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WorksheetsIntroduction to Computing
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
A computer designed specifically to find the solution of systems of simultaneous and linear equations is an example of what type of computer?
General Purpose Computer
Special Purpose Computer
Control Systems
What was the function of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer?
Video gaming
Solving systems of equations
Decoding messages
What is the contribution of Alan Turing to the evolution of computers?
Developed the design of how computers would interact with programs
Invention of transistors
Developed a computer that helped the British cryptographers to decode German messages
Who developed the first general purpose machine?
Tommy Flowers
Konrad Zuse
Charles Babbage
Where were the programs stored in the first programmable computer Z3?
Punched film
Floppy disk
Hard disk
Which of the following is false about evolution of computers?
In 1940s, British cryptographers used computers to decode German messages
In 1941, computers were used to analyse the wing flutter of aircraft during WW2
In 1950s, the invention of transistors transformed computers
Which of the following is an example of a general purpose system?
Laptops
Digital Cameras
ATMs
Which of the following is an example of a control system?
Industrial robots
GPS
Mobile phones
Which of the following statements describes control systems?
A system designed to perform a wide range of tasks
A system designed for only a particular operation
A system programmed to operate automatically with minimum inputs from the user
Which of the following techniques is used to maintain secrecy when sending messages over a communication channel?
Data crunching
Cryptography
Automation
Which of the following is an application of computer in the field of bionics?
Analysing the DNA of organisms
Artificial leg
Robots in the field of healthcare
What is data crunching?
A sequence of operations is performed with minimum human supervision
Implementing biological methods available in nature for designing engineering systems
Processing large amounts of data and information automatically
What is the definition of a robot?
A computer that looks like a human
A programmable machine that can perform a series of actions automatically
A machine that follows instructions
Taking a large problem and breaking it down into smaller chunks is called...
Decomposition
Algorithm design
Computational thinking
Abstraction
Which of the following is similar to generalisation?
Decomposition
Algorithm design
Computational thinking
Abstraction
What is abstraction?
Removing certain characteristics from objects so that the set of characteristics is reduced to a simple form
Sets of logical instructions for a computer
Thinking like a computer
Which of the following is not a component of computational thinking?
Programming
Algorithm design
Abstraction
Decomposition
What is an algorithm?
Data given to a system
Steps followed to think like a computer
Step by step instructions given to a computer
A group of programmers design a railway ticketing system. Which of the following technique is used to distribute the work among the programmers?
Algorithm design
Computational thinking
Abstraction
Decomposition
What could be the logical steps behind a program that performs division?
Repeated addition
Repeated subtraction
Repeated multiplication
Which of the following is true with respect to Moore's Law?
The processing speed of computers halves every two years
The number of transistors doubles every two years
The physical size of computers increases over years
Which feature of nanotechnology helps in improving the speed of computers?
Invention of new materials
Automation
Real-time experience
Which of the following is an example for augmented reality?
Automatic teller machine
Pokemon Go
Unmanned space probes
The field of study where improvements are made to work a computer in a more 'human' way is called...
Machine intelligence
Automation
Robotics
Bionics
A branch of technology that manipulates matter on the atomic, molecular and supramolecular scale is called...
Nanotechnology
Augmented reality
Biotechnology
Who founded Apple?
Bill Gates
Stephen Hawking
Steve Jobs
