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WorksheetsHISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND COMPUTER BASICS
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The ______________ was developed in 3000 BC, and was basically beads on rods to count and was used to calculate, has upper and lower deck.
a)
UNIVAC
b)
Abacus
c)
Vacuum Tubes
d)
Slide Rule
2.
One of the earliest calculating devices was invented in 1642 and could only perform addition
a)
Stepped Reckoner
b)
Pascaline
c)
Difference Engine
d)
Analytical Engine
3.
Recipient of Computer Science’s first “Man of the Year Award
a)
Jacquard Moore
b)
John Napier
c)
Charles Babbage
d)
Grace Hopper
4.
What does the 'PC' stand for?
a)
Personal Computer
b)
Private Computer
c)
Posh Computer
d)
Petite Computer
5.
What company did Paul Allen and Bill Gates start
a)
Microsoft
b)
Windows
c)
Apple
d)
Minecraft
6.
What company did Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniack start?
a)
Apple
b)
Orange
c)
Microsoft
d)
Dell
7.
Which type of computer is designed for one person to use at a time?
a)
personal computer
b)
server
8.
Who is considered the "Father of the Computer" for inventing a calculating machine called the Difference Engine?
a)
Tim Berners-Lee
b)
Barles Cabbage
c)
Bill Gates
d)
Charles Babbage
9.
One of the first computers was an abacus. Invented in Babylon in 500 B.C., the abacus was made of string and beads.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The abacus was created by ______________________________
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
The Babylonians
c)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
d)
Jospeh Marie Jaquard
11.
Blaise Pascal invented the _____________________________.
a)
Pascaline
b)
Abacus
c)
Stepped Reckoner
d)
Difference Engine
12.
I was known as the father of computing. I am ___________________.
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
Herman Hollerith
c)
Marie Jaquard
d)
Charles Babbage.
13.
Charles Babbage designed the Tabulating Machine.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The word "Computer" was first assigned to...
a)
A person who conducts calculations
b)
A person who is very loud
c)
A person who doesn't sleep
d)
A person who lies
15.
The ______________ was developed in 3000 BC, and was basically beads on rods to count and was used to calculate, has upper and lower deck.
a)
UNIVAC
b)
Abacus
c)
Vacuum Tubes
d)
Slide Rule
16.
What are the 4 stages of computing in order?
a)
input, output, storage, processing
b)
input, processing, output, storage
c)
output, input, storage, processing
d)
output, storage, input, storage
17.
Who started the company Google?
a)
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
b)
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
c)
Bill Gates
d)
Donald Trump
18.
This guy made the operating system for IBM and started a company called Microsoft.
a)
Steve Jobs
b)
Howard Aiken
c)
Bill Gates
d)
Alan Turing
19.
Why did Pascal invent the first calculator?
a)
To help determine the current French population.
b)
To help with collecting taxes.
c)
To teach his children how to add and subtract.
20.
Which came into existence first: Wikipedia or YouTube?
a)
Wikipedia
b)
YouTube
21.
Who is recognized as the first computer programmer?
a)
Charles Babbage
b)
Howard Aiken
c)
Blaise Pascal
d)
Ada Lovelace
22.
How do we call this?
a)
memory stick
b)
folder
c)
mouse
d)
router
23.
How do we call this?
a)
webcam
b)
screen
c)
a link
d)
keyboard
24.
How do we call this?
a)
scanner
b)
smartphone
c)
games console
d)
printer
25.
How do we call this?
a)
router
b)
mouse mat
c)
memory stick
d)
printer
26.
How do we call this?
a)
mouse
b)
speakers
c)
mouse mat
d)
webcam
27.
How do we call this?
a)
smartphone
b)
speakers
c)
mouse mat
d)
folder
28.
How do we call this?
a)
tablet
b)
router
c)
monitor
d)
screen
29.
How do we call this?
a)
folder
b)
memory stick
c)
tablet
d)
mouse mat
30.
_________________ are sets of instructions loaded each time a computer is started
a)
Algorythms
b)
Operating Systems
c)
Vacuum Tubes
d)
Origination Systems
31.
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
32.
The first wireless LAN was created in Hawaii
a)
True
b)
False
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