Computer Potpourri II

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which is not associated with computers? FPU Manifold Babbage Engine Turing Machine CPU Overdrive

2. What does the "E" in MOS-FET stand for? Extended None of these Emitter Effect

3. "LET A$=B$" is valid syntax for which computer programming language? ALGOL FORTH APL BASIC

4. The following joke is based on which computer programming language? "GOD is REAL, unless declared INTEGER." FORTRAN IV COBOL BASIC C

5. Which term is not a computer hardware acronym? MMU FPU BCD UART

6. The term "destructive read" applies to which computer technology? Disk Paper Tape Monitor Core

7. Which company did/does not design and manufacture computers? Digital Equipment Corp. Computer Sciences Corp. International Business Machines Nippon Electric Co.

8. What company manufactured and marketed the first commercial digital computer? DG IBM NCR DEC

9. The ACLU in a computer controls the arithmetic logic. True False

10. Which comic strip featured the Banana Junior 6000 Self-Portable Personal Computer System? Non Sequitur Bloom County The Far Side Calvin and Hobbes