1.
Onboard systems are computers placed inside other products to add features and capabilities.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | False | |
2.
Card systems date from the earliest computers, which relied on punched cards or tape for input when a job was entered by assembling the cards into a deck and running the entire deck of cards through a card reader as a group.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 0.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | False | |
3.
The supercomputer was developed primarily for government applications needing massive and fast number-crunching ability to carry out military operations and weather forecasting.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | True | |
4.
In the 1950s, only one FORTRAN program could run at a time, and then the FORTRAN compiler had to be reloaded into memory.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 0.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | False | |
5.
A supercomputer can perform ____ floating-point operations per second.
A) 240 million
B) 2.4 billion
C) 2.4 trillion
D) 24 trillion
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | C | |
6.
In second-generation computers, to reduce the discrepancy in speed between the I/O and the CPU, an interface called the ____ was placed between them to act as a buffer.
A) control unit
B) scheduler
C) holder
D) buffer manager
| Points Earned: | 0.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | A | |
7.
The primary distinguishing characteristic of modern computers is ____.
A) memory capacity
B) processor capacity
C) disk space
D) physical size
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | B | |
8.
A system with ____ divides programs into parts and keep them in secondary storage, bringing each part into memory only as it is needed.
A) virtual memory
B) shared memory
C) segmented processing
D) passive multiprogramming
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | A | |
9.
The File Manager is responsible for data files but not program files.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | False | |
10.
Real-time systems are used in time-critical environments where reliability is key and data must be processed within a strict time limit.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | True | |
11.
A hybrid system is a combination of the ____ systems.
A) batch and interactive
B) batch and real-time
C) interactive and real-time
D) real-time and general-purpose
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | A | |
12.
Powerful microcomputers developed for use by commercial, educational and government enterprises are called ____.
A) supercomputers
B) minicomputers
C) terminals
D) workstations
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | D | |
1.
Card systems date from the earliest computers, which relied on punched cards or tape for input when a job was entered by assembling the cards into a deck and running the entire deck of cards through a card reader as a group.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | False | |
2.
Since the mid-1970s rapid advances in computer technology have blurred the distinguishing characteristics of early machines.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | True | |
3.
Few major advances were made in data management during the 1960s.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 0.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | True | |
4.
Second-generation computers were developed to meet the needs of ____.
A) home users
B) businesses
C) secondary education
D) online users
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | B | |
5.
____ means that several logical records are grouped within one physical record.
A) Grouping
B) Fixing
C) Combining
D) Blocking
| Points Earned: | 0.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | D | |
6.
____ include(s) every peripheral unit in the system such as printers, disk drives, CD/DVD drives, flash memory, keyboards, and so on.
A) The CPU
B) I/O Devices
C) Processors
D) Secondary components
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | B | |
7.
The first bug was a moth trapped in a Harvard computer.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | True | |
8.
The overwhelming demand for ____ capability in the mid-1990s sparked the proliferation of networking capability.
A) e-mail
B) processing
C) Internet
D) FTP
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | C | |
9.
Vacuum tube computers were used during the period of ____.
A) 1920s-1930s
B) 1935-1945
C) 1940-1955
D) 1945-1960
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | C | |
10.
____ is the partitioning of a single server, each of which can support a different operating system.
A) Multiprocessing
B) Multithreading
C) Virtualization
D) Shared processing
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | C | |
11.
____ introduced the need for control cards, which defined the exact nature of each program and its requirements.
A) Job scheduling
B) Control scheduling
C) Job control
D) Structure control
| Points Earned: | 0.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | A | |
12.
The minicomputer of the 1970s was smaller than the microcomputer.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | False | |
1.
Many early programs used convoluted logic that only the original programmer could understand, so it was nearly impossible for anyone else to debug or change the program later on.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | True | |
2.
A typical ____ computer houses devices to perform audio, video, and graphic creation and editing.
A) multiprocessor
B) multimedia
C) networked
D) PDA
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | B | |
3.
The ____ is unique to each operating system.
A) User Interface
B) Process Manager
C) Memory Manager
D) File Manager
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | A | |
4.
The name for the nucleus of an operating system is the ____.
A) manager
B) center
C) core
D) kernel
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | D | |
5.
____ introduced the need for control cards, which defined the exact nature of each program and its requirements.
A) Job scheduling
B) Control scheduling
C) Job control
D) Structure control
| Points Earned: | 0.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | A | |
6.
The ____ is used to indicate that a program is permanently held in ROM (read only memory), as opposed to being held in secondary storage.
A) hardware
B) firmware
C) software
D) shareware
| Points Earned: | 0.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | B | |
7.
Few major advances were made in data management during the 1960s.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | True | |
8.
____ include(s) every peripheral unit in the system such as printers, disk drives, CD/DVD drives, flash memory, keyboards, and so on.
A) The CPU
B) I/O Devices
C) Processors
D) Secondary components
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | B | |
9.
The high-level portion of the Process Manager is called the Process Scheduler.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | False | |
10.
A process requires space in main memory where it resides during its execution although, from time to time, it requires other resources such as data files or I/O devices.
A) True
B) False
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | True | |
11.
The overwhelming demand for ____ capability in the mid-1990s sparked the proliferation of networking capability.
A) e-mail
B) processing
C) Internet
D) FTP
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | C | |
12.
The ____ allocates each resource, starts its operation, and, finally, deallocates the resource, making it available to the next process or job.
A) Device Manager
B) File Manager
C) Keyboard Manager
D) Memory Manager
| Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | |
| Correct Answer(s): | A | |
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