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Computer Potpourri II Trivia Quiz

More general computer trivia. I've expanded beyond hardware and software. I have thrown in some companies and a comic strip as well.

A multiple-choice quiz by foobarguyohio. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
foobarguyohio

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
206,782

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
3795

Last 3 plays: badee (3/10), Guest 172 (8/10), Guest 75 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which is not associated with computers? Hint

Turing Machine

CPU Overdrive

Babbage Engine

FPU Manifold

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does the "E" in MOS-FET stand for? Hint

Effect

Emitter

Extended

None of these

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Question 3 of 10

3. "LET A$=B$" is valid syntax for which computer programming language? Hint

ALGOL

FORTH

APL

BASIC

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Question 4 of 10

4. The following joke is based on which computer programming language? "GOD is REAL, unless declared INTEGER." Hint

FORTRAN IV

COBOL

BASIC

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which term is not a computer hardware acronym? Hint

MMU

FPU

BCD

UART

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Question 6 of 10

6. The term "destructive read" applies to which computer technology? Hint

Paper Tape

Disk

Core

Monitor

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which company did/does not design and manufacture computers?
Hint

Nippon Electric Co.

Digital Equipment Corp.

Computer Sciences Corp.

International Business Machines

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Question 8 of 10

8. What company manufactured and marketed the first commercial digital computer? Hint

NCR

DEC

IBM

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Question 9 of 10

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

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which comic strip featured the Banana Junior 6000 Self-Portable Personal Computer System? Hint

Bloom County

The Far Side

Non Sequitur

Calvin and Hobbes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is not associated with computers?

Answer: FPU Manifold

The Turing Machine is a hypothetical computer first proposed by the British mathematician Alan Turing in 1937. It is the basis for today's stored-program computer.

Charles Babbage designed the Babbage Analytical Engine during the 19th Century, and employed many of the same concepts used in modern computers.

CPU Overdrive is not a rock band. Many companies provide devices to make Intel x86 CPUs run faster than they normally do, usually by a technique called over-clocking.

2. What does the "E" in MOS-FET stand for?

Answer: Effect

Sometimes seen as MOSFET, this acronym stands for: Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor.

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

Answer: BASIC

The Beginners' All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) assigns values to variables with the "LET" statement. Experienced BASIC programmers know, however, that one can omit "LET" and write the above statement as "A$=B$".

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

Answer: FORTRAN IV

Unlike the languages C or COBOL, FORTRAN does not require the programmer to declare all variables used in the program. If a variable is undeclared in FORTRAN, then it is assigned a default data type depending on the first letter of the variable name.

Variables beginning with I, J, K, L, M or N are of type INTEGER by default. All others are REAL by default. So, GOD is a REAL number variable unless the programmer declares it as an INTEGER in the program.

5. Which term is not a computer hardware acronym?

Answer: BCD

BCD stands for Binary Coded Decimal and is a standard for representing decimal numbers internally. FPU is a floating-point unit. UART is Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, and MMU is Memory Management Unit.

6. The term "destructive read" applies to which computer technology?

Answer: Core

Core (an early type of Random Access Memory using magnetic rings) and many solid-state memories actually destroy the contents of a memory bit location when the data is read. The memory unit must write back the original value to the location when it passes the value to the requesting device.

7. Which company did/does not design and manufacture computers?

Answer: Computer Sciences Corp.

Computer Sciences Corp. is a service company that helps other companies better use their computers. Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) was famous for its PDP and VAX line of computers. International Business Machines (IBM) should be known to all, and the Nippon Electric Co. (now known as NEC) has a long history of building computing devices.

8. What company manufactured and marketed the first commercial digital computer?

Answer: NCR

NCR sold the 304. The memory banks, based on work done by their engineers during WWII on designing and building code-breaking machines for the German 4-wheel Enigma machines, were a key element to the computer's success.

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

Answer: False

The Arithmetic Control Unit (ACU) controls the arithmetic logic.

10. Which comic strip featured the Banana Junior 6000 Self-Portable Personal Computer System?

Answer: Bloom County

Tag line: "Gene Simmons never had a personal computer when he was a kid . . . Say NO to spandex and chrome. Say YES to silicon."

Source: Author foobarguyohio

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