History of Computing and Computers Quiz

Who invented the first mechanical calculator for addition and subtraction operations?

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Joseph-Marie Jacquard

• Charles Babbage

• Blaise Pascal

Which computer was specifically designed to solve a system of linear equations?

• Colossus

• ABC (Atanasoff Berry Computer)

• Mark I

• Z1

Who proposed that the program and the data should be stored in memory, leading to the von Neumann model?

• John V. Atanasoff

• Konrad Zuse

• John von Neumann

• Howard Aiken

Which computer was designed to break the German Enigma code?

• ABC (Atanasoff Berry Computer)

• Z1

• Mark I

• Colossus

Which generation of computers saw the emergence of microcomputers?

• Fourth generation

• Third generation

• Second generation

• First generation

What reduced the cost and size of computers even further in the third generation?

• Vacuum tubes

• Transistors

• Software packages

• Integrated circuit

When did the fourth generation of computers approximately start?

• 1975

• 1965

• 1959

• 1950

What phenomenon has been witnessed in the open-ended fifth generation of computers?

• Virtual reality

• Appearance of microcomputers

• Improvements in secondary storage media

• Use of multimedia

Which language separated the programming task from the computer operation task in the second generation of computers?

• Java

• C++

• COBOL

• FORTRAN

Who invented the first general-purpose, totally electronic computer called ENIAC?

• John V. Atanasoff

• John von Neumann

• Konrad Zuse

• John Mauchly