CSI101 Quiz 1 5.

According to the Triumph of the Nerds

Understanding Computer Technology video, what was the point of ʻreverse
engineeringʼ:
Name Matthew Hockenberry A
To make sure that the computers
_________________________________ worked

B
In the multiple choice and true and false To ʻcloneʼ a competitors computer
sections, please darken the best answer. C
To find a copy of the system code
D
Each question is worth 2 points apiece. To figure out how to create an
operating system
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION
6. The creator and head of Microsoft, and
1. The acronym GUI means an all-around incredibly wealthy guy is:
A
A
Grayed user information Steve Jobs
B
B
Group user icons Steve Kazmirkowski
C
C
Graphical user interface Jeff Bezos
D
D
Group user interconnect Bill Gates

2. What does OS stand for? 7. According to the Triumph of the Nerds

video, what was needed for a computer
A
Operating Supercomputer to sell successfully?
B
Outstanding Shape A
A monitor
C
Output System B
Windows
D
Operating System C
A GUI
D
3. The acronym RAM means A ʻkillerʼ application
A
Random Access Memory 8. To check your AiNE email, you must go
B
Readily Available Memory to which address
A
C
Read Access Memory stu.aii.edu
D B
Readily Accessible Memory www.hotmail.com
C
www.aii.edu
4. What does CPU stand for? D
www.masscom.edu
A
Convex Processing Unit
B
Central Processing Unit 9. Examples of input devices:
A
C
Cache Point Unit Email, GUI, Icons
D B
Cache Processing Unit Keyboard, mouse, light pen
C
Printer, monitor, modem
D
Hard drive, operating system, system
software
10. The largest printed circuit in a 15. The ______________ is a case that
computer is? contains electronic components of the
A computer that are used to process data
Video card
A
B Storage media
Microprocessor
B
C System unit
Motherboard
C
D
Sound card Central processing unit
D
Flash drive
11. According to the movie, ʻTriumph of
the Nerds,ʼ Visicalc and Lotus 123 were 16. What are the two main components of
both: the motherboard?
A A
Word processing applications Processor and memory
B B
GUIs Sound card and memory
C C
Spreadsheets Processor and monitor
D D
Storage devices The mother and the board

12. ROM stands for: 17. The two numbers (1 & 0, on/off)
A represent a machine coding system,
Read Only Memory
which all computers work off of, and it is
B
Random Only Memory called:
C A
Read Over Memory One-two code
D
Random Opportunity Memory B
Primary Code
C
13. What are the three main stages a Binary Code
D
computer system goes through called: Secondary Code
A
Input, process, output
18. What is the main difference between
B
Import, export, posting RAM and ROM?
C A
Impress, express, impulse RAM stores information permanently
D
Invent, except, prevent and ROM stores information temporarily
B
ROM holds data being used and
14. Which of the following IS NOT RAM holds functions used to perform
considered a ʻstorage deviceʼ?: basic system functions
A
A scanner C
ROM stores programs permanently
B
A hard disk drive and RAM is storage that can be emptied
C when the processing is completed
A USB flash drive D
D They both function the same way
A floppy disk
19. The original, modern, meaning of 24. The first ʻkiller applicationʼ was a:
computer was: A
Word processing application
A
Devices developed from clocks A
Spreadsheet
B
Women who made calculations A
MS_DOS
C
Large warehouses A
PC_Talk
D
Systems designed by Bill Gates
25. Who, besides Bill Gates, helped to
20. A peripheral is: create Microsoft?
A A
A read only program Steve Jobs
B A
The amount it takes for a processor to Paul Allen
read data A
Steve Wozniak
C
A device that connects to the system A
Matthew Hockenberry
unit and is controlled by the processor
D
A form of storage that is re-writable 26. The first computer cheap enough for
individuals to afford was:
21. Select the largest file listed below? A
Apple
A
10 KB B
IBM PC
B
1000 MB C
Gateway
C
10 GB D
Compaq
D
1000 KB
27. The tool developed by the ancient
22. Flash Memory is the latest form of: Babylonians to aid in computations was:
A A
CD-ROM Calculator
B B
Music download software Sliderule
C C
New Reggae band Abacus
D D
Removable storage Abacata

23. Which of the following is the correct 28. A(n) __________is any hardware
progression from smallest to largest? component that allows you to enter data
A and instructions into a computer.
Megabyte, byte, kilobyte, gigabyte, bit
A
B Input device
bit, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte
B
C Output device
byte, kilobyte, gigabyte, bit
C
D
bit, byte, megabyte, kilobyte, gigabyte Memory
D
Storage media
29. Right clicking in windows produces 35. A ______ is a duplicate of a file,
what kind of menu? program, or disk that you can use in case
A the original is lost or damaged.
A coriander menu
A
B diskette

A system menu
B
C cluster

A contextual menu
C
D
The file menu backup

D
Zip
30. What does USB stand for?
A 36. Which of the following are storage
United System Bus
media?
B
Universal Serial Bus A
Floppy disk

C
Universal Speech Button B
Video card

D
It doesnʼt stand for anything C
Motherboard

D
31. What does DOS stand for? All of the above
A
Diagnostic Owner Screen
37. A ______ is an erasable multi-session
B
Disc Optimizing Scanner disc you can write on multiple times.
C A
Disk Operating System CD-R

D
It doesnʼt stand for anything B
CD-RW

C
32. Speakers are considered to be: CD-ROM

D
A CD-RWE
Output devices
B
Input devices 38. ______ measures the amount of time
C
Import devices it takes a storage device to locate an item
D on a storage medium.
Export devices A
Access time

33. __________software serves as the B
Terabyte

interface between the user, the C
application software and the computerís Reading

D
hardware: A Track
A
System
39. Primary storage refers to:
B
Utility A
The hard drive
C
Application B
The C drive, specifically
D
Web Browser C
Memory (RAM)
D
34. This class is: USB Sticks
A
Interesting
B
Boring
40. Briefly list at least five advantages
and at least five disadvantages of
computers in modern society:
Advantages: Communications, speed,
consistency, reliability, storage and more.
Disadvantages: Impact on labor force,
privacy, environment, public safety, health
risks and more.
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TRUE / FALSE SECTION Use either
T
for TRUE or F for False for the
following questions.
46. Modern computers began serious
development for code breaking in World
T F
War II
47. A laptop can be as powerful as a
T F
desktop computer.
48.The ʻTriumph of the Nerdsʼ movie is
basically a history of all of the people who
were responsible for creating the
computer industry. T F
49. The guys that created ʻVisiCalcʼ a
spreadsheet ʻkiller applicationʼ didnít
T F
make a lot of money from it.
50. Microsoft bought the operating
system that has made them billions of
T F
dollars for about $50,000.
Done!

41.The processor and memory are the

two main components of the
T F
motherboard.

42. Data is a collection of unprocessed

T F
items.

43. A collection of web pages is called a

T F
browser.

44. Primary storage usually refers to the

T F Donʼt write here! Your Score:
hard drive
_____50 / 50
45. The class web address is:
____100 / 100%
T F
www.creativesynthesis.net/ai/