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ComputerWikipedia-v1s1

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1. The Turing machine could not have been invented until after the halting problem was solved.

___ a) true
___ b) false


2. The chronological order by which electronic computers advanced is:

___ a) tubes, integrated circuits and then transistors
___ b) tubes, transistors, and then integrated circuits
___ c) transistors, integrated circuits, and then tubes
___ d) integrated circuits, tubes, and then transistors


3. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to predict lunar eclipses

___ a) true
___ b) false


4. A system that uses levers, pulleys, or other mechanical device to perform calculations is called an analog computer

___ a) true
___ b) false


5. The Turing machine permitted a solution to the halting problem

___ a) true
___ b) false


6. A system that uses tables of numbers is called an analog computer

___ a) true
___ b) false


7. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was preceded by such use on the Jacquard loom.

___ a) true
___ b) false


8. Analog computers were phased out by the dawn of the twentieth century (circa 1900)

___ a) true
___ b) false


9. The first English-language usage of the word "computer" referred to

___ a) Roman numerals
___ b) a person
___ c) counting rods
___ d) an abacus


10. In London (circa 1935) thousands of vacuum tubes were used to

___ a) control a textile mill
___ b) control a telephone exchange
___ c) calculate the value of π
___ d) count votes in an election


11. The Turing machine was a(n) ______ device

___ a) prototype
___ b) digital
___ c) analog
___ d) conceptual
___ e) electromechanical


12. The Bombe was a(n) ______________ device used (circa 1940) to defeat the Enigma machine in World War II.}

___ a) Turing-complete
___ b) electric digital programmable
___ c) mechanical
___ d) electromechanical


13. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was later adopted to the Jacquard loom.

___ a) true
___ b) false


14. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to improve The Nautical Almanac.

___ a) true
___ b) false


15. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, divide by 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

___ a) true
___ b) false


16. The Colossus, used to defeat the German Enigma machine during World War II in 1944, was

___ a) Turing-complete
___ b) electromechanical
___ c) mechanical
___ d) electric digital programmable


17. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, add 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

___ a) true
___ b) false


18. Analog computers continued to be developed into the twentieth century

___ a) true
___ b) false


Key to ComputerWikipedia-v1s1

[edit | edit source]

1. The Turing machine could not have been invented until after the halting problem was solved.

- a) true
+ b) false


2. The chronological order by which electronic computers advanced is:

- a) tubes, integrated circuits and then transistors
+ b) tubes, transistors, and then integrated circuits
- c) transistors, integrated circuits, and then tubes
- d) integrated circuits, tubes, and then transistors


3. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to predict lunar eclipses

- a) true
+ b) false


4. A system that uses levers, pulleys, or other mechanical device to perform calculations is called an analog computer

+ a) true
- b) false


5. The Turing machine permitted a solution to the halting problem

+ a) true
- b) false


6. A system that uses tables of numbers is called an analog computer

- a) true
+ b) false


7. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was preceded by such use on the Jacquard loom.

+ a) true
- b) false


8. Analog computers were phased out by the dawn of the twentieth century (circa 1900)

- a) true
+ b) false


9. The first English-language usage of the word "computer" referred to

- a) Roman numerals
+ b) a person
- c) counting rods
- d) an abacus


10. In London (circa 1935) thousands of vacuum tubes were used to

- a) control a textile mill
+ b) control a telephone exchange
- c) calculate the value of π
- d) count votes in an election


11. The Turing machine was a(n) ______ device

- a) prototype
- b) digital
- c) analog
+ d) conceptual
- e) electromechanical


12. The Bombe was a(n) ______________ device used (circa 1940) to defeat the Enigma machine in World War II.}

- a) Turing-complete
- b) electric digital programmable
- c) mechanical
+ d) electromechanical


13. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was later adopted to the Jacquard loom.

- a) true
+ b) false


14. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to improve The Nautical Almanac.

+ a) true
- b) false


15. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, divide by 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

- a) true
+ b) false


16. The Colossus, used to defeat the German Enigma machine during World War II in 1944, was

- a) Turing-complete
- b) electromechanical
- c) mechanical
+ d) electric digital programmable


17. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, add 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

+ a) true
- b) false


18. Analog computers continued to be developed into the twentieth century

+ a) true
- b) false


ComputerWikipedia-v2s1

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1. The Turing machine permitted a solution to the halting problem

___ a) true
___ b) false


2. The first English-language usage of the word "computer" referred to

___ a) counting rods
___ b) an abacus
___ c) a person
___ d) Roman numerals


3. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was later adopted to the Jacquard loom.

