WorksheetsP4 ICT Unit 6 - Computers in society: A history of computing
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This machine is known as
Anticythela mechanism
Analytical engine
Antikythera mechanism
Difference engine
Antikythera Mechanism is a very ancient machine from about 70BCE. What do you think the machine is made of?
Bronze alloy
Stone
Plastic
Wood
Euclid wrote very important books about mathematics and invented...
algebra
algorithm
computer
ciphers
What is the meaning of an algorithm?
A set of rules, steps or instruction
A set of programming, scripts and loops
A set of mathematics formula
A set of rules and regulations
How can we describe a good algorithm?
Each steps in the instructions carefully and clearly
Each steps has an event blocks
There is a miss out instruction
It is full of confusing steps and rules
Pingala was born around 200BCE in ...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Arabia
Ancient India
He wrote a book called the Chandahsastra in Sanskrit language. The book is about ...
mathematics
science computer
poetry
history
Binary numbers uses ...
algorithm to set the prime numbers
algebra to represent numbers
cipher to encrypt the numbers
0 and 1 to represent all the numbers
He is known as ...
Al-Khwarizmi
Euclid
Charles Babbage
Pingala
What is Al-Khwarizmi most important contribution?
algebra
binary number
Antikythera Mechanism
algorithms
What is algebra?
solving problems with books
solving problems with numbers and letters
solving problems with binary numbers and symbols
solving problems with numbers, letters and symbols
He was a mathematician, philosopher, engineer and inventor from England. His name is ...
Charles Babbage
Charles Dickens
Alan Turing
Tim Berners-Lee
This machine is invented by
Ada Lovelace
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
Tim Berners-Lee
Charles Babbage worked together with...
🍄Wrote some algorithms for the Analytical Engine.
🍄We now think that the algorithms are the first computer programs.
These statement refers to...
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
Euclid
Ada Lovelace
"It is a test that works out whether a computer can 'think' in the same way as a human can".
The statement is referring to ...
Charles Babbage - Analytical Engine
Euclid - Antikythera Mechanism
Ada Lovelace - Algorithms Test
Alan Turing - Turing Test
🌀It was used in World War II for making and breaking codes.
🌀Turing was able to break the code.
These statement is referring to a machine known as ...
Enema Machine
Turing Machine
Analytical Machine
Enigma Machine
🌜Wrote a paper called 'Information Management: A Proposal'
🌜It is about sharing information across the whole world
The statements are referring to...
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
Tim Berners-Lee
Al-Khwarizmi
In order to help scientists share information, Tim Berners-Lee invented ...
wireless
hypertext
binary numbers
algorithm
How to use the Internet responsibly?
manage time wisely when using the Internet
do not give out personal information
think before posting photos or comments
share your home address and phone number
playing online game until midnight
