PRELIM EXAM REVIEWER

Question 1

a single semiconductor chip that integrates the main five functional units of a computer : arithmetic/logical, control, storage, input, and output.

Answer 1

MICROPROCESSOR

Question 2

device that transmit drawings to a stationary sheet of paper

Answer 2

ANALOG

Question 3

it is a string of bits that a computer can address individually as a group is a byte 1 and 0.

Answer 3

DIGITAL

Question 4

numeral system is the bijective base 1 numeral system

Answer 4

UNARY SYSTEM

Question 5

symbols or images utilized in an arrangement of numerical representation dependent on the old ROMAN SYSTEM.

Answer 5

ROMAN NUMERAL

Question 6

is a numeral system that has the number 10 as its base

Answer 6

DECIMAL SYSTEM

Question 7

“ENIAC”

Answer 7

ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR and CALCULATOR

Question 8

“BASIC”

Answer 8

BEGINNER’s ALL-PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE

Question 9

“IBM”

Answer 9

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES

Question 10

UNIVAC

Answer 10

UNIVERSAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

Question 11

IC’S

Answer 11

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

Question 12

AI

Answer 12

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Question 13

SSI

Answer 13

SMALL SCALE INTEGRATION

Question 14

MSI

Answer 14

MEDIUM SCALE INTEGRATION

Question 15

LSI

Answer 15

LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION

Question 16

VLSI

Answer 16

VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION

Question 17

UHSI

Answer 17

ULTRA HIGH SCALE INTEGRATION

Question 18

GSI

Answer 18

GIGANTIC SCALE INTEGRATION

Question 19

the co-inventor of Calculus

Answer 19

GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ (1646–1716)

Question 20

the one who invented the IC’s

Answer 20

JACK ST. CLAIR KIRBY AND ROBERT NOYCE

Question 21

is the perception that over the historical background of processing equipment

Answer 21

MOORE’S LAW

Question 22

is an INTER CORPORATION ENGINEER

Answer 22

Dr. TED HOFF

Question 23

the young entrepreneur by creating “appliance computer”

Answer 23

STEVE JOBS AND STEVE WOZNIAK

Question 24

the world’s first microprocessor

Answer 24

INTEL 4004