___ a) true
___ b) false


4. The chronological order by which electronic computers advanced is:

___ a) tubes, transistors, and then integrated circuits
___ b) integrated circuits, tubes, and then transistors
___ c) transistors, integrated circuits, and then tubes
___ d) tubes, integrated circuits and then transistors


5. In London (circa 1935) thousands of vacuum tubes were used to

___ a) control a textile mill
___ b) calculate the value of π
___ c) count votes in an election
___ d) control a telephone exchange


6. The Turing machine was a(n) ______ device

___ a) prototype
___ b) electromechanical
___ c) conceptual
___ d) digital
___ e) analog


7. Analog computers continued to be developed into the twentieth century

___ a) true
___ b) false


8. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to improve The Nautical Almanac.

___ a) true
___ b) false


9. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was preceded by such use on the Jacquard loom.

___ a) true
___ b) false


10. The Turing machine could not have been invented until after the halting problem was solved.

___ a) true
___ b) false


11. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, add 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

___ a) true
___ b) false


12. Analog computers were phased out by the dawn of the twentieth century (circa 1900)

___ a) true
___ b) false


13. A system that uses tables of numbers is called an analog computer

___ a) true
___ b) false


14. The Bombe was a(n) ______________ device used (circa 1940) to defeat the Enigma machine in World War II.}

___ a) electromechanical
___ b) electric digital programmable
___ c) mechanical
___ d) Turing-complete


15. A system that uses levers, pulleys, or other mechanical device to perform calculations is called an analog computer

___ a) true
___ b) false


16. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to predict lunar eclipses

___ a) true
___ b) false


17. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, divide by 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

___ a) true
___ b) false


18. The Colossus, used to defeat the German Enigma machine during World War II in 1944, was

___ a) mechanical
___ b) Turing-complete
___ c) electric digital programmable
___ d) electromechanical


Key to ComputerWikipedia-v2s1

[edit | edit source]

1. The Turing machine permitted a solution to the halting problem

+ a) true
- b) false


2. The first English-language usage of the word "computer" referred to

- a) counting rods
- b) an abacus
+ c) a person
- d) Roman numerals


3. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was later adopted to the Jacquard loom.

- a) true
+ b) false


4. The chronological order by which electronic computers advanced is:

+ a) tubes, transistors, and then integrated circuits
- b) integrated circuits, tubes, and then transistors
- c) transistors, integrated circuits, and then tubes
- d) tubes, integrated circuits and then transistors


5. In London (circa 1935) thousands of vacuum tubes were used to

- a) control a textile mill
- b) calculate the value of π
- c) count votes in an election
+ d) control a telephone exchange


6. The Turing machine was a(n) ______ device

- a) prototype
- b) electromechanical
+ c) conceptual
- d) digital
- e) analog


7. Analog computers continued to be developed into the twentieth century

+ a) true
- b) false


8. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to improve The Nautical Almanac.

+ a) true
- b) false


9. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was preceded by such use on the Jacquard loom.

+ a) true
- b) false


10. The Turing machine could not have been invented until after the halting problem was solved.

- a) true
+ b) false


11. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, add 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

+ a) true
- b) false


12. Analog computers were phased out by the dawn of the twentieth century (circa 1900)

- a) true
+ b) false


13. A system that uses tables of numbers is called an analog computer

- a) true
+ b) false


14. The Bombe was a(n) ______________ device used (circa 1940) to defeat the Enigma machine in World War II.}

+ a) electromechanical
- b) electric digital programmable
- c) mechanical
- d) Turing-complete


15. A system that uses levers, pulleys, or other mechanical device to perform calculations is called an analog computer

+ a) true
- b) false


16. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to predict lunar eclipses

- a) true
+ b) false


17. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, divide by 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

- a) true
+ b) false


18. The Colossus, used to defeat the German Enigma machine during World War II in 1944, was

- a) mechanical
- b) Turing-complete
+ c) electric digital programmable
- d) electromechanical


ComputerWikipedia-v1s2

[edit | edit source]

1. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was preceded by such use on the Jacquard loom.

