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IMSE 331Test #1Name_________________ 
Spring 2004Time: 50 min.Max. Points 100Answer the following multiple-choice questions. Each question is worth four points.1.The first mechanical adding machine was invented by:Joseph JacquardCharles BabbageBlaise Pascal*Gottfried Leibniz None of the above2.Analytical Engine was developed by:
a)
Joseph Jacquard b)Charles Babbage*c)Herman Hollerithd)Gottfried Leibnize)Blaise Pascal3.__________ is regarded as father of modern computers:
a)
Joseph Jacquard b)Charles Babbagec)Herman Hollerithd)Gottfried Leibnize)Blaise Pascal4.The first electronic computer wasMARK IENIAC*UNIVACIBM None of the above5.The first generation computers useda)Vacuum Tubes* b)Transistorsc)Integrated Circuitsd)VLSI Chipse)None of the above6.The fourth generation computers useda)Vacuum Tubes b)Transistorsc)Integrated Circuitsd)VLSI Chips*e)None of the above7. The key components of microcomputer hardware are:a)The CPU, primary memory, secondary memory, input/output devices* b)The CPU, hard disk, floppy disk, and printer.c)The CPU, ROM, RAM, and Network cardd)The Primary memory, secondary memory, input/output devicese)None of the above8. The contents of _________ are lost on power down
a)
RAM* b)ROM
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c)Floppy Disk d)Hard Disk e)None of the above9. The internal components of a computer are connected by aa)Train b)Bus*c)ROMd)RAMe)None of the above10.The internal operations of the computer are synchronized bya)Wall Clock  b)Stop Watch
c)
System Clock*d)Atomic Clock e)None of the above11.During execution the application program is stored in:a)CPU
 b)
RAM*c)ROM
d)
Floppy disk e)None of the above12.A common trend in computer hardware is:
a)
Smaller, cheaper, faster*b)Bigger, cheaper, faster c)Bigger, more expensive, slower d)Smaller, more expensive, slower e)None of the above13.Convert 111011.111 from base 2 to base 10a)59.875* b)73.7c)3B.Ed)E.3Be)None of the above14.Convert 281.125 from base 10 to base 2
a)
100011001.001*
 b)
100110001.100
c)
011100110.010
d)
011100111.110e)None of the above15.Convert 281.125 from base 10 to base 16
a)
431.1
 b)
119.2*c)119.1
d)
7EEF.1e)None of the above16.What is the integer representation of 281? Show the result in hexadecimal
a)
0119* b)0431
c)
FEE7
d)
7EEFe)None of the above
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17.What is the integer representation of -281, in 2’s complement? Show the result in hexadecimal
a)
9110 b)7EEF
c)
FEE7*d)0119e)None of the above18.What is the floating point representation of 281.125? Show the result in hexadecimal
a)
C82C 0009 b)C82A 0009c)C28C 9000d)428C 9000*e)None of the above19.What is the floating point representation of -281.125? Show the result in hexadecimala)C82C 0009 b)C82A 0009c)C28C 9000*d)428C 9000e)None of the above20.Baud rate refers to:a)Serial communication b)Parallel communicationc)Synchronous communicationd)Asynchronous communication
e)
Transmission speed*21.Simultaneous communication between the sending device and the receiving device is called:a)Simplex communication b)Complex communicationc)Duplex communicationd)Half-Duplex communication
e)
Full-Duplex communication*22.In the serial mode of communication the data is transmitted
a)
Serial by bit* b)Serial by bytec)Serial by wordd)Serial by block e)None of the above23.In the parallel mode of communication data is transmitted:a)Serial by bit
 b)
Serial by byte*c)Serial by wordd)Serial by block e)None of the above24.In a star network, the computers are connected in a:a)In a ring b)By a busc)By a LAN
d)
By a server*e)By a phone25.The path of each packet in a packet switched network is determined by:a)The host computer  b)The each node in the network*c)The dispatcher d)The central computer 
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