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HISTORY OF COMPUTER

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The inventor of the Napier's bones used for multiplication and long Division.

a)

John Napier

b)

Albert Napier

c)

Alex Napier

d)

John William Napier

2.

The Inventor of the slide rule that performs calculation faster.

a)

John Napier

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

William Oughtred

d)

Charles Babage

3.

The Inventor of Pascaline which is the earliest calculator.

a)

Blaised Pascal

b)

Bliss Pascal

c)

Bless Pascal

d)

Blaise Pascal

4.

The inventor of the Leibniz Wheel that is used in many calculating machine.

a)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

b)

Charles Babage

c)

Joseph Marie Leibniz

d)

Herman Hollerith

5.

The inventor of difference engine 1 the first mechanical computer made of hand -made brass parts.

a)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Thomas Edison

6.

The First computer Programmer.

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Bill Gate

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Ada Lovelace

7.

He improved the idea to store information on punched paper or wood in the fabric weaving industry.

a)

Herman Hollerith

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

d)

Dr. John Mauchly

8.

He perfected the light bulb which has a direct effect on the computer.

a)

Tesla

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Alesandro Volta

d)

Thomas Edison

9.

He used the idea of a punched cards and invented the card reader and form a company, IBM.

a)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

b)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Herman Hollerith

10.

The inventor of Vacuum Tube

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Herman Hollerith

c)

Lee Deforest

d)

John Ambrose Feming

11.

Together with Steve Wozniak Introduced the first personal computer from their newly formed company Apple computer

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Elon Musk

c)

Mark Zuckerberg

d)

Bill Gates

12.

Together with Jack kilby invented the integrated Circuit(IC) or the semi conductor chip.

a)

Steve Wozniak

b)

John Bardeen

c)

William Brittain

d)

Robert Noyce

13.

Deviced a machine to predict the tide for any given time.

a)

William Thomson(Lord Kelvin)

b)

Howard Aiken

c)

Presper Eckert

d)

John MAuchly

14.

Together with Presper Eckert built the ENIAC

a)

Howard Aiken

b)

Lord Kelvin

c)

Vannera Bush

d)

John Mauchly

15.

A manual aid to calculating that consists of beads or disks that can be moved up and down on a series of sticks or strings within a usually wooden frame. It has a roman and Asian Version

a)

Napier's Bone

b)

Slide Rule

c)

Abacus

d)

Pascaline

16.

IBM stands for ______________.

a)

International Board of Monitors

b)

Inside Building Machine

c)

International Business Machine

17.

UNIVAC stands for______________.

a)

Universal Automatic Cash

b)

Universal Automatic Calculator

c)

Universal Automatic Computer

18.

First Generation of computer?

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Microprocessor

c)

Artificial Intelligence

d)

Tansistor

e)

Integrated Circuit

19.

Second Generation of computer.

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Microprocessor

c)

Artificial Intelligence

d)

Tansistor

e)

Integrated Circuit

20.

Third Generation of computer.

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Microprocessor

c)

Artificial Intelligence

d)

Tansistor

e)

Integrated Circuit

21.

Fourth Generation of computer.

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Microprocessor

c)

Artificial Intelligence

d)

Tansistor

e)

Integrated Circuit

22.

Fifth Generation of computer.

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Microprocessor

c)

Artificial Intelligence

d)

Tansistor

e)

Integrated Circuit

23.

Name this picture

a)

Napier's Bone

b)

Abacus

c)

Pascaline

d)

Slide Rule

24.

Name this picture

a)

Napier's Bone

b)

Abacus

c)

Pascaline

d)

Slide Rule

25.

Name this picture

a)

Napier's Bone

b)

Abacus

c)

Pascaline

d)

Slide Rule