Chap 1

Question 1 [TB]: According to Moore's law, every:

• [<$>] 2 years, the number of transistors on a chip will double
• [<$>] 4 years, the number of transistors on a chip will double
• [<$>] 3 years, the number of transistors on a chip will double
• [<$>] 1 year, the number of transistors on a chip will double.

Question 2: In what year was the IAS (Institute for Advanced Studies) computer started to be built?

• [<$>] 1943
• [<$>] 1952
• [<$>] 1947
• [<$>] 1946

Question 3: Did the first computer ENIAC have memory that only stored data, stored both programs and data, only stored programs, or was it an electronic lamp?

• [<$>] Only stored data
• [<$>] Stored both programs and data
• [<$>] Only stored programs
• [<$>] It was an electronic lamp

Question 4: According to the von Neumann principle, how is data inputted into a computer?

• [<$>] By punching holes in paper tape
• [<$>] By electric pulse
• [<$>] By electrical signal
• [<$>] By punching holes in cards and manually inserting them

Question 5: What was the computing capability of the first computer ENIAC in terms of the number of additions it could perform per second?

• [<$>] 6000 additions per second
• [<$>] 8000 additions per second
• [<$>] 5000 additions per second
• [<$>] 7000 additions per second

Question 6: The IAS (Institute for Advanced Studies) computer was programmed using which method?

• [<$>] Setting the position of switches and cables
• [<$>] Based on Turing's principle
• [<$>] Based on von Neumann's principle
• [<$>] Based on von Neumann/Turing principle

Question 7: Which component was used in the first ENIAC computer among the following options?

• [<$>] Electronic lamps
• [<$>] Field-effect transistors
• [<$>] Semiconductor ICs
• [<$>] Bipolar transistors

Question 8: According to the von Neumann principle, what is true about memory?

• [<$>] Memory has addresses and the data in memory cells change according to each instruction of the computer program.
• [<$>] Memory is assigned addresses for each memory block, regardless of its content.
• [<$>] Memory has addresses for each memory cell that change according to each instruction, while the content of memory cells cannot be changed.
• [<$>] Memory is assigned addresses for each memory block, and depends on the content of memory cells.

Question 9: An example of firmware in a computer is:

• [<$>] Driver program for the computer's graphics card
• [<$>] Control program in the ROM BIOS
• [<$>] User's application software
• [<$>] MS DOS operating system

Question 10: The first generation of computers is known as the generation of:

• [<$>] Computers that used vacuum tube technology
• [<$>] Computers that used ULSI and SoC microchips
• [<$>] Computers that used transistor technology
• [<$>] Computers that used VLSI microchips