Question 1

Very-large-scale integration (VLSI)circuits were introduced in the fifth-generation computers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Beginning in the 1940s,first-generation computers used _____.

Accepted Answer

A) transistors 
B) vacuum tube technology 
C) integrated circuits 
D) laser technology

Question 3

What are the most common output devices for soft copy?

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

Identify an advantage of using a mouse over a trackball.

Accepted Answer

A) The size of a mouse is smaller than that of a trackball. 
B) Positioning with a mouse is more precise than with a trackball. 
C) A mouse occupies less space than a trackball. 
D) A mouse is stationary,whereas a trackball has to be moved around.

Question 5

_____ computer languages are machine independent and are called high-level languages.

Accepted Answer

A) First-generation 
B) Second-generation 
C) Third-generation 
D) Fourth-generation

Question 6

Identify the computer that has the highest storage capability.

Accepted Answer

A) Subnotebooks 
B) Notebooks 
C) Personal computers 
D) Supercomputers

Question 7

Extended ASCII data code allows representation of _____ characters.

Accepted Answer

A) 1042 
B) 265 
C) 256 
D) 1024

Question 8

Identify an input device used to grade multiple-choice and true / false tests.

Accepted Answer

A) Optical character reader (OCR) 
B) Magnetic character sensor (MCS) 
C) Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR)system 
D) Optical mark recognition (OMR)system

Question 9

A _________,made of Mylar,is used for random-access processing of data in a computer.

Accepted Answer

A) magnetic tape 
B) hard disk 
C) cassette tape 
D) magnetic disk

Question 10

Identify a true statement about the supervisor program.

Accepted Answer

A) It controls all the programs in the OS to perform special tasks. 
B) It prioritizes tasks performed by the CPU. 
C) It transfers data among other parts of a computer system. 
D) It generates checksum programs to verify that data is not corrupted.

Question 11

Extended ASCII is a data code that allows the representation of 1024 characters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following computer languages use mnemonics to represent data?

Accepted Answer

A) Assembly language 
B) First-generation language 
C) Fourth-generation language 
D) Machine language

Question 13

An employee prints a document from his computer through a printer placed in a different location of the same network.Which of the following allows the employee to connect to network resources?

Accepted Answer

A) Remote access servers 
B) Web servers 
C) Application servers 
D) Disk servers

Question 14

Second-generation computers used _____.

Accepted Answer

A) vacuum tube technology 
B) transistors 
C) integrated circuits 
D) laser technology

Question 15

A write once,read many (WORM)disc is a common type of _____.

Accepted Answer

A) magnetic storage 
B) optical storage 
C) random access memory (RAM) 
D) read-only memory (ROM)

Question 16

A source code must be first translated into _________ code.

Accepted Answer

A) binary 
B) object 
C) machine 
D) assembly

Question 17

The hardware component of a computer system consists of programs written in computer languages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

An advantage of silicon over gallium arsenide is that _____.

Accepted Answer

A) it is less fragile than gallium arsenide 
B) it survives much higher doses of radiation than gallium arsenide 
C) it withstands higher temperatures than gallium arsenide 
D) it emits light,whereas gallium arsenide does not

Question 19

_________ computers include parallel processing,gallium arsenide chips that run at higher speeds and consume less power than silicon chips and optical technologies.

Accepted Answer

A) Second-generation 
B) Third-generation 
C) Fourth-generation 
D) Fifth-generation

Question 20

Describe the data management function of an operating system.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 2: Computers: The Machines Behind Computing

Very-large-scale integration (VLSI)circuits were introduced in the fifth-generation computers.

Beginning in the 1940s,first-generation computers used _____.

What are the most common output devices for soft copy?

Identify an advantage of using a mouse over a trackball.

_____ computer languages are machine independent and are called high-level languages.

Identify the computer that has the highest storage capability.

Extended ASCII data code allows representation of _____ characters.

Identify an input device used to grade multiple-choice and true / false tests.

A _________,made of Mylar,is used for random-access processing of data in a computer.

Identify a true statement about the supervisor program.

Extended ASCII is a data code that allows the representation of 1024 characters.

Which of the following computer languages use mnemonics to represent data?

An employee prints a document from his computer through a printer placed in a different location of the same network.Which of the following allows the employee to connect to network resources?

Second-generation computers used _____.

A write once,read many (WORM) disc is a common type of _____.

A source code must be first translated into _________ code.

The hardware component of a computer system consists of programs written in computer languages.

An advantage of silicon over gallium arsenide is that _____.

_________ computers include parallel processing,gallium arsenide chips that run at higher speeds and consume less power than silicon chips and optical technologies.

Describe the data management function of an operating system.