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WorksheetsComputer History etc.
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is ENIAC stands for?
a)
electronic numerical integrator and computer
b)
electronic numerical integrator and calculator
c)
electrical numerical integrator and calculator
d)
electronical numerical integrator and computer
2.
Software or program used by an attacker to obtain personal information
a)
Phishing
b)
Pishing
c)
Phisheng
d)
Fhishing
3.
Computer software sent by attackers to inflict chaos on Computer’s operation
a)
Malware
b)
Virus
c)
Zirka
d)
Trojan
4.
Who is considered as the "Father of All Computers"
a)
Charles Babbage
b)
Charles Nicholas
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Charles Babage
5.
The advent of the mechanical calculator
a)
Pascaline
b)
Fascaline
c)
Pascalline
d)
Fascalline
6.
Acronym "MOCC" stands for?
a)
Massive Output Open Course
b)
Massive Online Open Course
c)
Massive Online Output Course
d)
Massive Online Open Chat
7.
The purpose of this computer was:
a)
perform business calculations for large companies
b)
provide speech recognition to spy on enemies
c)
monitor and assist with the production of tanks
d)
calculate firing tables for artillery
8.
In 1951, which electronic digital computer was the first to be sold commercially?
a)
ENIAC
b)
Macintosh
c)
UNIVAC
d)
IBM
9.
The Altair 8800 computer was one of the earliest computers based on a microprocessor. To program it, you:
a)
wrote scripts in Basic
b)
used punch cards
c)
turned a set of dials clockwise and counterclockwise
d)
flipped switches 8 at a time
10.
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed a more user-friendly computer for their new company:
a)
Apple
b)
IBM
c)
Microsoft
d)
Google
11.
What was the name of the first large electronic digital computer?
a)
COLLOSUS
b)
ENIAC
c)
WATSON
d)
IBM
12.
Jacquard is associated with:
a)
weaving
b)
the census
c)
the mouse
d)
Xerox
13.
Hollerith is associated with:
a)
weaving
b)
the census
c)
the mouse
d)
Xerox
14.
Babbage is associated with:
a)
census
b)
analytical engine
c)
numerical calculating machine
d)
slide rule
15.
Ada Lovelace is associated with:
a)
the mouse
b)
slide rule
c)
numerical calculating machine
d)
analytical engine
16.
Colossus is associated with
a)
census
b)
WW2
c)
Space Race
d)
Modern computing
17.
Grace Hopper is associated with:
a)
Colossus
b)
Mark I/II
c)
ENIAC
d)
UNIVAC
18.
ENIAC used:
a)
relays
b)
vacuum tubes
c)
transistors
d)
integrated circuits
19.
VisiCalc was a:
a)
spreadsheet
b)
word processor
c)
video game
d)
keyboard
20.
The operating system for the first IBM personal computer was:
a)
COBOL
b)
MS-DOS
c)
Windows
d)
BASIC
21.
Which of the following is larger than 1 gigabyte?
a)
1 byte
b)
1 kilobyte
c)
1 terabyte
d)
1 megabyte
22.
Which is not a type of secondary storage?
a)
disk drive
b)
Flash/USB drive
c)
RAM
d)
CD-ROM
23.
Which of the following uses laser beams to store information?
a)
disk drive
b)
Flash/USB drive
c)
RAM
d)
CD-ROM
24.
When comparing computer and human capabilities, which of the following statements is false?
a)
Computers are faster than people.
b)
Computers are more accurate than people.
c)
Computers do not forget stored information as easily as people.
d)
Computers are more creative than people.
25.
When was the 1st computer mouse invented?
a)
1964
b)
1975
c)
1990
d)
1985
26.
The Apple computer was founded/created by 3 men. Who were they?
a)
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne
b)
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Brad Watson
c)
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Fred Rodget
d)
Billy Crystal, John Wayne, Bill Hickok
27.
What does GUI stand for?
a)
Graphical User Interface
b)
Graphic Utility Interface
c)
Graph Utilizer International
d)
Glue Used Inputs
28.
Fonts that contain small decorative lines at the end of a stroke is known as what?
a)
Serif fonts
b)
Sans Serif fonts
c)
Creative writing
d)
Cursive writing
29.
Storage on a cloud based server.
a)
Google Drive
b)
Syngenta
c)
H drive
d)
Optical Drie
30.
When did the internet go public?
a)
1991
b)
1989
c)
1993
d)
1980
31.
