Quiz on Generations of Computers

What is the time period of the 3rd Generation of Computers?

• 1964-1971

• 1956-1963

• 1945-1956

• 1971-now

• Future

What technology was primarily used in the 2nd Generation of Computers?

• Vacuum tubes

• Transistors

• Integrated circuits

• Microprocessors

• Artificial Intelligence

What is an Integrated Circuit (IC)?

• A small chip that can function as an amplifier

• A type of vacuum tube

• A computer processor

• A type of transistor

• None of the above

Alternatively referred to as an electron tube or valve and first developed by John Ambrose Fleming in 1904.

• Vacuum tubes

• Transistors

• Microprocessors with ULSI

• Integrated circuits

• Artificial Intelligence

What does ULSI stand for?

The emeritus chairman of Intel Corporation

• Elon Musk

• William Henry Gates III

• Steve Jobs

• Gordon Moore

The prediction made by American engineer __________ in 1965 that the number of transistors per silicon chip doubles every year.

• Elon Musk

• William Henry Gates III

• Steve Jobs

• Gordon Moore

______ invented the first thermionic vacuum tube, the two-electrode or terminals (diode) while ______ invented the three-element "Audion" (triode) vacuum tube,

• Sir John Ambrose Fleming, Lee de Forest

• Lee de Forest, Sir John Ambrose Fleming

Who quoted this line?

The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.

ULSI is the __ while VLSI is the __.

• 1G, 2G

• 5G, 4G

• 3G, 4G

• 4G, 5G