Technological Advancements Quiz

Who is credited with inventing the Stepped Reckoner?

• Blaise Pascal

• Charles Babbage

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

• Augusta Ada Byron

Which invention marks the advent of electronic digital computing devices?

• UNIVAC1

• Atanasoff-Berry Computer

• Z1

• ENIAC

Who is recognized as the first computer programmer?

• Charles Babbage

• Blaise Pascal

• Howard H. Aiken

• Augusta Ada Byron

Which invention paved the way for modern data processing techniques?

• Tabulating Machine

• Stepped Reckoner

• Jacquard Loom

• ENIAC

What does EDVAC stand for?

• Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer

• Electronic Digital Computing Device

• Electronic General-Purpose Computer

• Electronic Mechanical Computer

Who is often hailed as the Father of Computer?

• Blaise Pascal

• Howard H. Aiken

• Charles Babbage

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Which inventor is credited with inventing the abacus?

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

• Blaise Pascal

• Charles Babbage

• Babylonians

What is the primary usage of the space bar on a keyboard?

• Erasing errors to the left of the cursor

• Typing the letter 'O'

• Pressing with thumbs for smooth typing

• Facilitating numerical input

Where do the left-hand ring fingers naturally rest on a keyboard?

• JKL; keys

• ASDF keys

• QAZ keys

• Caps Lock key

What is the home row on a keyboard?

• Top row of keys

• Bottom row of keys

• Central row of keys

• Numeric keypad