ITE-221 MIDTERM REVIEW | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | RATED 100% CORRECT!!
Some commercial computers have used quantum physics to perform data
storage and computation.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
The Difference Engine computed logarithms by moving gears and other
mechanical components.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
Mechanical computers such as the Mark One were used during World War I to
compute trajectory tables for naval guns and torpedoes.
,a.
True
b.
False Answer - b. False
Mechanical computation devices cannot perform complex calculations.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - b. False
A machine capable of adding whole numbers can multiply whole numbers by
executing the addition function multiple times.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
The biggest impetus for the change to electronic computing devices came
during World War I.
,a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
Electronic computers addressed most shortcomings of mechanical
computation.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
Light can be used as a basis for computation.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
Optics have little advantage over electronics in most areas of computing
technology.
a.
, True
b.
False Answer - b. False
In classical physics, a subatomic particle, such as a photon, can be in multiple
places at one time.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - b. False
All computers are automated computing devices, and all automated computing
devices are computers.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - b. False
A typical computer system must have much more secondary storage capacity
than primary storage capacity.
a.
ANSWERS | RATED 100% CORRECT!!
Some commercial computers have used quantum physics to perform data
storage and computation.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
The Difference Engine computed logarithms by moving gears and other
mechanical components.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
Mechanical computers such as the Mark One were used during World War I to
compute trajectory tables for naval guns and torpedoes.
,a.
True
b.
False Answer - b. False
Mechanical computation devices cannot perform complex calculations.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - b. False
A machine capable of adding whole numbers can multiply whole numbers by
executing the addition function multiple times.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
The biggest impetus for the change to electronic computing devices came
during World War I.
,a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
Electronic computers addressed most shortcomings of mechanical
computation.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
Light can be used as a basis for computation.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - a. True
Optics have little advantage over electronics in most areas of computing
technology.
a.
, True
b.
False Answer - b. False
In classical physics, a subatomic particle, such as a photon, can be in multiple
places at one time.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - b. False
All computers are automated computing devices, and all automated computing
devices are computers.
a.
True
b.
False Answer - b. False
A typical computer system must have much more secondary storage capacity
than primary storage capacity.
a.
