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Chapter 1-13 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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1. In the early 1940s, computer scientists realized that a symbolic notation could be used instead of machine code, and the
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first assembly languages appeared.
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a. True
b. False

2. The first electronic digital computers, sometimes called mainframe computers, consisted of vacuum tubes, wires, and
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plugs, and filled entire rooms.
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a. True
b. False

3. The most important example of system software is a computer's operating system.
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a. True
b. False

4. In 1984, Apple Computer brought forth the Macintosh, the first successful mass-
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produced personal computer with a graphical user interface.
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a. True
b. False

5. Informally, a computing agent is like a recipe.
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a. True
b. False

6. In the 1930s, the mathematician Blaise Pascal explored the theoretical foundations and limits of algorithms and
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computation.
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a. True
b. False

7. Ancient mathematicians developed the first algorithms.
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a. True
b. False

8. When using a computer, human users primarily interact with the memory.
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a. True
b. False


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9. In the 1960s, batch processing sometimes caused a programmer to wait days for results, including error messages.
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a. True
b. False

10. An algorithm describes a process that may or may not halt after arriving at a solution to a problem.
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a. True
b. False

11. Magnetic storage media, such as tapes and hard disks, allow bit patterns to be stored as patterns on a magnetic field.
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a. True
b. False

12. Moore's Law states that the processing speed and storage capacity of hardware will increase, and its cost will decrease,
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by approximately a factor of 3 every 18 months.
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a. True
b. False

13. The people known as “computers” working on cryptanalysis and ballistics calculations during World War II were
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primarily men highly skilled in mathematics and puzzle solving.
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a. True
b. False

14. Gordon Moore coined the term software engineering.
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a. True
b. False

15. Computer science focuses on a broad set of interrelated ideas.
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a. True
b. False

16. Each individual instruction in an algorithm is well-defined.
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a. True
b. False

17. A program stored in computer memory must be represented in binary digits, which is also known as ASCII code.
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a. True
b. False

18. A programmer typically starts by writing high-level language statements in a text editor.
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a. True
b. False


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19. The algorithms that describe information processing can also be represented as information.
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a. True
b. False

20. In computer memory, information is stored as patterns of bytes (1s and 0s).
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a. True
b. False

21. The part of a computer that is responsible for processing data is the central processing unit (CPU).
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a. True
b. False

22. The development of the transistor in the early 1960s allowed computer engineers to build ever smaller, faster, and less
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expensive computer hardware components.
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a. True
b. False

23. By the mid-
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1980s, the ARPANET had grown into what we now call the Internet, connecting computers owned by large institutio
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ns, small organizations, and individuals all over the world.
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a. True
b. False

24. An important part of any operating system is its file system, which allows human users to organize their data and
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programs in permanent storage.
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a. True
b. False

25. An algorithm describes a process that ends with a solution to a problem.
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a. True
b. False


26. In Python, the programmer can force the output of a value by using the coutstatement.
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a. True
b. False

27. An algorithm solves a general class of problems.
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a. True
b. False


Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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28. What technology replaced the vacuum tube as the mechanism for implementing electronic switches in computer
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hardware?
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