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CSIS 110 Midterm

Question 1

The ____ was the first fully electronic, general-purpose, programmable computer.

Group of answer choices

EDVAC

EDSAC

ENIAC ***

Mark I



Question 2

Integrated circuits, built on silicon chips, were introduced during the ____ generation of
computing.

Group of answer choices

first

second

third ***

fourth

,Question 3

What is wrong with the following algorithm?

1. Set X to be 1
2. Increment X
3. Print X
4. If X > 0, repeat from 2

Group of answer choices

It does not produce a result.

It is ambiguous.

It does not halt in a finite amount of time. ***

It is not well ordered.



Question 4

FORTRAN and COBOL, the first high-level (English-like) programming languages, appeared
during the first generation of computing. _________________________

Group of answer choices

True

False ***



Question 5

The first electronic programmable computer, ENIAC, was completed just after World War II.

Group of answer choices

True ***

False

, Question 6

The Analytical Engine was the first computing device to use the base-2 binary numbering
system. _________________________

Group of answer choices

True

False ***



Question 7

The selection of an algorithm to solve a problem is greatly influenced by the way the input
____ for that problem are organized.

Group of answer choices

words

data ***

solutions

pseudocode



Question 8

A pattern-matching algorithm may be used to implement a _______ function in a word
processor.

Group of answer choices

Find ***

table

replace

multiplication