Exam 1B: ECO361N Fall 07--Name______________________
1. What three factors determine
the quality of a computer monitor?
2. Briefly discuss: Our eyes are
digital and our ears are analog.
3. What is the important property
of a transistor lacking in a diode.
4. What is a byte?
How many colors can you represent with a byte?
5. What is an artificial neural
network?
6. How far from the
center of the earth and in what orbit do you place a satellite such that it
appears stationary with respect to the earth? Is such a satellite good for long
distance communication.
7. What is ShannonÕs measure of
information and how does that relate to the meaning of the message. Briefly discuss: You must communication
all the information in a message to communicate its meaning?
8 Briefly point out six facts
about the evolution of institutions promoting discovery, invention, and
innovation since 1790.
9. Why use binary numbers
instead of decimal in information technology? What phenomenon can be represented by binary numbers. What is the economic advantage of being
able to represent many as opposed to one phenomenon.
10. How did the Japanese compete in the IC memory market in
the 80s? How did the US respond?
What was the role of Sematech? What type of IC does the US specialize in? What type of IC does Japan specialize
in? Who did a number on Japan in
this type of IC? Who sells the most ICs today.
11. What sense does man use the
most? Use MooreÕs law
to discuss the evolution of hardware and software to provide man with what he
wants using personal computers as an example. Start with grade school.
12. Discuss the deregulation of
communication over the past twenty years. Has competition increased in the (1)
long distance market (2) local market (you can use Austin as an example)
Name
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14.Research
question II Automation
1. To what
extent is the production of computers automated today--consider 2 firms?
2. To what
extent is Boeing's production of the dreamliner more automated than previous
aircraft. Also, what is unique about this aircraft.?
3. To what
extent have integrated circuit manufacturers been able to remove people from
the production process and why would they want to do this?
4. Why are GM,
Ford, and Chrysler failing to compete. Look at medical and retirement
costs as well as automation.?