Computer Architecture Quiz

According to Moore's Law, the number of transistors on a chip will double every:

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 3 years

• 1 year

The IAS (Institute for Advanced Studies) computer was started in what year?

• 1943

• 1952

• 1947

• 1946

The first computer, ENIAC, had memory that:

• Only stored data

• Stored both programs and data

• Only stored programs

• Was electronic tubes

According to the Von Neumann principle, data input into a computer is performed by:

• Punching holes in paper tape

• Electromagnetic pulses

• Electrical pulses

• Punching holes in cards and inputting manually

The first computer, ENIAC, could perform:

• 6000 additions per second

• 8000 additions per second

• 5000 additions per second

• 7000 additions per second

High-level languages emerged along with which generation of computers?

• Fourth generation: Computers using VLSI chips (1980s)

• Third generation: Computers using SSI, MSI, and LSI chips (1970s)

• Second generation: Computers using transistors (1960s)

• First generation: Computers using vacuum tubes (1950s)

The first microprocessor, Intel 4004, was introduced in the year:

• 1973

• 1971

• 1961

• 1960

The sum of the two 8-bit unsigned binary numbers 01010101(2) and 01101001(2) is:

The binary number 110010111101(2) corresponds to which hexadecimal value:

The instruction set architecture of a computer includes the instruction set, data types, and operating modes.