History of computers James Tam

Information about the second midterm

Date/location:

Duration: 75 Minutes
This is a closed book exam: No aids of any sort will be allowed (e.g., cell phones must be shut off and out of sight, calculators, laptops, hand held computers, slide rulers, abaci should not be brought into the exam room).
DO NOT OPEN the exam until you are told to do so.
For the multiple choice questions make sure that you clearly CIRCLE THE BEST answer to each question in the exam booklet.
For the non-multiple choice questions put your answer in the space provided.

The lecture material: the PowerPoint slides will provide you with an outline of the topics to be covered. However studying the information just listed on the slides won't be sufficient to do well on the final exam. You will also need to take notes in class and to study and understand those notes. If you have any questions then make sure that you ask me for help and clarification.
The text book: they should be used as another source of material to help you understand the material as you prepare for the exam. I won't however directly examine you on material that is listed in the textbooks that I didn't cover in class.

Mechanical monsters (the start point will be however will be the discussion of Grace Hopper's life and her contribution to the Harvard Mark I project: Mechanical Monsters slide #65 to the end of the mechanical monster notes will be a part of the second midterm).
(If there are any references to the earlier material in the later lectures then they may also be a part of the second midterm but otherwise you won't get questions on the previous sections)
Electronic computers
Memory

Multiple choice questions (32 questions)
	Topic	Approximate number of multiple choice questions dealing with this topic
	Mechanical monsters	5
	Electronic computers	12
	Memory technologies and the early SPCs	14
	Miscellaneous (questions that don't fall into into one of the above sections)	1
		32 marks
Non-multiple choice questions (5 questions)
	Topic	Number of marks dealing with this topic
	Mechanical monsters
	Electronic computers (3 questions)	6
	Memory technologies and the early SPCs (2 questions)	4
	Miscellaneous (questions that don't fall into into one of the above sections)
		10 marks