What is 1/2 a byte?
a)
Munch
b)
Taste
c)
Nibble
d)
Crunch
32.
In regards to 21st century learning, what do the 4 C's stand for?
a)
cookies, candy, cake, and chips
b)
cut, clarity, carat and color
c)
communication, collaboration, creativity and character
d)
Creativity, critical thinking, communication and colloboration
33.
_________________________ computers used Vacuum Tubes.
a)
First Generation
b)
Second Generation
c)
Third Generation
d)
Fourth Generation
34.
Recipient of Computer Science’s first “Man of the Year Award
a)
Jacquard Moore
b)
John Napier
c)
Charles Babbage
d)
Grace Hopper
35.
____________________Computers used Transistors starting in 1956, replacing vacuum tubes
a)
First Generation
b)
Second Generation
c)
Third Generation
d)
Fourth Generation
36.
_____________________ computers used Integrated Circuits (chips)
a)
First Generation
b)
Second Generation
c)
Third Generation
d)
Fourth Generation
37.
4th Generation computers had ___________________, and are getting smaller and smaller
a)
Transistors
b)
Integrated Circuits
c)
Microchips
d)
Vacuum Tubes
38.
21st Century Computing has brought users which of the following:
a)
Great increases in speed, storage, and memory
b)
Increased networking, speed in Internet
c)
Wirelesss technology
d)
All of the above
39.
He invented two different engines, one that used metal cards to store data and was powered by a steam engine.
a)
Charles Babbage
b)
John Napier
c)
Steve Jobs
d)
Jacquard Moore
40.
Grace Hopper found a moth stuck in a relay responsible for a malfunction, and removed it, calling it _______.
a)
Operating
b)
Cleaning
c)
Hacking
d)
Debugging
41.
This 19th Century woman was considered the first programmer and was famous for continuing the legacy of Charles Babbage's work on the Analytical Engine.
a)
Grace Hopper
b)
Queen Victoria
c)
Ada Lovelace
d)
None of the above
42.
This person was a United States Admiral who programmed the Harvard Mark I computer system in 1944 and was famously credited with coining the term, "Computer Bug".
a)
Howard Aiken
b)
Grace Hopper
c)
Ruth Teitelbaum
d)
J. Presper Eckert
43.
This person invented a census tabulating machine in the late 1800s, which led to his formation of the Tabulating Machine Company, known today as IBM.
a)
Herman Hollerith
b)
William Gates
c)
John Mauchly
d)
Steven Jobs
44.
This person was a 17th century mathematician who invented a mechanical device that used punch cards to weave complex patterns. A programming language invented in the 1960s was named after him.
a)
Charles Babbage
b)
Ada Lovelace
c)
Blaise Pascal
d)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
45.
Early generation programming languages worked at machine level or close to it by using complex symbolic notation. Which of these listed languages DOES NOT fit this description?
a)
Assembler
b)
Binary
c)
C
d)
None of the above
46.
Pascal is an example of a ______________ programming language.
a)
Object-oriented
b)
Procedural-Oriented
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
47.
Which of the following is NOT an Object-Oriented Programming Language?
a)
Java
b)
C++
c)
Visual Basic
d)
Fortran
48.
What type of computer has dumb terminals of keyboards and monitors at user stations that connect to a centrally located large server that might be as large as a room.
a)
Mainframe
b)
Supercomputer
c)
Desktop PC
d)
Laptop
49.
Who used BASIC to program the Altair 8800 PC Computer Kit?
a)
Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs
b)
Paul Allen and William Gates
c)
Gary Kildall and Herman Hollerith
d)
None of these people
50.
Excel is a _____ program.
a)
spreadsheet
b)
word processing
c)
email
d)
presentation
51.
How does encrypted text protect the confidentiality of data?
a)
Only individuals with the correct key will be able to decrypt the information
b)
By providing a digital signature
c)
By enforcing repudiation
d)
All of these
52.
_________________ are sets of instructions loaded each time a computer is started
a)
Algorythms
b)
Operating Systems
c)
Vacuum Tubes
d)
Origination Systems
53.
This woman was an important contributor to computer programming in the early days of high level computer languages.
a)
Ada Byron
b)
J. Kilby
c)
Francis Holberton
d)
Grace Hopper
54.
This invention replaced the transistor and led to the development of third generation computers. Processing speed increased to millions of calculations per second.
a)
Vacuum tube
b)
Integrated circuits
c)
CPU
d)
Cicuitry
55.
