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Quizzes: Chapter 01: 1. A. B. C. D

The document contains a 15 question quiz about the history and components of computers. It tests knowledge about the von Neumann model, components like the ALU and memory, early computers like the ENIAC and EDVAC, and the separation of programming and operation tasks enabled by operating systems. Example answers provided include the von Neumann model, memory subsystem, ALU subsystem, and input/output subsystem.

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Quizzes: Chapter 01: 1. A. B. C. D

The document contains a 15 question quiz about the history and components of computers. It tests knowledge about the von Neumann model, components like the ALU and memory, early computers like the ENIAC and EDVAC, and the separation of programming and operation tasks enabled by operating systems. Example answers provided include the von Neumann model, memory subsystem, ALU subsystem, and input/output subsystem.

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Quizzes: Chapter 01

1. The _______ model is the basis for today’s computers.


a. Leibnitz
b. von Neumann
c. Pascal
d. Charles Babbage

2. In a computer, the _______ subsystem stores data and programs.


a. ALU
b. input/output
c. memory
d. control unit

3. In a computer, the _______ subsystem performs calculations and logical opera-


tions.
a. ALU
b. input/output
c. memory
d. control unit

4. In a computer, the _______ subsystem accepts data and programs and sends pro-
cessing results to output devices.
a. ALU
b. input/output
c. memory
d. control unit

5. In a computer, the _______ subsystem serves as a manager of the other subsys-


tems.
a. ALU
b. input/output
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c. memory
d. control unit

6. According to the von Neumann model, _______ are stored in memory.


a. only data
b. only programs
c. data and programs
d. neither data nor programs

7. A step-by-step solution to a problem is called _______.


a. hardware
b. an operating system
c. a computer language
d. an algorithm

8. FORTRAN and COBOL are examples of _______.


a. hardware
b. operating systems
c. computer languages
d. algorithms

9. A 17th-century computing machine that could perform addition and subtraction


was the _______.
a. Pascaline
b. Jacquard loom
c. Analytical Engine
d. Babbage machine

10. _______ is a set of instructions in a computer language that tells the computer what
to do with data.
a. An operating system
b. An algorithm
c. A data processor
d. A program
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11. _______ is the design and writing of a program in structured form.


a. Software engineering
b. Hardware engineering
c. Algorithm development
d. Instructional architecture

12. The first electronic special-purpose computer was called _______.


a. Pascal
b. Pascaline
c. ABC
d. ENIAC

13. One of the first computers based on the von Neumann model was called _______.
a. Pascal
b. Pascaline
c. ABC
d. EDVAC

14. The first computing machine to use the idea of storage and programming was
called _______.
a. the Madeline
b. EDVAC
c. the Babbage machine
d. the Jacquard loom

15. _______ separated the programming task from computer operation tasks.
a. Algorithms
b. Data processors
c. High-level programming languages
d. Operating systems

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