IMSE 331 Test #1

Name_________________
Spring 2004 Time: 50 min. Max. Points 100

Answer the following multiple-choice questions. Each question is worth four points.

1. The first mechanical adding machine was invented by:

Joseph Jacquard
Charles Babbage
Blaise Pascal*
Gottfried Leibniz
None of the above

2. Analytical Engine was developed by:

a) Joseph Jacquard
b) Charles Babbage*
c) Herman Hollerith
d) Gottfried Leibniz
e) Blaise Pascal

3. __________ is regarded as father of modern computers:

a) Joseph Jacquard
b) Charles Babbage
c) Herman Hollerith
d) Gottfried Leibniz
e) Blaise Pascal

4. The first electronic computer was

MARK I
ENIAC*
UNIVAC
IBM
None of the above

5. The first generation computers used

a) Vacuum Tubes*
b) Transistors
c) Integrated Circuits
d) VLSI Chips
e) None of the above

6. The fourth generation computers used

a) Vacuum Tubes
b) Transistors
c) Integrated Circuits
d) VLSI Chips*
e) None of the above

7. The key components of microcomputer hardware are:

a) The CPU, primary memory, secondary memory, input/output devices*
b) The CPU, hard disk, floppy disk, and printer.
c) The CPU, ROM, RAM, and Network card
d) The Primary memory, secondary memory, input/output devices
e) None of the above

8. The contents of _________ are lost on power down

a) RAM*
b) ROM
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 c) Floppy Disk
d) Hard Disk
e) None of the above
9. The internal components of a computer are connected by a
a) Train
b) Bus*
c) ROM
d) RAM
e) None of the above

10. The internal operations of the computer are synchronized by

a) Wall Clock
b) Stop Watch
c) System Clock*
d) Atomic Clock
e) None of the above

11. During execution the application program is stored in:

a) CPU
b) RAM*
c) ROM
d) Floppy disk
e) None of the above

12. A common trend in computer hardware is:

a) Smaller, cheaper, faster*
b) Bigger, cheaper, faster
c) Bigger, more expensive, slower
d) Smaller, more expensive, slower
e) None of the above

13. Convert 111011.111 from base 2 to base 10

a) 59.875*
b) 73.7
c) 3B.E
d) E.3B
e) None of the above

14. Convert 281.125 from base 10 to base 2

a) 100011001.001*
b) 100110001.100
c) 011100110.010
d) 011100111.110
e) None of the above

15. Convert 281.125 from base 10 to base 16

a) 431.1
b) 119.2*
c) 119.1
d) 7EEF.1
e) None of the above

16. What is the integer representation of 281? Show the result in hexadecimal
a) 0119*
b) 0431
c) FEE7
d) 7EEF
e) None of the above

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 17. What is the integer representation of -281, in 2’s complement? Show the result in hexadecimal
a) 9110
b) 7EEF
c) FEE7*
d) 0119
e) None of the above
18. What is the floating point representation of 281.125? Show the result in hexadecimal
a) C82C 0009
b) C82A 0009
c) C28C 9000
d) 428C 9000*
e) None of the above

19. What is the floating point representation of -281.125? Show the result in hexadecimal
a) C82C 0009
b) C82A 0009
c) C28C 9000*
d) 428C 9000
e) None of the above

20. Baud rate refers to:

a) Serial communication
b) Parallel communication
c) Synchronous communication
d) Asynchronous communication
e) Transmission speed*
21. Simultaneous communication between the sending device and the receiving device is called:
a) Simplex communication
b) Complex communication
c) Duplex communication
d) Half-Duplex communication
e) Full-Duplex communication*

22. In the serial mode of communication the data is transmitted

a) Serial by bit*
b) Serial by byte
c) Serial by word
d) Serial by block
e) None of the above

23. In the parallel mode of communication data is transmitted:

a) Serial by bit
b) Serial by byte*
c) Serial by word
d) Serial by block
e) None of the above

24. In a star network, the computers are connected in a:

a) In a ring
b) By a bus
c) By a LAN
d) By a server*
e) By a phone

25. The path of each packet in a packet switched network is determined by:
a) The host computer
b) The each node in the network*
c) The dispatcher
d) The central computer
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e) None of the above