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True or False? For many thousands of years, most humans lived as farmers.
Answer: True
2.
True or False? The industrial age has led to steep population growth.
Answer: True. The age witnessed huge improvements in food production and distribution, clean water, sanitation, medical care and more.
3.
True or False? The Information Age has covered about 100 years.
Answer: False. More recent, back just a few decades.
4.
True or False? Society\'s transformation due to computers is nearly complete.
Answer: False
5.
The Jacquard Loom and the Analytical Engine both used ____ to input specific patterns or programs.
Answer: Punched cards
6.
___ is considered the first computer programmer.
Answer: Ada Lovelace
7.
The Analytical Engine included an ___ to perform arithmetic operations.
Answer: Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
8.
The algorithm to compute the Bernoulli numbers and said to be the first computer program was titled ___ .
Answer: Note G
9.
How does a computer pass the test?
Answer: IF the computer\'s response cannot be distinguished from a human\'s response.
10.
A moth that got stuck on a computer switch and had to be removed for the computer to work again.
Answer: Computer Bug
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