CPS 100

Chapter Quiz 1 What do you call the ability to accept data from the "real world" and translate it into computer data? A. input B. output C. process D. programmability E. storage 2 What do you call it when a computer changes data according to the instructions of a program? A. input B. output C. process D. programmability E. storage 3 What do you call it when the instructions a computer follows may be changed? A. input B. output C. process D. programmability E. storage 4 What was the first device with all five accepted features of a modern computer? A. The Colossus B. The Antikythera device C. The Jacquard Loom D. The Analytical Engine E. The Pascaline 5 What was the first (or one of the first) fully programmable computer(s)? A. The Z3 computer B. The Antikythera device C. The Jacquard Loom D. The Analytical Engine E. The Pascaline 6 What do you call a logical series of steps to achieve a goal? A. a punch card B. an algorithm C. output D. Turing-complete E. a mechanical relay 7 How did computers change history? A. They traveled back in time to kill John Connor B. They made calculating easier for 17th-century Frenchmen C. They allowed British seagoing vessels to keep accurate time D. They allowed Allied forces to break German codes E. The iPhone, obviously