Computer Science Quiz: Historical Concepts

<p>It was completed in 1843. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>ENIAC (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It refers to the process of removing errors from a computer program. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>UNIVAC I (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Technological advancements, particularly Moore’s Law, have enabled more storage capacity to be built into smaller, cheaper components. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The law's exponential growth cannot continue forever due to physical constraints at the atomic level. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>RAM is volatile, meaning data is lost when power is off, while other types of memory retain data even without power. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is widely adopted and used in modern computers and mobile devices. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ALU performs arithmetic calculations and logical operations on data, enabling the computer to solve problems. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Resistive screens use light to detect touch, while capacitive screens rely on electromagnetic fields. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It offers a shorter and more concise way to represent binary data, facilitating easier understanding and manipulation. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The price of storage is inversely proportional to its capacity, with larger capacities costing less. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are typically used for primary storage. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>OMR reads marks on paper while OCR recognizes individual letters. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Employee ID badges (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lower cost for color printing. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It allows simultaneous input from multiple points of contact. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Accelerometers (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To protect the rights of authors and inventors by granting exclusive rights to their work. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Producing more vivid and accurate color than inkjet printers. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That home recording of televised movies would hurt box office returns and ad revenue from future broadcasts. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>$9,250 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Equivocal to stealing a copy of the song. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To create a balance between encouraging free speech and protecting intellectual property rights. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A formal request by a copyright holder to a website to remove infringing content. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Facebook (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by accessing PACER without proper authorization. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The legal right for certain uses of copyrighted material, including criticism, commentary, teaching, scholarship, or research. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increased demand for laptops (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Freeware is a type of software that is freely available with no strings attached (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Project Gutenberg offers a wide variety of translated texts. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>$10^{12}$ bytes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A higher GHz rating indicates a faster processor (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Virtual computers can only be used on personal computers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The development of the internet (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Computer technology has advanced through a series of discrete stages, each marked by a significant technological breakthrough (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

A 19th-century mathematics professor known as the 'father of computing'.

Babbage's early mechanical calculator designed to compute polynomial functions.

Conceived by Babbage as a general-purpose mechanical computer.

First computer programmer who wrote a plan to use the Analytical Engine.

Mathematician known for breaking the Enigma code during WWII and for the Turing Test.

The first electronic digital computer built to break WWII codes.

The first general-purpose electronic digital computer used for artillery calculations.

Pioneering computer scientist who invented the compiler and coined 'debug'.

Early electronic components used in computers before transistors.

Semiconductor devices that replaced vacuum tubes in the 1950s.

Also known as silicon chips, they replaced transistors by the mid-1960s.

Portable personal computers designed for mobility.

Software that allows a computer to run multiple operating systems simultaneously.

Software that is free to use, often basic, but can be well-made.

Software with source code that is freely available to modify and improve.

A measure of processor speed, with 1 GHz equal to 1 billion cycles per second.

The 1984 copyright case where the Motion Picture industry opposed home recording technology.

A lawsuit where Jammie Thomas was fined $222,000 for sharing 24 songs on Kazaa.

Sony claimed making a copy of a song equates to theft during Jammie Thomas's trial.

Legal provisions that protect sites hosting user-shared content from copyright liability if they comply with takedown requests.

Exceptions to copyright for purposes such as criticism, commentary, teaching, or research.

Courts consider the amount of work duplicated and its market effect for fair use determinations.

Co-founder of Reddit and Demand Progress, helped develop RSS and advocated against SOPA.

Faced serious charges for accessing JSTOR and the PACER system, leading to a tragic end.

Input method that recognizes multiple touch points on a touchscreen device.

Sensor that detects motion in vertical or lateral directions and converts it to a digital signal.

Technology that detects marks made on paper, such as those on scantron sheets.

Technology that identifies text characters in images or scanned documents.

Technology that uses radio waves to transmit data between RFID tags and readers.

Non-impact printer that creates images using a laser beam and toner.

Secondary storage devices like floppy disks and hard disks for random data access.

Laws that grant authors exclusive rights to their creative works, generally lasting 70 years post-author's life.

In 1984, $500,000; 2023, 1¢ for storage.

Transistor count doubles every two years on chips.

Temporary storage of programs and data, volatile without power.

Number system using two symbols: 0 and 1.

Base 16 number system using digits 0-9 and letters A-F.

A widely used code for character representation (0-127).

Arithmetic Logic Unit, performs arithmetic and logical operations.

Ergonomic keyboard layout designed for typing efficiency.