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Crash Course Computer Science #17 - Integrated Circuits

Computers

9th - 12th Grade

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Crash Course Computer Science #17 - Integrated Circuits
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The growth and sophistication of software would not be possible with improvements in...

hardware

logic gates

algorithms

memory

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

From roughly the 1940s through the mid-1960s, every computer was built from individual parts, called ___, all wired together.

camouflaged transistors

concealed boxes

hidden circuits

discrete components

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Transistors were better than vacuum tubes. What were the advantages?

they were smaller

they operated faster

they were more reliable

they were harder to find

4.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Although ​ (a)   and smaller, ​ (b)   didn't solve the ​ (c)   . It was getting unwieldy to design, let alone physically ​ (d)   computers with hundreds of thousands of individual ​ (e)   .

faster
discrete transistors
tyranny of numbers
manufacture
components

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Jack Kilby create?

individual circuits

integrated circuits

electric circuits

encapsulated circuits

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Fairchild use in his ICs that was better than Kirby's ICs?

silicon

gold

titanium

plastic

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

​ (a)   are sort of like ​ (b)   for computer engineers - ​ (c)   that can be arranged into an infinite array of ​ (d)   .

ICs
lego
building blocks
possible designs

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