Crash Course 1-10 Review

Which of the following is not a phase of operation for the CPU of a computer? 

• Decode Phase
• Execute Phase
• Fetch Phase
• Terminate Phase

Computers are the lifeblood of today's world. 

• True
• False

We are living ins a time likely to be remembered as the ____________. 

• Space Age
• Revolutionary Age
• Electronic Age
• Industrial Age

What is the oldest or earliest device recognized for computing? 

• Astrolabe 
• Calculator
• Slide Rule
• Abacus

What is true about the first noted computer programmer?

• He was a man.
• She was only 12 years old.
• She was a woman.
• He was 5 feet tall. 

Who is considered the father of computing? 

• Ada Lovelace
• Albert Einstein
• Charles Babbage
• Herman Hollerith

The first computers were ______ devices and they  were expensive and prone to errors. 

• small
• large
• simple
• inexpensive

Where did the term computer bug come from? 

• Bug stands for Bad Unavailable Gadget
• Inventor's name was Bug Grace
• The first hacker used the term
• There was a moth in a malfunctioning relay

We can use binary as 1s and 0s instead of trues and falses. 

• True
• False

Why do we call logic gates, gates?

• They let things in and out of the computer
• They're controlling the path of our current
• They are shaped like a cattle gate
• This is the term that the inventor wanted to use