Computer History: Before Personal Computers

Background and History of Computers Quiz

What do you call a semiconductor circuit containing multiple components on the same base, credited to Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce at Fairchild in 1958 and 1959?

Answer: Integrated Circuit

Fill in the blank:

Apple is a computer introduced by Apple in _____

Answer: 1976

True or False:

CB/M is an operating system developed for microcomputers, an OS inspired by the new processor.

Answer: False. It was CP/M operating system.

Choose the letter of the correct answer:

A solid-state electronic switch that replaced vacuum tubes, offering smaller size, lower power consumption and increased efficiency.

a. Resistor

b. Insulator

c. transistor

d. generator

Answer: c. transistor

What is the first true digital electronic computer created by John V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry, introducing binary arithmetic and logic circuits?

Answer: Atanasoff - Berry Computer (ABC)

What does ENIAC stands for?

Answer: ENIAC, the Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator, was the first large - scale electronic computer built by John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchly, and their associates.

Fill in the blank:

__________ in ENIAC served as adders and quick-access read/write storage.

Answer: Registers

True or False:

ERA 1101 was one of the first commercially produced computers.

Answer: True, it was built by Engineering Research Associates in 1950

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Introduced in 1976 by Shugart Associates.

a. 5 Floppy Disk Drive

b. 5 ¼ Floppy Disk Drive

c. 5 ¼ Floppy Dish Drive

d. None of the above

Answer: b. 5 ¼ Floppy Disk Drive

True or False:

One of the first personal computers, advertised for $50 in 1971.

Answer: False, it was advertised for $750.

Who introduced the first portable computer, the Osborne I, in 1981?

Answer: Adam Osborne

Choose the letter of the correct answer:

It was the first personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI).

a. Xerox Star

b. Xerox Machine

c. Xerox Sphere

d. Xerox 2.1

Answer: Xerox Star

Fill in the blank (s):

802.11a operates in the ____GHz band with ____ Mbps speed.

Answer: 5GHz band ; 54 Mbps

True or False:

802.11b operates in the 2.4 GHz band with 11Mbps speed same with 802.11a.

Answer: False, 802.11a operates in the 5GHz band with 54 Mbps speed.

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What was born when Tim Berners-Lee developed HTML, revolutionizing the way information is shared and accessed on the internet?

a. World War II (WWII)

b. World Wide Wardrobe (WWW)

c. Hypertext Mark Up Language (HTML)

d. World Wide Web (WWW)

Answer: d. World Wide Web (WWW)

What is the significance of Wintel?

Answer: Used to describe the dominance of Intel and Microsoft in the PC industry, highlighting their significant influence on PC hardware and software standards.

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The S-100 bus had _________ pins per slot, allowing anyone to develop boards to fit in the slots and interface with the system.

a. 95

b. 98

c. 97

d. 100

Answer: d.100

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He states that processor performance and disk-storage capacity double every one and a half to two years, driving exponential growth in computing power.

a. Henry Moore

b. Stephen Moore

c. Charles Moore

d. Gordon Moore

Answer: d. Gordon Moore

True or False:

The Intel 8088 CPU was chosen for the IBM PC due to its larger memory address limit and internal 16-bit data bus, which allowed for easy interfacing with the DataMaster designs.

Answer: True.

Fill in the blank:

Compaq ________ was the first computer on the market to use Intel’s 32- bit 386 chip

Answer: Deskpro 386