EECS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What are the four ages of computers? - ANS Ancient history, birth of electronic computer,
age of mainframes, age of personal computers
What is the year range of ancient history - ANS Up to 1930s
What is the year range of the birth of the electronic computer - ANS 1930-1950
What is the year range of the age of the mainframe - ANS 1950-1970
What is the year range of the age of personal computers? - ANS Past 1970
What age is Boolean algebra in - ANS Ancient history
What are the two first computing devices taught? - ANS Abacus and slide rule
What age was the Jaquard loom invented - ANS Ancient history
How did a jaquard loom work - ANS Used punch cards to define woven patterns
What did Boolean algebra lay the groundwork for? - ANS Digital computing circuitry
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, Who first used Boolean algebra to create digital computing machines? - ANS Claude Shannon
What does the Turing machine do? - ANS It defines what is computableW
What is a computer? - ANS A programmable device
What did Alan Turing do in WW2? - ANS Broke the enigma code
What is the Turing Test? - ANS A test to see if AI can completely imitate a human
What age was Claude Shannon in - ANS Age of the electronic computerW
What age was Alan Turing in? - ANS Age of electronic computers
What age was ENIAC in? - ANS Age of electronic computers
What did the ENIAC use to control the flow of electrical signals? - ANS vacuum tubes
What are the problems with vacuum tubes? - ANS Large, generate a lot of heat, prone to fail
What was ENIAC the first of? - ANS Electronic general purpose calculator
What age was John von Neumann? - ANS Age of electronic computers
What did John von Neumann figure out? - ANS How to rewire computers for different tasks
Who first proposed stored programs? - ANS John von Neumann
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What are the four ages of computers? - ANS Ancient history, birth of electronic computer,
age of mainframes, age of personal computers
What is the year range of ancient history - ANS Up to 1930s
What is the year range of the birth of the electronic computer - ANS 1930-1950
What is the year range of the age of the mainframe - ANS 1950-1970
What is the year range of the age of personal computers? - ANS Past 1970
What age is Boolean algebra in - ANS Ancient history
What are the two first computing devices taught? - ANS Abacus and slide rule
What age was the Jaquard loom invented - ANS Ancient history
How did a jaquard loom work - ANS Used punch cards to define woven patterns
What did Boolean algebra lay the groundwork for? - ANS Digital computing circuitry
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Who first used Boolean algebra to create digital computing machines? - ANS Claude Shannon
What does the Turing machine do? - ANS It defines what is computableW
What is a computer? - ANS A programmable device
What did Alan Turing do in WW2? - ANS Broke the enigma code
What is the Turing Test? - ANS A test to see if AI can completely imitate a human
What age was Claude Shannon in - ANS Age of the electronic computerW
What age was Alan Turing in? - ANS Age of electronic computers
What age was ENIAC in? - ANS Age of electronic computers
What did the ENIAC use to control the flow of electrical signals? - ANS vacuum tubes
What are the problems with vacuum tubes? - ANS Large, generate a lot of heat, prone to fail
What was ENIAC the first of? - ANS Electronic general purpose calculator
What age was John von Neumann? - ANS Age of electronic computers
What did John von Neumann figure out? - ANS How to rewire computers for different tasks
Who first proposed stored programs? - ANS John von Neumann
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