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Oldies But Goodies

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the early days of computing, mainframe computers were not just the largest computers; they were the only computers and few businesses could afford them.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

A mainframe is what businesses use to host the commercial databases, transaction servers, and applications that require a greater degree of security and availability than is commonly found on smaller-scale machines.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The first general purpose computer, introduced by IBM in 1964, was the:

a)

ISeries

b)

System/370

c)

3390

d)

System/360

4.

Which of the following is NOT a mainframe operating system?

a)

Z/OS

b)

Z/VSE

c)

Z/AIX

d)

Z/VM

5.

What mainframe is this?

a)

The Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10

b)

IBM System/360

c)

Tandem Computers NonStop

d)

Fujitsu-ICL VME BS2000

6.

What are the characteristics of a Tamdem Computer?

a)

It is a Copyrighted trademark of Bill Cosby

b)

Provide automatic high-speed failover in the case of a hardware or software failure

c)

The machine consisted of a least 16 CPUs

d)

It has to be operated by two operators at the same time to perform

7.

What does RDBMS stand for?

a)

relative database model system

b)

relational database mainframe system

c)

rational database management system

d)

relational database management system

8.

What is IBM's family of relational database management system products?

a)

OS390

b)

z/Linux

c)

DB2

d)

SEZ320

9.

One of the earliest computer programming languages was introduced by IBM in 1957. The language was a group effort led by John Backhus. The aim of the language was to help with translating mathematical formulas into machine understandable code. What is the name of this scientific language?

a)

TRANFORM

b)

TRANSFORM

c)

FORMULAX

d)

FORTRAN

10.

This computer programming language was designed by a committee of scientists and the first release was introduced in 1958. What is the name of this language that was created to meet the need for scientific calculations?

a)

ALDOL

b)

ALLAN

c)

ALGOL

d)

ARGON

11.

This computer programming language was introduced by Niklaus Wirth in late 1970. What is the name of the language that was named after a famous French mathematician?

a)

DESCARTES

b)

PASCAL

c)

GAUSS

d)

EULER

12.

This language was developed in the early 1980s by a team headed by Dr. Jean Ichbiah at CII-Honeywell-Bull in France. The language was named after which mathematician, who is also considered to be the first programmer?

a)

Florence Ada Keynes

b)

Ada Louise Huxtable

c)

Ada Fisher

d)

Augusta Ada Lovelace

13.

Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum started implementing this language in late 1989. What was the name of this "reptilian" language that was inspired by Rossum's favourite TV show?

a)

Cobra

b)

Salamander

c)

Toad

d)

Python

14.

Computer scientist and programmer Yukihiro Matsumoto released this language in late 1995. After discussions with a colleague they decided to name the new language after which red gem?

a)

Amethyst

b)

Ruby

c)

Aquamarine

d)

Agate

15.

What programming languages was the first:

a)

IPL

b)

FORTRAN

c)

LISP

d)

ALGOL 58

e)

COBOL

16.

Programming Languages Still in Use:

a)

MATLAB (1984)

b)

Ada (early 1980s)

c)

Smalltalk (1972)

d)

BASIC (1964)

e)

Fortran (1957)