HST250 (section 740) Exam #2 Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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1 HST250 (section 740) Exam #2 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 NAME: PID: Instructions Make sure you enter your name & PID on the exam sheet Select the best answer from those provided You may not leave the class until you have completed and turned in your exam Cheating of any kind is absolutely unacceptable, and will be dealt with harshly. Good Luck! 1. The beginnings of pinball can be traced to a game called Bagatelle, a form of billiards in which players used a cue to shoot balls up a sloped table. 2. In New York City during the 1930s, pinball was made illegal because it was considered an extension of gambling. 3 In 1977 Scott Adams creates which of the following text based PC adventure games? a. Hunt the Wumpus b. MUD c. Zork II d. Adventureland 1

2 4 The first videogame was created by which of the following people? a. A.S. Douglas b. Al Alcorn c. Sid Meier d. William Higinbotham 5 What was the name of the game that MIT s Tech Model Railroad Club invented in 1962 in order to highlight the capabilities of the new PDP-1 mainframe? a. PONG b. Tank c. SpaceWar! d. Breakout 6 After breaking ties with Personal Software, Inc., Infocom made a deal with Sierra On-Line to publish Zork II 7 Initially, the term Zork referred to a coding project in progress. 8 In 1975, the code for Hunt the Wumpus was published in Creative Computing. 9 Which of the following games was produced by Sierra in order to highlight the capabilities of the IBM PCjr? a. Space Quest b. Leisure Suit Larry c. King s Quest d. Police Quest 2

3 10 Which was the first personal computer game to use text and graphics? a. Zork b. Adventureland c. Ultima d. Mystery House 11 The design of the Colossal Cave in the game Adventure was based on Willie Crowther s experience exploring Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky 12 What was the name of Richard Garriot s first game? a. Ultima b. Ultima Online c. Akalabeth d. Origin 13 Leisure Suit Larry was based on a 1982 text-only game called Softporn by Chuck Benson 14 Which of the following games was Sierra On-Line Systems first attempt at making a title based on a movie property? a. Labyrinth b. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade c. The Dark Crystal d. The Black Cauldron 3

4 15 Which of the following was Sierra s first CD-ROM game? a. Hero s Quest b. Space Quest c. Mixed Up Mother Goose d. Time Zone 16 Richard Garriot chose to publish Ultima II with Sierra because they were only company that would include a real compass with the game. 17 Ken and Roberta Williams are responsible for founding which early home computer game company? a. Infocom b. Epyx c. On-Line Systems d. Origin 18 Ultima IV is particularly important because it features which of the following design innovations? a. NPC System b. ethics based gameplay c. combat zoom feature d. character voices 19 For a number of years, Richard Garriot takes on which of the following alter egos? a. Richard the Lionhearted b. His Royal Highness c. Lord British d. Lord Ultima 4

5 20 Who was responsible for inventing the first home videogame system? a. Nolan Bushnell b. Ralph Baer c. William Higinbotham d. Ted Dabny 21 Which famous singer acted as spokesman for the Magnavox Odyssey? a. Sammy Davis Jr. b. Dean Martin c. Frank Sinatra d. None of the Above 22 Which of the following individuals is responsible for writing the very first MUD (multi user dungeon) while at Essex University in 1979 a. Roy Trubshaw b. Sid Meier c. Noal Bushnell d. Al Alcord 23 When MUD was written, it had a modifiable database which allowed changes to be made quickly and easily, without having to recompile the MUD program itself 24 Which computer did A.S. Douglas create his Noughts & Crosses game for? a. PDP-1 b. EDSAC c. ENIAC d. Colossus 5

6 25 When he wrote the game Adventure, Willie Crowther was working for the University of Texas. 26 Which of the following engineers was responsible for heading up the development of the first IBM personal computer a. Bill Lowe b. Al Alcorn c. Nolan Bushnell d. Tom Watson 27 At IBM, the term Open Architecture referred to what? a. Buying off the shelf (non-ibm) components, and assembling them into a PC b. Allowing many programmers to contribute to a PC operating system c. Allowing non-ibm companies to sell an IBM PC d. None of the above 28 Gary Kildall developed which of the following operating systems a. BASIC b. OS2 c. Digital Research d. CP/M 29 Tim Patterson created an operating system he named QDOS for Microsoft - which was eventually released as PC DOS The killer application for the first IBM PC was Lotus 1, 2, 3 6

7 31 Which of the following companies was founded to specifically to reverse engineer the IBM PC a. Hewlett Packard b. Compaq c. Digital Research Innovation d. Texas Instruments 32 What was the name of the operating system that IBM developed which was designed to compete directly with Microsoft DOS a. PC DOS 2 b. OS/2 c. Windows d. IBMOS 33 Which of the following were characteristics of the Xerox Alto computer? a. Networked with other local computers using Ethernet b. Graphic User Interface using a mouse to point to information on the screen c. Content displayed on the screen looked exactly like what the computer printed out d. All of the above 34 What was the name of the name of Apple s first personal computer with a graphical user interface a. MacIntosh b. Lisa c. Fuji d. Apple II 35 What was the killer application for the Apple MacIntosh a. desktop publishing b. games c. video editing d. audio editing 7

8 35 Briefly discuss the impact that IBM had on the development of the personal computer industry (5 points) A little more open than previous short answer questions. If answer exhbited a passing knowledge of IBMs involvement in the PC industry, it got at least 1 point. Beyond that, here are some points that I wanted to see: Discussion of open architecture (and the impact that had on production cost and tie to market) Discussion of reverse engineering (Compaq, etc.) and the development of IBM PC clones Discussion of IBM PC clone/software - ubiquity of software across all PCs Discussion of IBM making PCs acceptable in the business world (ie. business world being a lot more familiar with IBM than Apple) 8