Who is the most prestigious award in Computer Science named after? correct answers Alan
Turing
What is the value of the decimal number -64 in 8-bit Signed (Two's Complement) Binary?
correct answers 1100 0000
How many digits are in the hexadecimal number system? correct answers 16
What is the value of the hexadecimal number F2A in binary? correct answers 1111 0010 1010
What is the difference of binary numbers 1010 - 1001? correct answers 0001
In which software generation did the distinction between systems programmers and other
programmers first surface? correct answers First generation
True or False? A high-level language is more English-like than assembly language. correct
answers True
True or False? An embedded system is computing technology that has been enclosed in
protective shielding for security reasons? correct answers False
True or False? Spreadsheets and word processors are examples of software applications. correct
answers True
Charles Babbage invented which of the following early computing devices? correct answers
Analytical engine
, How many pieces of information can a human being actively manage in short term memory at
once? correct answers 7, plus or minus 2
Who is credited with being the first programmer? correct answers Lovelace
Which language is built into the electrical circuitry of a computer? correct answers Machine
language
True or False? The personal computer was introduced in the fourth generation of computer
hardware. correct answers True
What device replaced the vacuum tube? correct answers Transistor
The highest digit in base 16 is _______________ correct answers F
The base value of the octal number system is ______________ correct answers 8
Perform the following hexadecimal addition: ABC + ABC correct answers 1578
Perform the following binary subtraction: 1000110110 - 111111110 correct answers 10111000
Perform the following binary addition: 11001 + 1110011 correct answers 10001100
How many digits are there in the decimal number system? correct answers 10
A group of eight bits is called a(n) _____________________ correct answers byte