Social Science Sec 2

IBM was able to create the System/360 by utilizing which novel technique?

• networking
• timesharing
• store and forward packet switching
• artificial intelligence
• microprogramming

A CRT is most similar to which computer memory device?

• delay lines
• magnetic drums
• core memory system
• Williams tubes
• microchips

Brook’s Law was first introduced in which book?

• The Mythical Man-Month
• The Wealth of Nations
• As We May Think
• On the Economy of Machinery and Manufacturers
• First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC

A program that coordinates all the parts of the computer and allows them to work together is called a(n):

• assembler
• microprocessor
• compiler
• operating system
• software

The computer John Mauchly first proposed to the University of Pennsylvania was

• fully electronic
• fully electric
• partly mechanical
• partly electric
• fully mechanical

Grace Hopper was assigned by the U.S. Navy to assist in programming for the

• Mark I
• UNIVAC
• ENIAC
• BINAC
• EDVAC

Delay lines were typically made with which toxic element?

• lead
• arsenic
• cadmium
• mercury
• beryllium

The successor to the Manchester Baby in England was the

• ENIAC
• Newman 1
• Manchester Mark 1
• EDSAC
• ABC

All of the following were business-oriented programming languages EXCEPT

• FACT
• COBOL
• COMTRAN
• FLOW-MATIC
• FORTRAN

One similarity between the IBM 7090 computer and the IBM 1401 computer was they

• used core memory
• were intended for scientific applications
• were intended for business applications
• did not use transistors
• used microchips