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Korie Hi
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Question 1

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What does a computer do?
Answer
  • Stores data
  • Retrieves data
  • Processes data
  • Edits data

Question 2

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The Chinese abacus was what?
Answer
  • Calculator
  • Computer
  • Clock

Question 3

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What type of device was the antikythera mechanism?
Answer
  • Clock
  • Calculator
  • Calendar
  • Computer

Question 4

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[blank_start]Blaise Pascal[blank_end]: First commercialized calculator [blank_start]Wilhelm Schickard[blank_end]: First mechanical calculator
Answer
  • Blaise Pascal
  • Wilhelm Schickard
  • Wilhelm Schickard
  • Blaise Pascal

Question 5

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Who developed the punch card system used for the US census
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  • Joseph Jacquad
  • Herman Hollerith
  • John Bardeen

Question 6

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Konrad Zuse developed the first programmable computer (Z1) and the first commercialized computer (Z2)
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Who invented the transistor?
Answer
  • John Bardeen
  • Walter Brattain
  • William Shockley
  • Felix Bloch

Question 8

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Who worked with stored-program with RAM?
Answer
  • Tom Kilburn
  • Frederic Williams
  • Allen Cormack
  • Godfrey N. Hounsfield

Question 9

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Integrated circuit Jack Kilby: [blank_start]Germanium[blank_end] Robert Noyce: [blank_start]Silicon[blank_end]
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  • Germanium
  • Silicon
  • Silicon
  • Germanium

Question 10

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Another name for integrated circuit is microchip
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

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When did the first personal computers come out?
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  • 1960's
  • 1970's
  • 1980's
  • 1990's

Question 12

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Who developed the mathematical principles for CT imaging?
Answer
  • Allen Cormack
  • Godfrey N. Hounsfield
  • Robert Ledley
  • Edward Purcell

Question 13

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Who developed the prototype for CT?
Answer
  • Allen Cormack
  • Godfrey N. Hounsfield
  • Robert Ledley

Question 14

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The first full-body CT scan was overseen by Edward Purcell
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Edward Purcell and Felix Bloch discovered methods to precisely measure nuclear magnetic resonance
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 16

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Gen 1: [blank_start]Vacuum tubes[blank_end] Gen 2: [blank_start]Transistors[blank_end] Gen 3: [blank_start]Integrated circuits[blank_end] Gen 4: [blank_start]VLSI[blank_end]
Answer
  • Vacuum tubes
  • Transistors
  • Integrated circuits
  • VLSI

Question 17

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How do change analog to digital?
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  • AC converter
  • AD converter
  • DA converter
  • DC converter

Question 18

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There are [blank_start]eight[blank_end] bits to a byte
Answer
  • eight
  • four
  • two
  • sixteen

Question 19

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In binary, what does 1 and 0 represent?
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  • 1 = On 0 = Off
  • 1 = Off 0 = On

Question 20

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What is the binary number? \[1x2^3 + 0x2^2 + 0x2^1 + 1x2^0\]
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  • 1001
  • 1101
  • 1011
  • 0111

Question 21

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What is the arabis number? \[1x2^3 + 0x2^2 + 0x2^1 + 1x2^0\]
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  • 8
  • 9
  • 12
  • 10

Question 22

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Binary number is read from [blank_start]left[blank_end] to [blank_start]right[blank_end] Binary number is written [blank_start]right[blank_end] to [blank_start]left[blank_end]
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  • left
  • right
  • right
  • left
  • right
  • left
  • left
  • right

Question 23

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Peripherals are apart of what?
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  • Hardware
  • Software

Question 24

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[blank_start]Convolution[blank_end]: process which modifies pixel values so that the image may be changed [blank_start]Deconvolution[blank_end]: putting everything back the way it was
Answer
  • Convolution
  • Deconvolution
  • Deconvolution
  • Convolution

Question 25

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[blank_start]CPU[blank_end]: Brain of the computer [blank_start]Motherboard[blank_end]: Heart of the system
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  • CPU
  • Motherboard
  • Motherboard
  • CPU

Question 26

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What contains or is connected to all parts of a computer?
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  • Motherboard
  • CPU
  • CMOS
  • BIOS

Question 27

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What does BIOS do?
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  • Store information
  • Runs hardware
  • Runs software
  • Moves data from location to location
  • Runs diagnostics on peripheral devices

Question 28

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CMOS Operates under [blank_start]battery[blank_end] power when power is lost Operates under [blank_start]standby[blank_end] power when power is shut off
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  • battery
  • standby
  • standby
  • battery

Question 29

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[blank_start]RAM[blank_end]: data is accessible in any order [blank_start]SAM[blank_end]: data is read in order
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  • RAM
  • SAM
  • SAM
  • RAM

Question 30

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RAM has volatile data
Answer
  • True
  • False
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