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Computer Potpourri I (The Early Decades)

Created by foobarguyohio

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : General Computing

	"This is a collection of computer trivia primarily from the ‘60s and ‘70s (all the correct answers are from those decades, but I have sprinkled some incorrect answers from other decades). Old-timers should have no problem with this one."
15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit

1. Which of the following is not a method for encoding text characters on a computer?

SIXBIT

EBCDIC

ANSI

ASCII

2. What color was the programmer's reference card for IBM 360 series computers?

Blue

Green

White

Yellow

3. What color was the programmer's reference card for IBM 370 series computers?

Blue

Green

Yellow

White

4. Which of the following is not a computer programming language?

JOVIAL

GOGAL

APL

ADA

5. Which of the following does not apply to computer magnetic tapes?

whetstone encoding

NRZI

rewind

vacuum

6. Which computer programming language was developed first?

FORTRAN

COBOL

C

ALGOL

7. If every hole in an IBM 80-column punch card were punched, then how many holes would it have?

960

800

880

None of these

8. What is the lowest model number of the IBM 370 Series?

110

125

120

115

9. What is the lowest number of the general-purpose IBM 360 Series?

23

20

22

21

10. Mylar was a popular material for which computer I/O medium?

Hard disk substrate

Paper tape

Printer paper

IBM 129 Keypunch Control Card