___ a) true
___ b) false


2. Analog computers continued to be developed into the twentieth century

___ a) true
___ b) false


3. The Bombe was a(n) ______________ device used (circa 1940) to defeat the Enigma machine in World War II.}

___ a) electric digital programmable
___ b) electromechanical
___ c) Turing-complete
___ d) mechanical


4. The chronological order by which electronic computers advanced is:

___ a) tubes, integrated circuits and then transistors
___ b) transistors, integrated circuits, and then tubes
___ c) integrated circuits, tubes, and then transistors
___ d) tubes, transistors, and then integrated circuits


5. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to improve The Nautical Almanac.

___ a) true
___ b) false


6. A system that uses tables of numbers is called an analog computer

___ a) true
___ b) false


7. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was later adopted to the Jacquard loom.

___ a) true
___ b) false


8. The first English-language usage of the word "computer" referred to

___ a) an abacus
___ b) counting rods
___ c) a person
___ d) Roman numerals


9. The Colossus, used to defeat the German Enigma machine during World War II in 1944, was

___ a) electric digital programmable
___ b) Turing-complete
___ c) electromechanical
___ d) mechanical


10. The Turing machine could not have been invented until after the halting problem was solved.

___ a) true
___ b) false


11. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, divide by 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

___ a) true
___ b) false


12. The Turing machine permitted a solution to the halting problem

___ a) true
___ b) false


13. The Turing machine was a(n) ______ device

___ a) conceptual
___ b) digital
___ c) prototype
___ d) analog
___ e) electromechanical


14. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to predict lunar eclipses

___ a) true
___ b) false


15. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, add 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

___ a) true
___ b) false


16. In London (circa 1935) thousands of vacuum tubes were used to

___ a) calculate the value of π
___ b) control a telephone exchange
___ c) control a textile mill
___ d) count votes in an election


17. A system that uses levers, pulleys, or other mechanical device to perform calculations is called an analog computer

___ a) true
___ b) false


18. Analog computers were phased out by the dawn of the twentieth century (circa 1900)

___ a) true
___ b) false


Key to ComputerWikipedia-v1s2

[edit | edit source]

1. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was preceded by such use on the Jacquard loom.

+ a) true
- b) false


2. Analog computers continued to be developed into the twentieth century

+ a) true
- b) false


3. The Bombe was a(n) ______________ device used (circa 1940) to defeat the Enigma machine in World War II.}

- a) electric digital programmable
+ b) electromechanical
- c) Turing-complete
- d) mechanical


4. The chronological order by which electronic computers advanced is:

- a) tubes, integrated circuits and then transistors
- b) transistors, integrated circuits, and then tubes
- c) integrated circuits, tubes, and then transistors
+ d) tubes, transistors, and then integrated circuits


5. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to improve The Nautical Almanac.

+ a) true
- b) false


6. A system that uses tables of numbers is called an analog computer

- a) true
+ b) false


7. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was later adopted to the Jacquard loom.

- a) true
+ b) false


8. The first English-language usage of the word "computer" referred to

- a) an abacus
- b) counting rods
+ c) a person
- d) Roman numerals


9. The Colossus, used to defeat the German Enigma machine during World War II in 1944, was

+ a) electric digital programmable
- b) Turing-complete
- c) electromechanical
- d) mechanical


10. The Turing machine could not have been invented until after the halting problem was solved.

- a) true
+ b) false


11. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, divide by 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

- a) true
+ b) false


12. The Turing machine permitted a solution to the halting problem

+ a) true
- b) false


13. The Turing machine was a(n) ______ device

+ a) conceptual
- b) digital
- c) prototype
- d) analog
- e) electromechanical


14. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to predict lunar eclipses

- a) true
+ b) false


15. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, add 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

+ a) true
- b) false


16. In London (circa 1935) thousands of vacuum tubes were used to

- a) calculate the value of π
+ b) control a telephone exchange
- c) control a textile mill
- d) count votes in an election


17. A system that uses levers, pulleys, or other mechanical device to perform calculations is called an analog computer

+ a) true
- b) false


18. Analog computers were phased out by the dawn of the twentieth century (circa 1900)

- a) true
+ b) false


ComputerWikipedia-v2s2

[edit | edit source]

1. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to predict lunar eclipses

___ a) true
___ b) false


2. A system that uses tables of numbers is called an analog computer

___ a) true
___ b) false


3. Analog computers were phased out by the dawn of the twentieth century (circa 1900)

___ a) true
___ b) false


4. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was preceded by such use on the Jacquard loom.

