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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?

ANSI

ASCII

EBCDIC

SIXBIT

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

Blue

Yellow

White

Green

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

Green

Blue

White

Yellow

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

GOGAL

APL

JOVIAL

ADA

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

vacuum

rewind

whetstone encoding

NRZI

6. Which computer programming language was developed first?

C

ALGOL

COBOL

FORTRAN

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

880

960

800

None of these

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

125

110

115

120

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

20

22

21

23

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

Paper tape

Printer paper

Hard disk substrate

IBM 129 Keypunch Control Card