1. What invention, developed in 1948, replaced vacuum tubes?
(a)Silicon wafers
(b)Transistors
(c)The CPU
(d)RAM
(e)ROM

2. A keyboard and screen that has little, if any, local processing power is known as a:
(a) supercomputer.
(b) mainframe computer.
(c) timesharing device.
(d) terminal.
(e) None of these

3. Supercomputers:
(a) are smaller in size and processing capability than mainframe computers.
(b) are common in the majority of U.S. households.
(c) contain thousands of microprocessors.
(d) are rarely used by researchers due to their lack of computing capacity
(e) None of these

4. What is a computer that provides software and other resources to computers over a network?
(a) Server
(b) Workstation
(c) Mainframe
(d) Supercomputer
(e) None of these

5. When a user has access to a high-end desktop computer with a large amount of processing power, he or she is using a:
(a) server.
(b) workstation.
(c) supercomputer.
(d) terminal.
(e) None of these

6. Extra-light, ultra mobile notebook computers are sometimes known as:
(a) workstations.
(b) notebooks.
(c) subnotebooks.
(d) laptops.
(e) None of these

7. In regard to a notebook computer, a docking station allows a user to:
(a) connect three or more notebook together into a network.
(b) hook up the notebook computer to optical drives such as a CD or DVD that are never included on notebook computers.
(c) lock the notebook into a secure location because of the high risk of theft of notebook computers.
(d) connect the notebook to other external devices
(e) none of these

8. A computer small enough to fit into a shirt pocket or purse is a:
(a) notebook.
(b) subnotebook.
(c) handheld computer.
(d) mainframe.
(e) None of these

9. Probably the fastest growing segment of the PC market is the area of:
(a) supercomputers.
(b) Workstations.
(c) portable computers.
(d) Macintoshes by Apple.
(e) None of these

10. A negative aspect of portable computers is:
(a) the low price, thus low quality.
(b) the relatively high price and upgrade difficulties.
(c) their non-portability since they all weigh at least 10 pounds.
(d) the unlikelihood that the same high quality software can be loaded on a portable.
(e) None of these

Answers:

1.(b), 2.(d), 3.(c), 4.(a), 5.(b), 6.(c), 7.(d), 8(c), 9.(c), 10.(b)