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WorksheetsHISTORY COMPUTER 02
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
5000 Years Ago One of first tools used to express numbers was the _______________________.
a)
Maracca
b)
Abacus
c)
Lines on Stone
d)
Sticks in a Pile
2.
In 1947, scientists at Bell Laboratories invented the __________ which made computers smaller.
a)
vacuum tubes
b)
transistors
c)
microchips
d)
tabulating machine
3.
I was known as the father of computing. I am ___________________.
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
Herman Hollerith
c)
Marie Jaquard
d)
Charles Babbage.
4.
Name one early computing device.
a)
Calculator
b)
Abacus
c)
Slide Rule
d)
All of the above
5.
What's the name of the inventor of the Analytical Machine / Different Engine?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Stephen Hawking
c)
Charles Babbage
d)
Konrad Zuse
6.
The brain of the computer is:
a)
Monitor
b)
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
c)
Mouse
d)
External Hard Drive
7.
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
8.
This important invention began the development of the second generation computers, which no longer required vacuum tubes, and were much more efficient and less expensive.
a)
CPU
b)
Transistor
c)
Silicon chip
d)
Integrated circuit
9.
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
10.
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
11.
What year did the second generation of computing begin
a)
1939
b)
1956
c)
1970
d)
1961
12.
What year was the 4th generation of modern computers started?
a)
1971
b)
1961
c)
1947
d)
1939
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