Chapter 1

Question 1

1. What is the correct historic technology sequence (earliest to most recent)?
   a. Tubes, integrated circuits, transistors
   b. Transistors, tubes, integrated circuits
   c. Tubes, transistors, integrated circuits
   d. Integrated circuits, tubes, transistors

Answer 1

c. Tubes, transistors, integrated circuits

Question 2

2. Which of the following is an example of a PC?
   a. ENIAC
   b. Colossus
   c. 8088
   d. von Neumann

Answer 2

c. 8088

Question 3

3. Who is credited with creating the stored program computer model?
   a. Atanasoff
   b. Berry
   c. Eckert
   d. von Neumann

Answer 3

d. von Neumann

Question 4

4. Limits to computing power are caused by throughput bottlenecks between the CPU and __________.
   a. input devices
   b. output devices
   c. memory
   d. other CPUs

Answer 4

c. memory

Question 5

5. Which device uses the most power and gives off the most heat?
   a. Integrated circuit
   b. Transistor
   c. MOSFET
   d. Vacuum tube

Answer 5

d. Vacuum tube

Question 6

6. In the von Neumann architecture, what two components make up the CPU?
   a. memory and control unit
   b. processor and control unit
   c. arithmetic unit and memory
   d. control unit and arithmetic unit

Answer 6

d. control unit and arithmetic unit

Question 7

7. What company dominates the CPU and chipset market?
   a. Toshiba
   b. Sony
   c. Intel
   d. Kawasaki

Answer 7

c. Intel

Question 8

8. Moore’s law that states that the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit chip __________ every 18-24 months.
   a. doubles
   b. triples
   c. quadruples
   d. increases ten-fold

Answer 8

a. doubles

Question 9

9. What technology eliminates the problem of the “von Neumann bottleneck”?
   a. Control unit
   b. Hard disk drive
   c. Cache
   d. Main memory

Answer 9

c. Cache

Question 10

10. Which of the following is an input device?
    a. Monitor
    b. Printer
    c. Mouse
    d. Plotter

Answer 10

c. Mouse

Question 11

Who is credited with the patent for the first computer?

a. Eckert and Mauchly
b. Atanasoff
c. Microsoft
d. Intel

Answer 11

b. Atanasoff

Question 12

Which of the following are groups within the von Neumann architecture? select 3 best

a. working storage
b. monitor
c. output devices
d. permanent storage
e. Keyboard

Answer 12

a. working storage
c. output devices
d. permanent storage

Question 13

What are the 3 main connections in a transistor? select 3

a. gate
b. n-type silicon
c. source
d. drain
e. conductor

Answer 13

a. gate
c. source
d. drain

Question 14

MOSFET is the most common type of what electronic component?

a. vacuum tube
b. CPU
c. integrated circuit
d. transistor

Answer 14

d. transistor

Question 15

Approximately how many transistors are incorporated into today’s Intel processors?

a. hundreds
b. thousands
c. millions
d. billions

Answer 15

c. millions

Question 16

What made the 8088 Intel CPU special compared to its predecessors?

a. 1MB address limit
b. 33MHz processor
c. 64KB address limit
d. 1MHz processor

Answer 16

a. 1MB address limit

Question 17

What 2 companies are most responsible today for the advancement of PC CPUs? select 2

a. Toshiba
b. Intel
c. Samsung
d. AMD

Answer 17

b. Intel

d. AMD

Question 18

Which company did IBM first hire to build their core operating system for their PCs?

a. Intel
b. Apple
c. Microsoft
d. Bell labs

Answer 18

c. Microsoft