Quiz No. 1 (History of Computer)

1. Early man used ____ for counting and calculation.

• stones

• fingers

• both stones and fingers

• none of these

2. Who is known as the father of modern computer?

• John Napier

• Joseph Marie Jacquard

• Charles Babbage

• John Mauchly

3. Who developed the stepped reckoner?

• Joseph Marie Jacquard

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

• John Presper Eckert

• Herman Hollerith

4. Abacus was invented by ________ in 2400 B.C.

• African

• European

• American

• Babylonian

5. What is the first calculating device?

• Napier's Bones

• abacus

• pascaline

• stepped reckoner

6. This invention was 1,000 times faster than any machine built before it. It was so big that it could fill up a house. Name that invention.

• difference engine

• Z3

• ENIAC

• Hollerith's tabulating machine

7. Who invented the MARK 1?

• Lady Ada Lovelace

• Howard Aiken

• Grace Hopper

• Herman Hollerith

8. S/He found an actual moth stuck to one of the panels in MARK 1 responsible for malfunction called “debugging”.

• John Napier

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Konrad Zuse

• Grace Hopper

9. Konrad Zuse created the first programmable computer. What it the name of it?

• ENIAC

• UNIVAC

• Z1

• Z3

10. Who are the inventors of ENIAC and UNIVAC?