ICT Mid-Term Examination

What is a computer?

• A mechanical machine that counts

• A digital clock

• An electronic machine that processes data

• A telephone system

Who was the first to use the word "computer"?

• Charles Babbage

• Blaise Pascal

• William Oughtred

• It referred to a human who calculated

Which device is considered the earliest form of a computer?

• Pascaline

• Abacus

• ENIAC

• Harvard Mark I

Who invented the Pascaline?

• Charles Babbage

• Blaise Pascal

• John Napier

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

What was the significance of the Jacquard Loom?

• It was the first electronic computer.

• It could perform addition and subtraction.

• It was controlled by punched cards.

• It was a mechanical calculator.

Who is known as the "Father of the Computer"?

• Charles Babbage

• John Napier

• Blaise Pascal

• Alan Turing

Which generation of computers used transistors?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

What does ENIAC stand for?

• Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

• Electronic Network Interface and Control

• Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator

• Electronic Navigational Interface and Calculator

Which was the first stored-program computer?

• UNIVAC 1

• EDVAC

• Z1

• Harvard Mark I

Which device is considered the first portable computer?

• ENIAC

• Osborne 1

• Z1

• UNIVAC 1