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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 151. |
……………..is a digital computer system that is controlled by a stored program that uses a microprocessor, a programmable read-only memory (ROM) and a random-access memory (RAM). |
| A. | Minicomputers |
| B. | The microcomputer |
| C. | Medium-size computers |
| D. | Large computers |
| Answer» B. The microcomputer | |
| 152. |
The …………..defines the instructions to be executed by the computer while RAM is the functional equivalent of computer memory. |
| A. | ARPANET |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | Silicon chips |
| D. | Metals |
| Answer» B. ROM | |
| 153. |
The Apple IIe, the Radio Shack TRS-80, and the Genie III are examples of microcomputers and are essentially …………..generation devices. |
| A. | First |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» D. fourth | |
| 154. |
……………..have from 4k to 64k storage location and are capable of handling small, single-business application such as sales analysis, inventory, billing and payroll. |
| A. | Microcomputers |
| B. | Minicomputers |
| C. | Medium-size computers |
| D. | Large computers |
| Answer» A. Microcomputers | |
| 155. |
In the……………, the growing demand for a smaller stand-alone machine brought about the manufacture of the minicomputer, to handle tasks that large computers could not perform economically. |
| A. | 1960s |
| B. | 1970s |
| C. | 1970s |
| D. | 1980s |
| Answer» A. 1960s | |
| 156. |
……………were well known in the 1940s although they are now uncommon. |
| A. | Analog computers |
| B. | Digital computers |
| C. | Hybrid computers |
| D. | Minicomputers |
| Answer» A. Analog computers | |
| 157. |
………………., Blaise Pascal, and Gottfried Leibnitz were among mathematicians who designed and implemented calculators that were capable of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division included. |
| A. | Wilhelm Schickhard |
| B. | Clifford Berry |
| C. | Ray Tomlinson |
| D. | Burton Stein |
| Answer» A. Wilhelm Schickhard | |
| 158. |
The first multi-purpose or programmable computing device was probably Charles Babbage's Difference Engine, which was begun in …………….but never completed. |
| A. | 1823 |
| B. | 1827 |
| C. | 1832 |
| D. | 1865 |
| Answer» A. 1823 | |
| 159. |
In…………., Babbage designed a more ambitious machine, called the Analytical Engine but unfortunately it also was only partially completed. |
| A. | 1842 |
| B. | 1852 |
| C. | 1862 |
| D. | 1872 |
| Answer» A. 1842 | |
| 160. |
………………, together with Ada Lovelace recognized several important programming techniques, including conditional branches, iterative loops and index variables. |
| A. | Herman Hollerith |
| B. | George Scheutz |
| C. | Babbage |
| D. | J.V.Atanasoff |
| Answer» C. Babbage | |
| 161. |
A second early electronic machine was Colossus, designed by ……………….for the British military in 1943. |
| A. | Alan Turing |
| B. | Eckert |
| C. | Mauchly |
| D. | John von Neumann |
| Answer» A. Alan Turing | |
| 162. |
The first general purposes programmable electronic computer was the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), built by J. Presper Eckert and John V. Mauchly at the University of……………….. |
| A. | Pennsylvania |
| B. | Cambridge |
| C. | London |
| D. | Harvard |
| Answer» A. Pennsylvania | |
| 163. |
In 1964, …………….developed the CDC 6600, which was the first architecture to use functional parallelism. |
| A. | Larry Augustin |
| B. | George B.Selden |
| C. | Seymour Cray |
| D. | Bob Kahn |
| Answer» C. Seymour Cray | |
| 164. |
……………….of Cambridge developed a subset of CPL called BCPL (Basic Computer Programming Language, 1967). |
| A. | Martin Richards |
| B. | George B.Selden |
| C. | Todd Anderson |
| D. | Larry Augustin |
| Answer» A. Martin Richards | |
| 165. |
In 1970 …………………of Bell Labs developed yet another simplification of CPL called simply B, in connection with an early implementation of the UNIX operating system. |
| A. | Ken Thompson |
| B. | George B.Selden |
| C. | Larry Augustin |
| D. | Lawrence Roberts |
| Answer» A. Ken Thompson | |
| 166. |
………………….invented the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) which introduced electronic binary logic in the late 1930s. |
| A. | Lawrence Roberts |
| B. | Howard Aiken |
| C. | George B.Selden |
| D. | John Atanasoff |
| Answer» D. John Atanasoff | |
| 167. |
