IT ERA MODULE 2 - 3 (PASIMULA NG MODULE 3)

What is a computer?

• A type of calculator

• A programmable electronic device that manipulates data

• A mechanical storage system

• A media player

Which of the following is not an application of computers in daily life?

• Military operations

• Astrology

• Healthcare

• Business

The first use of the word "computer" referred to:

• An abacus

• A calculating device

• A human who did calculations

• A mechanical machine

Which of these was invented by Blaise Pascal?

• Slide Rule

• Stepped Reckoner

• Pascaline

• Napier’s Bones

Who invented the Difference Engine?

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage

• John Atanasoff

• Konrad Zuse

What was the first general-purpose electronic computer?

• UNIVAC

• ENIAC

• ABC

• Mark I

The first programmable computer was:

• Z1

• EDVAC

• ENIAC

• Pascaline

What marks the beginning of the Mechanical Age?

• Use of punch cards

• Invention of the abacus

• Creation of the slide rule

• Morse Code

What is the main component introduced in the fourth generation of computers?

• Vacuum tubes

• Transistors

• Integrated circuits

• Microprocessors

Who is known as the first computer programmer?

• Grace Hopper

• Alan Turing

• Augusta Ada "Lovelace" Byron

• Joseph Jacquard