1. VB.NET is considered to be a
(A) first-generation language.
(B) package.
(C) higher-level language.
(D) machine language.
2. The person who actually runs a computer program is called a
(A) user.
(B) customer.
(C) client.
(D) tester.
(E) runner.
3. Which of the following is NOT a main component of a personal computer?
(A) microprocessor
(B) disk drive
(C) keyboard
(D) receiver
(E) monitor
4. The data used by a program do not normally come from the
(A) disk.
(B) operator.
(C) screen.
(D) program.
5. A collection of lines of instruction is called a(n)
(A) program.
(B) algorithm.
(C) system.
(D) programmer.
6. Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of the three basic operations of a computer?
(A) input
(B) processing
(C) output
(D) store
7. Software refers to the people who work with computer hardware. (T/F)
1. A cursor is
(A) one of the controls on the monitor.
(B) the roller that moves the paper through the printer.
(C) a blinking vertical line on the screen.
(D) a person using a computer that is not working properly.
(E) one of the keys on the keyboard.
2. To remove a dialog box one should press the
(A) Alt key.
(B) Esc key.
(C) Tab key.
(D) Shift key.
3. Which key is used to move within a dialog box?
(A) Space key
(B) Tab key
(C) Esc key
(D) A cursor key
4. Which of the following actions cannot be done with a mouse?
(A) Point
(B) Click
(C) Double-click
(D) Drag
(E) Erase
(F) Hover
5.
The
6. The End key moves the cursor to the end of the line. (T/F)
7. Clicking on the Maximize button of a window makes the window fill the entire screen. (T/F)
8. Clicking on the Minimize button of a window changes the window into an icon. (T/F)
1. Which of the following does not appear in a filespec?
(A) drive
(B) path
(C) file name
(D) user name
2. Which of the following is NOT a valid filename?
(A) MYFILE.TXT
(B) myfile.txt
(C) sales.txt
(D) mydata*.txt
3. A filename can be no longer than
(A) 25 characters.
(B) 8 characters plus 3 characters for the file extension.
(C) 215 characters.
(D) 2550 characters.
4. A folder is the same as a directory. (T/F)
5. Windows considers the file names "MYDATA.TXT" and "mydata.txt" to be identical. (T/F)
6. The default extension for a file created with Notepad is TXT. (T/F)
7. Filenames can be of any length. (T/F)
1. Programming in VB.NET is different from most other programming environments because first you should
(A) write the code.
(B) input the data.
(C) name the buttons.
(D) draw the user interface.
2. GUI stands for
(A) graphical user interface.
(B) graphing user introduction.
(C) graphical unit interface.
(D) graphical user input.
1. The first large-scale electronic digital general purpose computer to be put into full operation was the ENIAC and was built in the
(A) 1920s.
(B) 1930s.
(C) 1940s.
(D) 1950s.
(E) 1960s.
2. When comparing the conceptual model of computer systems with the personal computer, the CPU relates to the
(A) system unit.
(B) monitor.
(C) microprocessor.
(D) operating system.
3. The first working computer was Charles Babbage's analytical engine. (T/F)
4. The term "debugging a program" originally came from an occurrence in which a moth lodged in a computer's circuitry causing a malfunction. (T/F)
5. In the 1960s Edger W. Dijkstra wrote an article called "The Golden GOTO" in which he stated that the GOTO statement should be used extensively in high-level languages. (T/F)
6. Transistors replaced less efficient vacuum tubes in computers. (T/F)
7. BASIC was invented in the 1940s and was one of the original computer languages. (T/F)
8. John von Neumann developed the stored program concept. (T/F)
9. Stephen Wozniak and Stephen Jobs wrote the first computer program. (T/F)
10. Alan Turing is famous for breaking secret German codes during World War II. (T/F)
11. Match each item in the first column with the associated item in the second column.
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John von Neumann |
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A Developed Fortran. |
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Charles Babbage |
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B Naval rear admiral who coined the word |
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Herman Hollerith |
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"debug" |
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John V. Atanasoff |
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C Developed the stored program concept |
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D Regarded as father of the computer |
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Tim Berners-Lee |
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E Inventor of BASIC |
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Grace M. Hopper |
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F Acknowledged inventor of first electronic |
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John G. Kemeny |
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digital special-purpose computer |
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John Backus |
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G Created Java programming language |
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James Gosling |
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H Father of the World Wide Web |
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I Regarded as the first computer programmer |
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J Used punched cards in 1890 US census. |