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Quiz Day Friday: Computer History

November 28, 2014 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

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Welcome back to Friday and Quiz V4.0: Computer History, a real blast from the past . If this is your first Quiz Day Friday, then you might want to check out the three previous quizzes:

Quiz V1.0 on General Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Quiz V2.0 on Common Engineering Abbreviations
Quiz V3.0 Electronic and Electrical Engineering – Intermediate

This is the fourth of 10 quizzes each with 10 questions from top members of the Electro-Tech-Online community members including: 3vO,DerStrom, Ian Rogers, Pommie, Roman Black, Reload Ron, JimB,MrAl, ericgibbs. This week’s Quiz V4.0 Electronic and Electrical Engineering is from well-known member Pommie. Since 2005, Pommie has contributed to over 9,000  discussions in the forums and a couple of cool projects.

We list the questions below just to give you a heads-up, but you’ll find the complete quiz — with the multiple choice options  — HERE.  And if you want a little more computer history, check out this Wikipedia entry about the Mark-8 microcomputer built in 1974 by a former colleague of mine, Jon Titus, who is also a brilliant engineer, writer, and gentleman.

Quiz V4.0 Computer History 

  1. The original PC was designed for…?
  2. Early PCs could have maximum memory of…?
  3. What does DSDD stand for in relation to floppy disks…?
  4. What was the capacity of a 3.5  HD Floppy disk…?
  5. What does VGA stand for?
  6. What resolution is standard VGA?
  7. The first Spreadsheet program was available on…?
  8. The C programming Language was created by…?
  9. The first BASIC language appeared in which year…?
  10. How would (2*3)+(4*5) be written in Reverse Polish notation…?

Think you know the answers? Click here take the quiz!
See you next Friday…

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