Computer History Quiz 5

Which company was the first to introduce a personal computer?

• IBM

• Apple

• Commodore

• Atari

What was the first successful coin-operated video game console?

• Pac Man

• Centipede

• Pong

• Breakout

Which programming language was developed for beginners and widely taught in universities and high schools?

• FORTRAN

• COBOL

• BASIC

• Pascal

Which operating system was the first to incorporate a graphical user interface (GUI)?

• MS-DOS

• CP/M

• OS/2

• Windows

Which computer company introduced the IBM System/360, a unified computer platform for both scientific and business use?

• IBM

• UNIVAC

• Burroughs

• NCR

Which computer company transitioned from electromechanical accounting equipment to computers by acquiring Computer Research Corporation?

• IBM

• UNIVAC

• Burroughs

• NCR

Which computer companies were known as the 'BUNCH' and competed with IBM in the 1960s?

• Burroughs

• UNIVAC

• NCR

• Honeywell

Which computer company developed the first computerized spreadsheet, VisiCalc?

• IBM

• Apple

• Microsoft

• Commodore

Which computer company created the first successful line of personal computers?

• IBM

• Apple

• Commodore

• Atari

Which computer company dominated the personal computer operating system market in the 1990s?

• IBM

• Apple

• Microsoft

• Commodore