answer: ENIAC
QUESTION 5:
Who patented the junction transistor?
Answer: William Shockley
QUESTION 6:
Where, in the 1950s and 1960s would you have found the words, "Do not fold, spindle or
mutilate."?
Answer: ON AN IBM PUNCHED CARD
QUESTION 7:
The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics included an article about the Altair microcomputer.
The article was the stimulus for Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop what computer programming
language specifically for this machine?
Answer: BASIC Beginner All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
QUESTION 8:

What is/was ARPANET?

Answer: Advance Reasearch Project Agency NET
QUESTION 9:
When did the World-Wide Web enter the Internet scene?
Answer: 1991 Tim Berners-Lee by CERN
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The earliest known device that produced numerical calculations is the
A)

Punched-card loom
B)

C)

Abacus

Analytical Engine

Feedback: Incorrect. Invented by Charles Babbage, this device was the

first real computer, but not the earliest known device that produced
numerical calculations. That was the abacus.

CORRECT

The first generation of computers used

A)

Transistors

B)

Microprocessors

C)

Vacuum Tubes

Feedback: Correct. Vacuum tubes are a feature of the first generation of

computers. Transistors replaced them.

CORRECT

Ada Lovelace deserves an important place in the history of computers.

A)
B)

True
False

Feedback: Correct. Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer.

She wrote a demonstration program for the analytical engine.

CORRECT

The term debug refers to an actual event where a dead moth was found in the
relay of a computer.
A)
B)

True
False

Feedback: Correct. Scientist Grace Hopper and her co-workers found a

moth in Howard Aiken's Mark II computer.

CORRECT

Apple computers were first developed in the 1970s. Who invented the Apple?
A)
B)
C)

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

John Von Neumann & Steve Wozniak.
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozinak

Feedback: Correct. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozinak introduced the Apple
II in 1977. It had 4 K of memory with a clock speed of 1.0 Mhz.

CORRECT

Fifth generation computers feature

A) The introduction of the integrated circuit.
B)

Artificial Intelligence & the Internet

C)The introduction of the integrated circuit, artificial intelligence and

parallel processing.
Feedback: Correct. These are two features of the fifth generation of
computers.

INCORRECT

Authoring systems such as PILOT, Linkway and HyperCard have become widely
used by teachers.
A)

True

B)

False

Feedback: Incorrect. The interest in this type of software waned as

teachers realized how much time and expertise they needed to develop
courseware.

CORRECT

This program, developed in 1993 by Marc Andressen, was a software

breakthrough as a navigation tool for interactive material.
A)

Mosaic

B)

MECC

C)

PLATO

Feedback: Correct. Mosaic allowed users to view pictures and documents

by clicking a mouse.

CORRECT

The problem with the vacuum tube was that it

A)

Was bulky & expensive

B)

Burned out continually

C)

Both A and B

Feedback: Correct. The vacuum tube was bulky and expensive and it
burned out continually.

10

INCORRECT

Lego was developed and promoted by Simon Papert as a programming language

for young students.
A)
B)

True
False

Feedback: Incorrect. The programming language was Logo, and Seymour

Papert developed it.

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The earliest known device that produced numerical calculations is the

A)

Punched-card loom

This is the correct answer.

B)
Abacus
C)

Analytical Engine

Feedback: Incorrect. Invented by Charles Babbage, this device was the first real computer,
but not the earliest known device that produced numerical calculations. That was the abacus.
2

CORRECT

The first generation of computers used

A)

Transistors

B)

Microprocessors

This is the correct answer.

C)
Vacuum Tubes
Feedback: Correct. Vacuum tubes are a feature of the first generation of computers.
Transistors replaced them.
3

CORRECT

Ada Lovelace deserves an important place in the history of computers.

This is the correct answer.

A)
True
B)

False

Feedback: Correct. Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer. She wrote a
demonstration program for the analytical engine.
4
CORRECT
The term debug refers to an actual event where a dead moth was
found in the relay of a computer.
This is the correct answer.
A)
True
B)

False

Feedback: Correct. Scientist Grace Hopper and her co-workers found a moth in Howard
Aiken's Mark II computer.
5
CORRECT
Apple?

Apple computers were first developed in the 1970s. Who invented the

A)

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

B)

John Von Neumann & Steve Wozniak.

This is the correct answer.

C)
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozinak
Feedback: Correct. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozinak introduced the Apple II in 1977. It had 4
K of memory with a clock speed of 1.0 Mhz.

CORRECT
A)

Fifth generation computers feature

The introduction of the integrated circuit.

This is the correct answer.

B)
Artificial Intelligence & the Internet
C)
The introduction of the integrated circuit, artificial intelligence and parallel
processing.
Feedback: Correct. These are two features of the fifth generation of computers.
7
INCORRECT
Authoring systems such as PILOT, Linkway and HyperCard have
become widely used by teachers.
A)

True

This is the correct answer.

B)
False
Feedback: Incorrect. The interest in this type of software waned as teachers realized how
much time and expertise they needed to develop courseware.
8
CORRECT
This program, developed in 1993 by Marc Andressen, was a software
breakthrough as a navigation tool for interactive material.
This is the correct answer.
A)
Mosaic
B)

MECC

C)

PLATO

Feedback: Correct. Mosaic allowed users to view pictures and documents by clicking a
mouse.
9

CORRECT

The problem with the vacuum tube was that it

A)

Was bulky & expensive

B)

Burned out continually

This is the correct answer.

C)
Both A and B
Feedback: Correct. The vacuum tube was bulky and expensive and it burned out
continually.
10
INCORRECT
Lego was developed and promoted by Simon Papert as a programming
language for young students.
A)

True

This is the correct answer.

B)

False

Feedback: Incorrect. The programming language was Logo, and Seymour Papert developed
it.
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The Apple II debuted in _______.

1977

"Baby" was the first computer to do what?

Execute a program from memory

By 1960, most transistors were _______.

Silicon

Did people have computers in the 1930's?

No, during the 1930's they did not have computers.

How any MB could a typical reel of 9-track tape hold?

160 MB

How do searches work?

Automated "crawler" programs visit every available Web site, creating an index of the words they
find.

How many characters could the RAMAC 350 hold?

5 million characters

In what year did UNIVAC introduce tape drives into computers?

1951


Magnetic tape began as a medium for ____ _______ in the 1930's.
Audio Recordings

True or False:All digital computers rely on a binary system of ones and zeros.
True

True or False: The Web's extraordinary tapestry of images and text are presented to us by web
browsers.
True

Were there commercial manufacturers of electronic, stored-program computers?

No. If you wanted one, you had to build it.

What are the two kinds of memory?

Main memory and storage

What does BIOS stand for?

Basic Input-Output System

What does ENIAC stand for?

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

What does memory do?

Memory holdsrunning programs and information the processor is currently using.

What does RAMAC stand for?

Random Access Method of Accounting and Control


What does storage do?
Storage preserves data and programs for future use.

What do people use the Internet and Web for?

They use it for sharing and using information.

What operating system did Linus Torvalds release?

Linux

What principle do all digital computers work on?

Manipulating on/off signals to implement logic functions

What's the difference between main memory and storage?

Main memory is fast and comparatively expensive and storage is big, slower and cheap.

What was the first LaserDisc sold in North America?

The film "Jaws"

What was the first PC?

John Blankenbaker's Kenbak-1

The "WorldWideWeb" featured a ______, ______, ______, and the first _____.
server, HTML, URLs, and the first browser
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