Question 1

Programming languages were developed in order to

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A)  make it possible to program computers in English. 
B)  make programming faster and less error-prone. 
C)  speed translations between English and Russian during the Cold War. 
D)  improve the computation speed of computers, which were very expensive. 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  make it possible to program computers in English. 
B)  make programming faster and less error-prone. 
C)  speed translations between English and Russian during the Cold War. 
D)  improve the computation speed of computers, which were very expensive. 
E)  All of the above. B

Question 2

A key application that first made personal computers more attractive to business was

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A)  the spreadsheet program. 
B)  the World Wide Web. 
C)  desktop publishing. 
D)  video editing. 
E)  email. 
A)  the spreadsheet program. 
B)  the World Wide Web. 
C)  desktop publishing. 
D)  video editing. 
E)  email. A

Question 3

ARPA Director J.C.R. Licklider conceived of a Galactic Network that would

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A)  control weapons from space. 
B)  guide spacecraft to distant planets. 
C)  become the world's most powerful number-crunching machine. 
D)  facilitate the exchange of programs and data. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  control weapons from space. 
B)  guide spacecraft to distant planets. 
C)  become the world's most powerful number-crunching machine. 
D)  facilitate the exchange of programs and data. 
E)  All of the above D

Question 4

Punched card tabulation was invented by Herman Hollerith, an employee of

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A)  the Pennsylvania Railroad. 
B)  the Census Bureau. 
C)  the Pennsylvania Steel Company. 
D)  the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. 
E)  IBM. 
A)  the Pennsylvania Railroad. 
B)  the Census Bureau. 
C)  the Pennsylvania Steel Company. 
D)  the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. 
E)  IBM.

Question 5

Hypertext is supposed to mimic

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A)  the associative memory of human beings. 
B)  the way that creeks flow into streams and streams merge into rivers. 
C)  constellations in the night sky. 
D)  road networks. 
E)  the way that some people "channel surf" with a remote control. 
A)  the associative memory of human beings. 
B)  the way that creeks flow into streams and streams merge into rivers. 
C)  constellations in the night sky. 
D)  road networks. 
E)  the way that some people "channel surf" with a remote control.

Question 6

Nearly all early telephones were installed in businesses, because

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A)  people were afraid that telephones were dangerous. 
B)  people thought that the government was using telephones as eavesdropping devices. 
C)  only men were allowed to use a telephone. 
D)  most homes did not have electricity. 
E)  leasing a telephone was expensive. 
A)  people were afraid that telephones were dangerous. 
B)  people thought that the government was using telephones as eavesdropping devices. 
C)  only men were allowed to use a telephone. 
D)  most homes did not have electricity. 
E)  leasing a telephone was expensive.

Question 7

The mechanical adding machines of Pascal and Leibniz were not widely adopted because

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A)  they were too expensive. 
B)  there were unreliable. 
C)  they were too difficult to program. 
D)  they could not handle fractions. 
E)  bookkeepers successfully lobbied the King, and he made the machines illegal. 
A)  they were too expensive. 
B)  there were unreliable. 
C)  they were too difficult to program. 
D)  they could not handle fractions. 
E)  bookkeepers successfully lobbied the King, and he made the machines illegal.

Question 8

Which of the following was not an early programming language?

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A)  BASIC 
B)  COBOL 
C)  DATA-FLOW 
D)  FLOW-MATIC 
E)  FORTRAN 
A)  BASIC 
B)  COBOL 
C)  DATA-FLOW 
D)  FLOW-MATIC 
E)  FORTRAN

Question 9

A Web browser enables you to

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A)  view Web pages. 
B)  edit Web pages. 
C)  create Web pages. 
D)  delete Web pages. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  view Web pages. 
B)  edit Web pages. 
C)  create Web pages. 
D)  delete Web pages. 
E)  All of the above

Question 10

One of the first and most important applications of the ARPANET was

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A)  email. 
B)  voice mail. 
C)  spreading computer viruses. 
D)  disseminating anti-Communist propaganda to American citizens. 
E)  stealing secrets from the Soviet Union. 
A)  email. 
B)  voice mail. 
C)  spreading computer viruses. 
D)  disseminating anti-Communist propaganda to American citizens. 
E)  stealing secrets from the Soviet Union.

Question 11

Which of the following phrases does not describe the Gilded Age in America?

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A)  rapid industrialization 
B)  economic expansion 
C)  widespread electrification 
D)  concentration of corporate power 
E)  corporate mergers 
A)  rapid industrialization 
B)  economic expansion 
C)  widespread electrification 
D)  concentration of corporate power 
E)  corporate mergers

Question 12

Which statement best supports the conclusion that society can control whether to adopt a new technology?

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A)  No new nuclear power plants were built in the United States for 25 years after the accident at Three Mile Island. 
B)  About half of all email messages are spam. 
C)  Despite decades of research, fusion power is an elusive goal. 
D)  People do not have to listen to Rush Limbaugh if they do not want to. 
E)  Some new technologies are simply too expensive to even consider adopting. 
A)  No new nuclear power plants were built in the United States for 25 years after the accident at Three Mile Island. 
B)  About half of all email messages are spam. 
C)  Despite decades of research, fusion power is an elusive goal. 
D)  People do not have to listen to Rush Limbaugh if they do not want to. 
E)  Some new technologies are simply too expensive to even consider adopting.

