COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS

WEEK 01 QUIZ 01

1. ENVAC was a turning complete, digital computer of being

reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problem.
- False
2. It is the year when the General Electric corporation delivered its ERMA
computing system to the bank of America in California
-1959
3. Semiconductors are used in almost all electronic equipment in use today
and have revolutionized the world of electronics.
- False
4. The Z3 consisted of separate units, such as punch tape reader , control
unit floating point arithmetic’s unit and input and output devise.
- True
5. In first generation were not expensive and bulky. They used machine
language for computing and could solve problem at a time. Computers
during this phase cannot support multitasking task.
- False
6. The abacus known as early computing tool which logarithm iis invented
by john clipper and the invention of slide rule by William oughtred.
- False
7. It is the year that the history of computer dates to the invention of a
mechanical adding machine.
- 1642
8. A vacuum tube is a device used to amplify, switch, otherwise modify, or
create an electrical signal by controlling the movement of electrons in a
low-pressure space.
- True
9. It is the year when the development of Arpanet began with the financial
backing of the department of defense.
- 1969
10. It is the year when Atanasoff and berry came up with ABC Prototype.
- 1939
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PRELIM LAB QUIZ 01:

11. Envac was a turning complete, digital computer capable of being
reprogramed to solve a full range of computing problem.
- False
12. This is also known as intangible parts of a computer.
- Software
13. It is the intangible parts of the computer that you can touch.
- Hardware
14. It is the year where the evolution of computer started.
- 1930
BINARY DECIMAL OCTAL
HEXADCIMAL
11001110 206  316  CE 
1000001  65 101  41 
111100  60  74 3C 
101010110011  2739  5263  AB3
110111 55  67  37 
101101  45 55  2D 
110010  50  62 32 
11110101  245  365  F5
15. It is the year when Z3 of Konrad Zuse's was a notable achievement in
the evolution of computers.
-1941
16. It is the year that the history of computers dates back to the invention
of a mechanical adding machine.
-1942
17. It is simply a list of unambiguous instructions meant to be followed
mechanically by a computer.
18. Semiconductors are used in almost all electronic equipment in use
today and have revolutionized the world of electronics.
 - FALSE
19. Abacist is the term called for the user of an abacus who slides the
beads of the abacus by hand.
-TRUE
20. During Third Generation semiconductors decreased the speed and
efficiency of the computer.
-FALSE
21. It is the year when DEC launched the first minicomputer called the
PDP-8.
-1968
22. The Z3 consisted of separate units, such as a punch tape reader,
control unit, floating-point arithmeticc unit, and input/output devices.
-TRUE
23. The United States (U.S) Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory came
up with the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC) in
the year?
-1946
24. It is the year when Atanasoff and Berry came up with ABC prototype.
- 1939