___ a) true
___ b) false


5. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, add 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

___ a) true
___ b) false


6. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, divide by 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

___ a) true
___ b) false


7. The chronological order by which electronic computers advanced is:

___ a) tubes, integrated circuits and then transistors
___ b) transistors, integrated circuits, and then tubes
___ c) integrated circuits, tubes, and then transistors
___ d) tubes, transistors, and then integrated circuits


8. The first English-language usage of the word "computer" referred to

___ a) an abacus
___ b) counting rods
___ c) a person
___ d) Roman numerals


9. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was later adopted to the Jacquard loom.

___ a) true
___ b) false


10. The Colossus, used to defeat the German Enigma machine during World War II in 1944, was

___ a) Turing-complete
___ b) mechanical
___ c) electric digital programmable
___ d) electromechanical


11. The Turing machine could not have been invented until after the halting problem was solved.

___ a) true
___ b) false


12. The Turing machine was a(n) ______ device

___ a) electromechanical
___ b) conceptual
___ c) analog
___ d) prototype
___ e) digital


13. A system that uses levers, pulleys, or other mechanical device to perform calculations is called an analog computer

___ a) true
___ b) false


14. The Bombe was a(n) ______________ device used (circa 1940) to defeat the Enigma machine in World War II.}

___ a) mechanical
___ b) electric digital programmable
___ c) electromechanical
___ d) Turing-complete


15. In London (circa 1935) thousands of vacuum tubes were used to

___ a) calculate the value of π
___ b) control a telephone exchange
___ c) control a textile mill
___ d) count votes in an election


16. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to improve The Nautical Almanac.

___ a) true
___ b) false


17. The Turing machine permitted a solution to the halting problem

___ a) true
___ b) false


18. Analog computers continued to be developed into the twentieth century

___ a) true
___ b) false


Key to ComputerWikipedia-v2s2

[edit | edit source]

1. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to predict lunar eclipses

- a) true
+ b) false


2. A system that uses tables of numbers is called an analog computer

- a) true
+ b) false


3. Analog computers were phased out by the dawn of the twentieth century (circa 1900)

- a) true
+ b) false


4. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was preceded by such use on the Jacquard loom.

+ a) true
- b) false


5. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, add 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

+ a) true
- b) false


6. This algorithm halts if it starts at 0:
* Add 3
* If the number is divisible by 10, divide by 10
* Stop if the number exceeds 100
* Go to top

- a) true
+ b) false


7. The chronological order by which electronic computers advanced is:

- a) tubes, integrated circuits and then transistors
- b) transistors, integrated circuits, and then tubes
- c) integrated circuits, tubes, and then transistors
+ d) tubes, transistors, and then integrated circuits


8. The first English-language usage of the word "computer" referred to

- a) an abacus
- b) counting rods
+ c) a person
- d) Roman numerals


9. Babbage's use of punch cards in the 1930s to solve a problem posed by the Astronomical Society was later adopted to the Jacquard loom.

- a) true
+ b) false


10. The Colossus, used to defeat the German Enigma machine during World War II in 1944, was

- a) Turing-complete
- b) mechanical
+ c) electric digital programmable
- d) electromechanical


11. The Turing machine could not have been invented until after the halting problem was solved.

- a) true
+ b) false


12. The Turing machine was a(n) ______ device

- a) electromechanical
+ b) conceptual
- c) analog
- d) prototype
- e) digital


13. A system that uses levers, pulleys, or other mechanical device to perform calculations is called an analog computer

+ a) true
- b) false


14. The Bombe was a(n) ______________ device used (circa 1940) to defeat the Enigma machine in World War II.}

- a) mechanical
- b) electric digital programmable
+ c) electromechanical
- d) Turing-complete


15. In London (circa 1935) thousands of vacuum tubes were used to

- a) calculate the value of π
+ b) control a telephone exchange
- c) control a textile mill
- d) count votes in an election


16. Babbage's account of the origin of the difference engine in the 1820s was that he was working to satisfy the Astronomical Society's desire to improve The Nautical Almanac.

+ a) true
- b) false


17. The Turing machine permitted a solution to the halting problem

+ a) true
- b) false


18. Analog computers continued to be developed into the twentieth century

+ a) true
- b) false


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