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Question 1: The VAX name was also used by DEC for a family of ________ systems based on this processor architecture.
ComputerPersonal computerLinuxCentral processing unit

Question 2:
What type is thing is VAX?
Ice Rink and Memorial Garden
Memorial house
Memory-Memory
Flash Memory Card

Question 3: More recently, NetBSD and OpenBSD support various VAX models and some work has been done on porting ________ to the VAX architecture.
OpenSolarisLinuxSCO-Linux controversiesGNU

Question 4: of the ________ produced clones of early VAX models such as the Systime 8750 (equivalent to the VAX 11/750).
CanadaWalesUnited KingdomEngland

Question 5: VAX was an instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by ________ (DEC) in the mid-1970s.
Programmed Data ProcessorPDP-10Digital Equipment CorporationPDP-11

Question 6: The VAX architecture was eventually superseded by ________ technology.
Central processing unitReduced instruction set computerMicroprocessor64-bit

Question 7: This new partitioning substantially reduced the amount of ________ required and was referred to as the "MicroVAX" architecture.
Central processing unitReduced instruction set computerMicrocodeInstruction set

Question 8: At the time of its design, it was not yet possible to implement the full VAX architecture as a single ________ chip (or even a few VLSI chips as was later done with the V-11 CPU of the VAX 8200/8300).
Integrated circuitMoore's lawVery-large-scale integrationElectronic design automation

Question 9: The ________ I represented a major transition within the VAX family.
MicroVAXVAX 4000VAXstationVAX 6000

Question 10: A full ________ (microprocessor) implementation of the MicroVAX architecture then arrived with the MicroVAX II's 78032 (or DC333) CPU and 78132 (DC335) FPU.
Electronic design automationIntegrated circuitMoore's lawVery-large-scale integration
















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