Question 13

The first popular personal computer with a graphical user interface was the

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A)  Apple Macintosh. 
B)  Compaq Presario. 
C)  IBM PC. 
D)  NeXT workstation. 
E)  Tandy TRS-80. 
A)  Apple Macintosh. 
B)  Compaq Presario. 
C)  IBM PC. 
D)  NeXT workstation. 
E)  Tandy TRS-80.

Question 14

Which company produced the System/360, a family of 19 compatible mainframe computers?

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A)  Fujitsu 
B)  Hewlett-Packard 
C)  IBM 
D)  Intel 
E)  Texas Instruments 
A)  Fujitsu 
B)  Hewlett-Packard 
C)  IBM 
D)  Intel 
E)  Texas Instruments

Question 15

In the fourth century the codex replaced the scroll because

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A)  it was more durable, and it was much easier to look up a particular passage. 
B)  it was much lighter, and it could be made much more rapidly. 
C)  Gutenberg's printing press had just been invented. 
D)  there was a worldwide shortage of papyrus. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  it was more durable, and it was much easier to look up a particular passage. 
B)  it was much lighter, and it could be made much more rapidly. 
C)  Gutenberg's printing press had just been invented. 
D)  there was a worldwide shortage of papyrus. 
E)  All of the above

Question 16

A common name for a wireless Internet access point is

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A)  broadband hub. 
B)  hotspot. 
C)  Internet access-ory. 
D)  Internet café. 
E)  wap. 
A)  broadband hub. 
B)  hotspot. 
C)  Internet access-ory. 
D)  Internet café. 
E)  wap.

Question 17

A typewriter that prints a message transmitted over a telegraph line is called a

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A)  computer. 
B)  monitor. 
C)  teletype. 
D)  terminal. 
E)  transponder. 
A)  computer. 
B)  monitor. 
C)  teletype. 
D)  terminal. 
E)  transponder.

Question 18

The calculating machine of Georg and Edvard Sheutz

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A)  computed the values of polynomial functions. 
B)  typeset the results of its computations. 
C)  performed calculations faster than they could be done manually. 
D)  performed calculations more reliably than they could be done manually. 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  computed the values of polynomial functions. 
B)  typeset the results of its computations. 
C)  performed calculations faster than they could be done manually. 
D)  performed calculations more reliably than they could be done manually. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 19

Who wrote "An Open Letter to Hobbyists," complaining about software theft?

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A)  Stewart Brand 
B)  Bob Frankston 
C)  Bill Gates 
D)  Steve Jobs 
E)  Steve Wozniak 
A)  Stewart Brand 
B)  Bob Frankston 
C)  Bill Gates 
D)  Steve Jobs 
E)  Steve Wozniak

Question 20

The two principal catalysts for the Information Age have been

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A)  books and pamphlets. 
B)  computers and communication networks. 
C)  movie theaters and public parks. 
D)  newspapers and magazines. 
E)  the printing press and the telegraph. 
A)  books and pamphlets. 
B)  computers and communication networks. 
C)  movie theaters and public parks. 
D)  newspapers and magazines. 
E)  the printing press and the telegraph.

Programming languages were developed in order to

A key application that first made personal computers more attractive to business was

ARPA Director J.C.R. Licklider conceived of a Galactic Network that would

Punched card tabulation was invented by Herman Hollerith, an employee of

Hypertext is supposed to mimic

Nearly all early telephones were installed in businesses, because

The mechanical adding machines of Pascal and Leibniz were not widely adopted because

Which of the following was not an early programming language?

A Web browser enables you to

One of the first and most important applications of the ARPANET was

Which of the following phrases does not describe the Gilded Age in America?

Which statement best supports the conclusion that society can control whether to adopt a new technology?

The first popular personal computer with a graphical user interface was the

Which company produced the System/360, a family of 19 compatible mainframe computers?

In the fourth century the codex replaced the scroll because

A common name for a wireless Internet access point is

A typewriter that prints a message transmitted over a telegraph line is called a

The calculating machine of Georg and Edvard Sheutz

Who wrote "An Open Letter to Hobbyists," complaining about software theft?

The two principal catalysts for the Information Age have been

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Programming languages were developed in order to

A key application that first made personal computers more attractive to business was

ARPA Director J.C.R. Licklider conceived of a Galactic Network that would

Punched card tabulation was invented by Herman Hollerith, an employee of

Hypertext is supposed to mimic

Nearly all early telephones were installed in businesses, because

The mechanical adding machines of Pascal and Leibniz were not widely adopted because

Which of the following was not an early programming language?

A Web browser enables you to

One of the first and most important applications of the ARPANET was

Which of the following phrases does not describe the Gilded Age in America?

Which statement best supports the conclusion that society can control whether to adopt a new technology?

The first popular personal computer with a graphical user interface was the

Which company produced the System/360, a family of 19 compatible mainframe computers?

In the fourth century the codex replaced the scroll because

A common name for a wireless Internet access point is

A typewriter that prints a message transmitted over a telegraph line is called a

The calculating machine of Georg and Edvard Sheutz

Who wrote "An Open Letter to Hobbyists," complaining about software theft?

The two principal catalysts for the Information Age have been

Introduction to Ethics

Networked Communications

Intellectual Property

Information Privacy

Privacy and the Government

Computer and Network Security

Computer Reliability

Professional Ethics

Work and Wealth

Filters