Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Tablets, abacuses, and manual tables

Accepted Answer

A)  are no longer used, because of the proliferation of calculators and computers. 
B)  are examples of aids to manual calculating. 
C)  were developed in Western Europe in the late Middle Ages. 
D)  replaced Hindu-Arabic numerals as the preferred way to do calculations. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 3

What term is used to describe a high-speed Internet connection, such as a cable modem or a DSL modem, that is at least 10 times faster than a dial-up Internet connection?

Accepted Answer

A)  broadband 
B)  hypertext 
C)  Internet2 
D)  the Matrix 
E)  World Wide Web

Question 4

Three important aids to manual calculating are .

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

A Web browser enables you to

Accepted Answer

A)  view Web pages. 
B)  edit Web pages. 
C)  create Web pages. 
D)  run programs on many computers at the same time. 
E)  All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following was not an activity of the People's Computer Company, a not-for-profit corporation in the San Francisco area?

Accepted Answer

A)  Publishing a newspaper containing the source code to programs 
B)  Allowing people to rent time on a time-shared computer 
C)  Hosting Friday-evening game-playing sessions 
D)  Promoting a culture in which computer enthusiasts freely shared software 
E)  Developing the world's first graphical user interface

Question 7

The invention of the addressed two challenges faced by department store owners in the late 19^th century: creating detailed sales records and embezzlement by employees.

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Question 8

Which of the following was not a feature of cash registers in the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ability to compute total of purchases 
B)  Ability to print itemized receipts for customers 
C)  Ability to print log of transactions for owners 
D)  Ability to compute amount of change to give customer 
E)  Ability to ring a bell every time cash drawer is opened

Question 9

In the fourth century the codex replaced the scroll because

Accepted Answer

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 10

The company that invented the microprocessor is

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Software that allows multiple users to edit and run their programs simultaneously on the same computer is called

Accepted Answer

A)  a data-processing system. 
B)  an intranet. 
C)  a microprocessor. 
D)  a programming language. 
E)  a time-sharing system..

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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 13

In January 1984 Apple Computer released the Macintosh. The Macintosh is notable because it was the first commodity personal computer with a .

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Question 14

Which of the following phrases best describes a system that inputs data, performs one or more calculations, and produces output data?

Accepted Answer

A)  manual calculator 
B)  digital computer 
C)  data-processing system 
D)  difference engine 
E)  cash register

Question 15

The Pony Express went out of business when

Accepted Answer

A)  the Mexican War ended in 1846. 
B)  the Civil War began in 1861. 
C)  the transcontinental telegraph was completed. 
D)  AT&T completed the national telephone network. 
E)  the radio was invented.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

The power of radio as a medium of mass communication was demonstrated in 1938 when Orson Welles put on a dramatization of

Accepted Answer

A)  War of the Worlds. 
B)  Hamlet. 
C)  Homer's Odyssey. 
D)  the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt. 
E)  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Question 18

What two significant developments made personal computers more attractive to businesses in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

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Question 19

Nearly all early telephones were installed in businesses, because

Accepted Answer

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 20

The software company that provided IBM with the operating system for its PC was

Accepted Answer

A)  Apple. 
B)  Boeing. 
C)  Microsoft. 
D)  Novell. 
E)  Tandy.

Exam 1: Catalysts for Change