Q 01/05

Which daughter of the poet Lord Byron is often called the first computer programmer for her notes on Babbage's Analytical Engine?

A) Ada Lovelace

B) Mary Shelley

C) Mary Somerville

D) Grace Hopper

Answer · why

A) Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace translated an Italian engineer's paper on the Analytical Engine in 1843 and added far longer notes of her own, including the first publis...

Q 02/05

What does the acronym RAM stand for in computing?

A) Read Access Memory

B) Random Application Module

C) Remote Access Mainframe

D) Random Access Memory

Answer · why

D) Random Access Memory

RAM stands for Random Access Memory: any location can be read or written in about the same time regardless of where it physically sits, unlike sequent...

Q 03/05

Which 1977 personal computer was one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers?

A) IBM PC

B) Commodore 64

C) Apple II

D) Altair 8800

Answer · why

C) Apple II

The Apple II came ready to use, with keyboard, power supply and BASIC built into one case, where the earlier Apple I had been a bare board for hobbyis...

Q 04/05

What is the full form of CPU in the context of computer hardware?

A) Central Power Unit

B) Central Processing Unit

C) Core Power Unit

D) Core Processing Unit

Answer · why

B) Central Processing Unit

Central Processing Unit: early CPUs were built from many separate components, until chip designers in 1971 squeezed the whole CPU onto a single chip, ...

Q 05/05

What software manages hardware and resources and provides common services for programs?

A) Operating System

B) Utility Software

C) Application Software

D) Device Driver

Answer · why

A) Operating System

An Operating System was a later invention: the first computers of the 1940s had none and were programmed directly, and the earliest systems of the 195...