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Appendix A - The History of the Personal Computer Flashcards

1
Q 
Released in 1975, the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ computer was the first personal computer.
A) Altair 
B) TRS-80
C) Apple II
D) Commodore PET
A

A) Altair

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Q

One of the reasons the Apple II computer was popular was that ________.
A) it had a mouse input device
B) the operating system was stored in ROM
C) it had a hard drive
D) it was inexpensive

A

B) the operating system was stored in ROM

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3
Q 
The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ was the first portable computer.
A) Osborne
B) IBM PC
C) Apple Macintosh
D) Intel
A

A) Osborne

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4
Q 
What programming language transformed the software industry because beginning students could learn it easily?
A) APL
B) FORTRAN
C) RPG
D) BASIC
A

D) BASIC

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5
Q 
Which company approached Bill Gates to write an operating system program for its computer?
A) Microsoft
B) Xerox
C) IBM
D) UNIVAC
A

C) IBM

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Q 
Steve Wozniak designed this in 1978, which fostered the development of DOS.
A) 5.25 inch floppy disk
B) 8.5 inch floppy disk
C) Platter hard drive
D) Compact Disk
A

A) 5.25 inch floppy disk

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7
Q 
Introduced in the late 1970s, which of the following allowed users to interact more easily with the computer?
A) Word processing software
B) The graphical user interface (GUI)
C) The operating system
D) ROM
A

B) The graphical user interface (GUI)

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8
Q 
What was the first word processing application to be used on personal computers?
A) WordPerfect
B) WordStar
C) Microsoft Word
D) Quattro-Pro
A

B) WordStar

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Q 
The Alto computer, built by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, was the first to use a graphical user interface (GUI).
A) Apple
B) Microsoft
C) Xerox
D) IBM
A

C) Xerox

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Q 
Released in 1993, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ was the first Internet web browser.
A) Internet Explorer
B) Mosaic
C) Safari
D) Chrome
A

B) Mosaic

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Q 
Completed in 1951, the first commercially successful electronic digital computer was the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A) Turing Machine
B) UNIVAC
C) Z1
D) ENIAC
A

B) UNIVAC

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12
Q

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were the founders of ________.

A

Apple

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Q

Prior to the 1980s, IBM built and sold primarily ________ computers to large corporations.

A

mainframe

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Q

Within a year of its introduction in 1981, the ________ dominated the personal computer market.

A

IBM PC

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Q

________ was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

A

Microsoft

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16
Q

Data on the earliest personal computers were stored on ________.

A

audiocassettes

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17
Q

WYSIWYG stands for ________.

A

what you see is what you get

18
Q

Introduced in 1983, the ________ was the first successful personal computer that used a graphical user interface (GUI).

A

Lisa

19
Q

VisiCalc was the first electronic ________ application.

A

spreadsheet

20
Q

The CP/M, which stands for ________, was the first operating system designed for the Intel 8080 chip, the first processor for PCs.

A

Control Program for Microcomputers

21
Q

In the 1980s, nearly all PCs running on the Intel chip used ________ as their operating system.

A

DOS

22
Q

DOS stands for ________.

A

disk operating system

23
Q

The Tabulating Machine Company later changed its name to ________.

A

International Business Machines (IBM)

24
Q

Computers that use ________ are referred to as third-generation computers.

A

integrated circuits

25
Q

The Intel Corporation introduced the ________, which was a chip that contained millions of transistors.

A

microprocessor chip

26
Q

________-generation computers used vacuum tubes.

A

first

27
Q

The UNIVAC was the first computer to use ________ for data storage

A

magnetic tape

28
Q

Released in 1984, the Apple Macintosh was the first computer that used 3.5-inch floppy disks.

A

TRUE

29
Q

Charles Babbage designed the first automatic calculator in 1834.

A

TRUE

30
Q

BASIC was the first programming language ever developed.

A

FALSE

31
Q

Second-generation computers replaced tubes with transistors.

A

TRUE

32
Q

The Z1 is thought to be the first computer to include features such as a control unit and separate memory functions.

A

TRUE

33
Q

ENIAC was the first commercially successful electronic digital computer.

A

TRUE

34
Q

The Turing Machine was a computer that entered the commercial market.

A

FALSE

35
Q

Grace Hopper coined the term computer bug when the Harvard Mark 1 malfunctioned when a moth flew into it.

A

TRUE

36
Q

Computers that used integrated circuits are referred to as third-generation computers.

A

TRUE

37
Q

The world’s first integrated circuit was developed at Texas Instruments.

A

TRUE

38
Q

A compiler is a program that translates computer language instructions into English.

A

FALSE

39
Q 
Match each of the following names to their association:
I.	Jack Kilby
II.	Steve Jobs
III.	Bill Gates
IV.	Charles Babbage
V.	Grace Hopper
A.	a co-founder of Apple Corporation
B.	developed the first compiler
C.	"father of computing"
D.	co-founder of Microsoft
E.	invented the first integrated circuit
A

E, A, D, C, B

40
Q 
Match each of the following computer generations to its technology:
I.	pre-generation
II.	first-generation
III.	second-generation
IV.	third-generation
V.	fourth-generation
A.	microprocessor chips
B.	vacuum tubes
C.	integrated circuits
D.	transistors
E.	mechanical switches
A

E, B, D, C, A

41
Q 
Match each of the following computer applications to its definition:
I.	PageMaker
II.	WordStar
III.	Excel
IV.	Netscape
V.	VisiCalc

A. one of the first electronic spreadsheets to use a GUI
B. an early web browser
C. first desktop publishing software
D. first word processing application
E. first electronic spreadsheet application

A

C, D, A, B, E

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