COMP1: Quiz No. 1

In 1642, a mechanical adding calculator was developed, Pascaline, named after Blaise Pascal. At this time, people has developed what type of fear?

• Tachophobia
• Technophobia
• Trichophobia
• Tonitrophobia

Many of the English mathematician Charles Babbage’s projects never completed, like the Difference Engine. Which of these is not the reason?

• Lack of resources
• Lack of technology
• Lack of talent
• Lack of workforce

Herman Hollerith designed a punch card system to calculate the 1880 census. He then established a company that would ultimately become IBM, which stands for

• International Business Machines
• Information-based Management
• Industrial Benchmarking Methodology
• Intelligent Business Machines

In 1939, HP was founded by David and Bill in a garage in Palo Alto, California. What does HP mean?

• Harry Potter
• Hewlett Packard
• Howard Packet
• Hugh Packard

The grandfather of digital computers, which fills a 20-foot by 40-foot room and has 18,000 vacuum tubes is known as?

• ENIAC
• EDVAC
• INEAC
• IDVAC

The first generation of computers ended up with the invention of what hardware component in 1947?

• Integrated Circuit
• Vacuum Tube
• Transistor
• Microprocessor

In the earlier years of the second generation of computers, Grace Hopper developed the first computer language, which eventually became known as?

• COBOL
• C++
• Java
• ForTran

What has been invented that triggered the transition from the second to the third generation of computers?

• Integrated Circuit
• Vacuum Tube
• Transistor
• Microprocessor

In 1964, Douglas Engelbart showed a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a GUI. What does GUI stand for?

• Graphical User Integration
• Graphical User Interface
• Grid User Interface
• Grouped User Interactions

UNIX, the first operating system was developed at the Bell Labs. However, it did not gain the home users market. Why?

• Expensive
• Complicated
• Slow
• None of these