Introduction to Computer Science: Survey
Discussion Questions - Unit Two

Please answer all of the questions below and submit them to your instructor when you are finished with unit two. You should have read chapter 2, Privacy and Information, of your text and viewed the video Inventing the Future before answering these questions. All written worked should be typed with double-spaced lines. I will not accept answers that are simply copied from the text.

You can get help with definitions at http://www.pcwebopedia.com. Use this site as a resource, not a crutch. Don't simply copy definitions, explain concepts in your own words.

1. Answer question 7 on page 76 of your text.

2. Answer question 8 on page 76 of your text

3. Answer question 11 on page 77 of your text

4. Answer question 18 on page 77 of your text

5. Answer question 21 on page 77 of your text

6. Answer question 23 on page 78 of your text

7. Several people on the tape expressed concers over automation. What concerns were expressed? How were those concerns addressed by the managers and business leaders interviewed on the tape?

8. What is a programming language? What was the software crisis discussed on the tape all about? What role did high-level computer programming languages play in the software crisis?

9. What is a transistor? Why were transistors an improvement over vacumm tubes? What was the tryany of numbers problem?

10. What is an Integrated Circuit (IC)? Explain the government's role in promoting the use of ICs (integrated circuits).