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WorksheetsHistory of Computers - Part 5: 1973-Present
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What operating system did Bill Gates sell to IBM for their personal computer?
a)
Windows
b)
Mac OSX
c)
Java Script
d)
MS-DOS
2.
1973-Present represents which generation of computers?
a)
second
b)
third
c)
fourth
d)
fifth
3.
Which computer was the first commercially successful personal computer?
a)
Xerox Alto
b)
Altair 8800
c)
Apple I
d)
IBM Personal Computer
4.
Who founded Apple Inc.?
a)
Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak
b)
Bill Gates & Steve Jobs
c)
Steve Wozniak & Bill Gates
d)
Steve Jobs & Douglas Englebart
5.
What type of system uses a mouse to point & click and interact with windows on the screen?
a)
Graphical User Interface
b)
Command Prompt System
c)
MS-DOS
d)
BASIC
6.
Computers were becoming so small in the 70s that they became known as ______ .
a)
Tiny Technology
b)
Little Machines
c)
Microcomputers
d)
Small Computers
7.
Bill Gates founded what company?
a)
Xerox
b)
Apple
c)
Windows
d)
Microsoft
8.
This computer made GUI's popular.
a)
Apple II
b)
IBM Personal Computer
c)
Xerox Alto
d)
Macintosh
9.
What did Steve Jobs see at Xerox Park that inspired him to create the Macintosh?
a)
Copiers being used to make identical copies of paper
b)
Graphical User Interface with a mouse interaction
c)
Keyboard & Monitor Connected to a computer
d)
A demonstration of the IBM Personal Computer
10.
Where did Gates get the idea to make Windows?
a)
Took the idea from Apple
b)
Took the idea from IBM
c)
Took the idea from Xerox
d)
Took the idea from the Altair 8800
11.
What big announcement did Apple make in 2007 that changed the world?
a)
iPod
b)
iPhone
c)
iPad
d)
Macbook
12.
Steve Wozniak was a _____ .
a)
IBM Employee
b)
Computer Hobbyist
c)
Business Man
d)
Mathematician
13.
Which computer inspired the creation of both Microsoft and Apple?
a)
Apple I
b)
IBM Personal Computer
c)
Altair 8800
d)
Xerox Alto
14.
Who was the inventor of the first mouse and a pioneer with GUIs?
a)
Steve Wozniak
b)
Bill Gate
c)
Douglas Englebart
d)
Thomas Edison
15.
Parts that could connect to the IBM Personal Computer's expansion slots where call what?
a)
Expandable Accessories
b)
IBM Compatible
c)
Slot Cards
d)
IBM Expandables
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