Computing devices (20thcentury to date) - SS1 ICT Past Questions and Answers - page 1
What does ENIAC stand for?
Electronic Digital Virtual Analyzer and Calculator
Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
Universal Automatic Computer 1
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Which computing device accurately predicted the outcome of a U.S. presidential election?
EDVAC
ENIAC
UNIVAC 1
EDSAC
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Which component was extensively used in early computing devices like ENIAC and UNIVAC 1?
Transistors
Microprocessors
Vacuum Tubes
RAM Modules
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What was the primary purpose of ENIAC?
Business data processing
Artillery trajectory calculations
Military simulations
Weather forecasting
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Who proposed the concept of EDVAC?
Alan Turing
John von Neumann
Grace Hopper
Charles Babbage
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What key innovation did UNIVAC 1 bring to computing?
Punched card readers
Stored-program architecture
Quantum computing
Optical storage
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What was the main advantage of EDVAC's stored-program concept?
Faster processing speed
Smaller physical size
Improved memory storage
Greater reliability
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Which computing device played a significant role in the development of hydrogen bombs?
EDVAC
EDSAC
UNIVAC 1
ENIAC
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When was UNIVAC 1 introduced?
Late 1930s
Mid 1940s
Early 1950s
Late 1950s
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How did the concept of a stored-program architecture contribute to the advancement of computing devices like EDVAC?
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