…………………first machine was known as Mark I and originally named the IBM ASCC and this was the first machine that could solve complicated mathematical problems by being programmed to execute a series of controlled operations in a specific sequence. |
| A. | Bob Kahn’s |
| B. | George B.Selden’s |
| C. | Lawrence Roberts’ |
| D. | Howard Aiken’s |
| Answer» D. Howard Aiken’s | |
| 168. |
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was displayed to the public on February 14, 1946, at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of………………….. |
| A. | Georgia |
| B. | Massachusetts |
| C. | California |
| D. | Pennsylvania |
| Answer» D. Pennsylvania | |
| 169. |
The DEHOMAG D11 tabulator was invented in…………... |
| A. | California |
| B. | Harvard |
| C. | Massachusetts |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» D. Germany | |
| 170. |
…………….is popularly recognized in Germany as the father of the computer and his Z1, a programmable automaton built from 1936 to 1938, is said to be the world’s ‘first programmable calculating machine’. |
| A. | Peter Scott |
| B. | Lawrence Roberts |
| C. | Ray Tomlinson |
| D. | Korad Zuse |
| Answer» D. Korad Zuse | |
| 171. |
…………..built the Z4, a relay computer with a mechanical memory of unique design, during the war years in Berlin. |
| A. | Korad Zuse |
| B. | Eduard Stiefel |
| C. | Dr. Heinz |
| D. | George B.Selden |
| Answer» A. Korad Zuse | |
| 172. |
During the World war II, a young German engineer, ……………studied the application of electronic analog circuits for the guidance and control system of liquid-propellant rockets and developed a special purpose analog computer, the ‘Mischgerat’ and integrated it into the rocket. |
| A. | Peter Scott |
| B. | George B.Selden |
| C. | Lawrence Roberts |
| D. | Helmut Hoelzer |
| Answer» D. Helmut Hoelzer | |
| 173. |
The Colossus was designed and constructed at the Post Office Research Laboratories at Dollis Hill in North ……………..in 1943 to help Bletchley Park in decoding intercepted German telegraphic messages. |
| A. | Oxford |
| B. | Harvard |
| C. | Cambridge |
| D. | London |
| Answer» D. London | |
| 174. |
………………, supercomputer and Internet pioneer, was born in 1954, in Nigeria, Africa. |
| A. | Philip Emeagwali |
| B. | George B.Selden |
| C. | Todd Anderson |
| D. | Larry Augustin |
| Answer» A. Philip Emeagwali | |
| 175. |
A computer ……………is a computer peripheral device that produces a hard copy (permanent human-readable text and/or graphics, usually on paper) from data stored in a computer connected to it. |
| A. | printer |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | ARPANET |
| D. | scanner |
| Answer» A. printer | |
| 176. |
The ………..is a computer printer for printing vector graphics. |
| A. | plotter |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | scanner |
| D. | ARPANET |
| Answer» A. plotter | |
| 177. |
A ………….is a device that captures images from photographic prints, posters, magazine pages, and similar sources for computer editing and display. |
| A. | scanner |
| B. | ARPANET |
| C. | ICT |
| D. | Mouse |
| Answer» A. scanner | |
| 178. |
A …………..is a small device that a computer user pushes across a desk surface in order to point to a place on a display screen and to select one or more actions to take from that position. |
| A. | Mouse |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | ARPANET |
| D. | open source |
| Answer» A. Mouse | |
| 179. |
A computer …………………is an important device that allows a person to enter symbols like letters and numbers into a computer. |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | ARPANET |
| C. | open source |
| D. | Mouse |
| Answer» A. Keyboard | |
| 180. |
A ………….is the main device used in the field of digital photography. |
| A. | Digital camera |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | ARPANET |
| D. | Mouse |
| Answer» A. Digital camera | |
| 181. |
A …………..is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. |
| A. | joystick |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | DRM |
| D. | ARPANET |
| Answer» A. joystick | |
| 182. |
…………….also known as 'control columns'. |
| A. | Joysticks |
| B. | barcode reader |
| C. | ICT |
| D. | ARPANET |
| Answer» A. Joysticks | |
| 183. |
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a ……………-owned utility that provides users with positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services. |
| A. | U.S |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | China |
| D. | Britain |
