History of Computing MCQs

The earliest form of computing was mainly concerned with:

• Word processing

• Counting and representing numbers

• Internet browsing

• Artificial intelligence

Which of the following was the first calculating device?

• Abacus

• Slide Rule

• Pascaline

• Napier's Bone

Tally sticks were first made from:

• Wooden boards

• Animal bones with notches

• Metal rods

• Clay tablets

The 3-4-5 right angle was achieved using:

• Coins

• Ropes with knots

• Abacus

• Napier's bones

John Napier invented which calculating tool in 1617?

• Pascaline

• Napier's Bones

• Jacquard's Loom

• Stepped Reckoner

The Slide Rule, invented by William Oughtred, was primarily used for:

• Storing data

• Multiplication and division

• Punching cards

• Printing results

Who invented the Pascaline (1642)?

• Blaise Pascal

• Charles Babbage

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Joseph Jacquard

Jacquard's Loom was significant because it:

• Used vacuum tubes

• Was the first electronic device

• Used punched cards for weaving patterns

• Stored programs internally

The first machine to be described as a programmable computer was:

• Pascaline

• Analytical Engine

• ENIAC

• Hollerith Census Machine

Ada Lovelace is remembered as:

• The inventor of ENIAC

• The first programmer

• The founder of Microsoft

• The creator of Napier's Bones