Computer Systems and Programming Quiz

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What is the main function of a computer?

Automating long, tedious tasks during the Industrial Revolution

Enabling communication through the Internet

Performing arithmetic or logical operations automatically (correct)

Acting as a control system for industrial and consumer products

What does a computer system include?

Only the hardware component of a computer

Operating system and generic sets of operations

Peripheral equipment and control systems

Hardware, operating system, and peripheral equipment (correct)

What is an example of a computer network?

A factory device like an industrial robot

The Internet connecting billions of users

A group of linked computers functioning together (correct)

A personal computer or a smartphone

What were early computers primarily used for?

Calculations Signup and view all the answers

What powered the Internet, linking billions of computers and users?

Computers Signup and view all the answers

What is a computer system?

A complete computer with hardware, operating system, and peripheral equipment Signup and view all the answers

What type of devices use computers as control systems?

Both simple special-purpose devices like microwave ovens and factory devices like industrial robots Signup and view all the answers

What powered the Internet, linking billions of other computers and users?

Computers Signup and view all the answers

What were early computers primarily meant to be used for?

Carrying out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically Signup and view all the answers

What do modern digital electronic computers perform?

Generic sets of operations known as programs Signup and view all the answers

Computer Systems and Programming Quiz

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What is the main function of a computer?

What does a computer system include?

What is an example of a computer network?

What were early computers primarily used for?

What powered the Internet, linking billions of computers and users?

What is a computer system?

What type of devices use computers as control systems?

What powered the Internet, linking billions of other computers and users?

What were early computers primarily meant to be used for?

What do modern digital electronic computers perform?

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