This allowed a CPU to be built on a single chip, thus allowing computer engineers to design the first fourth generation computers
a)
silicon chip
b)
integrated circuit
c)
microprocessor
d)
SRAM
56.
What computer was built over 5000 years ago?
a)
Apple Watch
b)
Stonehenge
c)
IBM
d)
ENIAC
57.
What year was the first generation of modern computers started?
a)
1939
b)
1947
c)
1961
d)
1970
58.
What company did Paul Allen and Bill Gates start
a)
Microsoft
b)
Windows
c)
Apple
d)
Minecraft
59.
What company did Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniack start?
a)
Apple
b)
Orange
c)
Microsoft
d)
Dell
60.
Which type of computer is designed for one person to use at a time?
a)
personal computer
b)
server
61.
Ada Lovelace is considered the world's first what?
a)
computer language
b)
computer programmer
programmer
programmer
c)
smart lady
d)
mathematician
mathematician
mathematician
62.
The two men on the left and right with one of their inventions of the 1970's.
a)
Paul Allen and William Gates, Founders of Apple Corp.
b)
Gary Kildall and Herman Hollerith, Founders of Digital Equipment Corporation
c)
William Gates and Steve Wozniak, Founders of Microsoft
d)
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Founders of Apple Corp.
63.
The binary number 010000001 is equivalent to this decimal number, the ASCII equivalent of this capital letter.
a)
82, R
b)
65, A
c)
69, E
d)
78, M
64.
All of these are scripting languages for Web Design, except:
a)
C++
b)
HTML 5
c)
CSS 3
d)
ASP
65.
Which of these is NOT considered a high-level language?
a)
COBOL
b)
Python
c)
Binary
d)
Java
66.
Which high-level programming language is named after a mathematician from the 1800's who made a mechanical device that could weave complex patterns in clothing based on punch card technology?
a)
FORTRAN
b)
PASCAL
c)
BASIC
d)
COBOL
67.
Which high-level programming language is the focus of this course?
a)
C++
b)
JavaScript
c)
C#
d)
Java
68.
This tech-savvy bearded brainiac invented the first floppy diskette drive and a disk operating system (DOS) in the 1970's for his newest desktop computer, the second revision, because the first one wasn't enough to keep the doctor away. Who is he, and what was the name of that computer?
a)
Steve Jobs, Alto PC
b)
Paul Allen, The Granny Smith
c)
Steve Wozniak, Apple II
d)
Gary Kildall, Apple Macintosh
69.
Name these co-founders and their company.
a)
Gary Kildall and Herman Hollerith, IBM
b)
William Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft
c)
Steven Jobs and Steven Wozniak, Apple
d)
William Gates and Steven Wozniak, DEC
70.
Circa 1975, these budding entrepreneurs used _____________ to write a compiler for a computer kit sold by MITS Corp. What was the name of the programming language, and the device they built the compiler for?
a)
PASCAL, Pascalene
b)
FORTRAN, Turing Machine
c)
Java, ENIAC
d)
Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC), Altair 8800
71.
This man, owner of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), invented an Operating System perfect for the Personal Computer, called ____________, but failed to complete negotiations with __________, which might have changed the world of technology and its leader in business software development.
a)
QDOS, Microsoft
b)
CP/M, IBM
c)
DOS, Apple
d)
PC-DOS, Microsoft
72.
How many bytes are in one Gigabyte?
a)
1 Thousand
b)
1 Million
c)
1 Billion
d)
1 Trillion
73.
What is This?
a)
A paradium
b)
A silicon transfer unit
c)
The first record
d)
A floppy disk
74.
What does GUI Stand For?
a)
Gaming Under the Influence
b)
Graphical User Interface
c)
Giraffes for a United India
d)
General Underwriting, Inc
75.
Who are "Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde"?
a)
Pokemon
b)
Warcraft Raid Bosses
c)
Misfit Toys
d)
Ghosts
76.
What does the Acronym HTML stand for?
a)
Hyper-Text-Markup-Language
b)
How-To-Meet-Ladies
c)
Hydro-Tometic-Mechanical-Leverage
d)
Hyper-Transient-Mental-Lapses
77.
In what year was the first electronic general purpose computer (ENIAC) created?
a)
1982
b)
1965
c)
1955
d)
1946
78.
Steve Jobs was a majority shareholder of which animation company?
a)
Pixar
b)
Industrial Light & Magic
c)
DreamWorks
d)
Blue Sky
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