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A)
Terence Percival
B)
Heorku
C)
Ted Hoff
D)
Vint cefg

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Ted Hoff

Created in January 1971 by a team of logic architects and silicon engineers—Federico Faggin, Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Stanley Mazor, and Masatoshi Shima—for Japanese calculator manufacturer Busicom, the centerpiece of the four-chip set was the 4004, initially described as a 4-bit microprogrammable CPU.

A)
Decoding
B)
Fetching
C)
Storing
D)
Executing

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Executing

A)
data bus
B)
address bus
C)
expansion bus
D)
system bus

Correct Answer : Option (B) - address bus

The memory and registers of the I/O devices are mapped to (associated with) address values. So when an address is accessed by the CPU, it may refer to a portion of physical RAM, or it can instead refer to memory of the I/O device.

A)
main memory
B)
secondary memory
C)
auxiliary memory
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer : Option (A) - main memory

Primary storage, also known as main storage or memory, is the area in a computer in which data is stored for quick access by the computer's processor. The terms random access memory (RAM) and memory are often as synonyms for primary or main storage.

A)
program cycle
B)
instruction cycle
C)
machine instruction
D)
machine cycle

Correct Answer : Option (B) - instruction cycle

A)
control, unit, primary storage and secondary storage
B)
input, output and processing
C)
control unit, arithmetic logic unit, memory unit
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (C) - control unit, arithmetic logic unit, memory unit

A)
bus
B)
microprocessor
C)
a set of ALU
D)
a set of registers

Correct Answer : Option (D) - a set of registers

A)
sockets
B)
slots
C)
ports
D)
lines

Correct Answer : Option (A) - sockets

A)
Integrated Circuits
B)
Transistors
C)
Bio
D)
Vacuum Tubes

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Integrated Circuits

The computers of third generation used Integrated Circuits (ICs) in place of transistors. A single IC has many transistors, resistors, and capacitors along with the associated circuitry. The IC was invented by Jack Kilby.

A)
Laptop
B)
PDA
C)
Super Computer
D)
Personal Computer

Correct Answer : Option (B) - PDA