| Answer» A. U.S | |
| 184. |
A ……………..is an electronic device for reading printed barcodes. |
| A. | Barcode reader |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | DRM |
| D. | ARPANET |
| Answer» A. Barcode reader | |
| 185. |
Like a flatbed scanner, …………. consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses into electrical ones. |
| A. | Barcode reader |
| B. | CD |
| C. | DVD |
| D. | ICT |
| Answer» A. Barcode reader | |
| 186. |
An ………………is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and periodicals. |
| A. | e-book reader |
| B. | ARPANET |
| C. | open source |
| D. | Barcode reader |
| Answer» A. e-book reader | |
| 187. |
……………….. are a form of digital storage media found in personal computers and servers. |
| A. | Hard drives |
| B. | server |
| C. | clients |
| D. | ICT |
| Answer» A. Hard drives | |
| 188. |
………………….. are collections of computers, software, and hardware that are all connected to help their users work together. |
| A. | DRM |
| B. | Networks |
| C. | Hard drives |
| D. | server |
| Answer» B. Networks | |
| 189. |
A ……………connects computers by means of cabling systems, specialized software, and devices that manage data traffic. |
| A. | Network |
| B. | open source |
| C. | Hard drives |
| D. | clients |
| Answer» A. Network | |
| 190. |
A …………………enables users to share files and resources, such as printers, as well as send messages electronically (e-mail) to each other. |
| A. | ICT |
| B. | Network |
| C. | Cyberethics |
| D. | DRM |
| Answer» B. Network | |
| 191. |
A ……………..connects computers within a single geographical location, such as one office building, office suite, or home. |
| A. | LAN |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | Cyberethics |
| D. | DRM |
| Answer» A. LAN | |
| 192. |
A mobile phone also known as a ………………. |
| A. | LAN |
| B. | Cellular phone |
| C. | open source |
| D. | DRM |
| Answer» B. Cellular phone | |
| 193. |
.………………….is a standard switching technique, designed to unify telecommunication and computer networks. |
| A. | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| B. | digital split |
| C. | Cyberethics |
| D. | DRM |
| Answer» A. Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
| 194. |
………………… uses asynchronous time-division multiplexing, and it encodes data into small, fixed-sized cells. |
| A. | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | ARPANET |
| D. | open source |
| Answer» A. Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
| 195. |
…………….provides data link layer services that run over a wide range of OSI physical Layer links. |
| A. | Cyberethics |
| B. | digital split |
| C. | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| D. | ARPANET |
| Answer» C. Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
| 196. |
………………..has functional similarity with both circuit switched networking and small packet switched networking. |
| A. | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| B. | ICT |
| C. | DRM |
| D. | digital split |
| Answer» A. Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
| 197. |
……………………was designed for a network that must handle both traditional high-throughput data traffic (e.g., file transfers), and realtime, low-latency content such as voice and video. |
| A. | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| B. | digital split |
| C. | Cyberethics |
| D. | open source |
| Answer» A. Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
| 198. |
…………………is a core protocol used over the SONET/SDH backbone of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), but its use is declining in favour of All IP. |
| A. | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| B. | digital split |
| C. | ICT |
| D. | IPR |
| Answer» A. Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
| 199. |
……………is a social issue referring to the differing amount of information between those who have access to the Internet (especially broadband access) and those who do not have access. |
| A. | Cyberethics |
| B. | Digital Divide |
| C. | IPR |
| D. | DRM |
| Answer» B. Digital Divide | |
| 200. |
………………..is the study of ethics pertaining to computer networks, encompassing user behavior and what networked computers are programmed to do, and how this affects individuals and society. |
| A. | Open source |
| B. | DRM |
| C. | Cyberethics |
| D. | Digital Divide |
| Answer» C. Cyberethics | |
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