Introduction to digital computers

Quiz Questions:

   
1. The most frequent applications of the computers are found in the military, scientific, and commercial fields. They are used in many varied projects, ranging from mail sorting, through engineering design, to the identification and destruction of enemy targets.
       
    True
    False
       
2. What does the acronym ENIAC stand for?
       
    Electronic Numerical Integrator & Computer
    Electronic Numerical Integrator & Calculator
       
3. Fig1-4 represents
       
   

Electronic digital computer

   

Bulkhead type mechanical computer

   

Electromechanical computer

       
4. A digital computer processes data with greater accuracy than an analog computer.
       
   

True

   

False

       
5. When you turn the computer on, this program tries to load, or "boot," an external operating system from disk, usually from drive A, into the computer's internal memory.
       
   

True

   

False

       
6. Smoke can cause buildup on disks and on disk drives. DO NOT SMOKE while you work at a terminal or computer.
       
   

True

   

False

       
7. Disks operate between 10 and 50 degrees centigrade (50 and 120 degrees Fahrenheit).
       
   

True

   

False

       
8. What are the major types of instructions used?
       
   

Transfer & arithmetic instructions

   

Transfer, arithmetic & control instructions

   

Transfer, arithmetic & logical instructions

   

Transfer, arithmetic, logical & control instructions

       
9. The brain of the computer is
       
   

Central Processing Unit

   

Logical Unit

   

Arithmetic Unit

       
10. Common types of internal storage media used in today's computers are magnetic core, semiconductors & bubble.
       
   

True

   

False

       
11. What does PROM stand for?
       
   

Programmable Read Only Memory

   

Programmable Read only main memory

       
12. Like the magnetic disk, the magnetic drum is not another example of a direct access storage device.
       
   

True

   

False

       
13. The heart if a computer system is the operating system.
       
   

True

   

False

       
14. Figure 3.3 represents tools in a flowchart.
       
   

True

   

False

       
15. FORTRAN, BASIC & COBOL are
       
   

Programming languages

   

Operating system

   

Both

       
16. Errors caused by faulty logic and coding mistakes are referred to as
       
   

Bugs

   

Programmers mistake

       
17. Figure 3-11B represents
       
   

Bar chart

   

Graph

       
18. What does the acronym EBCDIC stands for?
       
   

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

   

Extended Binary Coded Digital Interchange Code.

       
19. Byte represents
       
   

Single bit

   

Four bits

   

Eight bits

       
20. In local area networks (LANs), various machines are linked together within a building or adjacent buildings.
       
   

True

   

False

       
   
 
 

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