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P4 ICT Unit 6 - Computers in society: A history of computing

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This machine is known as

a)

Anticythela mechanism

b)

Analytical engine

c)

Antikythera mechanism

d)

Difference engine

2.

Antikythera Mechanism is a very ancient machine from about 70BCE. What do you think the machine is made of?

a)

Bronze alloy

b)

Stone

c)

Plastic

d)

Wood

3.

Euclid wrote very important books about mathematics and invented...

a)

algebra

b)

algorithm

c)

computer

d)

ciphers

4.

What is the meaning of an algorithm?

a)

A set of rules, steps or instruction

b)

A set of programming, scripts and loops

c)

A set of mathematics formula

d)

A set of rules and regulations

5.

How can we describe a good algorithm?

a)

Each steps in the instructions carefully and clearly

b)

Each steps has an event blocks

c)

There is a miss out instruction

d)

It is full of confusing steps and rules

6.

Pingala was born around 200BCE in ...

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

Ancient Rome

c)

Ancient Arabia

d)

Ancient India

7.

He wrote a book called the Chandahsastra in Sanskrit language. The book is about ...

a)

mathematics

b)

science computer

c)

poetry

d)

history

8.

Binary numbers uses ...

a)

algorithm to set the prime numbers

b)

algebra to represent numbers

c)

cipher to encrypt the numbers

d)

0 and 1 to represent all the numbers

9.

He is known as ...

a)

Al-Khwarizmi

b)

Euclid

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Pingala

10.

What is Al-Khwarizmi most important contribution?

a)

algebra

b)

binary number

c)

Antikythera Mechanism

d)

algorithms

11.

What is algebra?

a)

solving problems with books

b)

solving problems with numbers and letters

c)

solving problems with binary numbers and symbols

d)

solving problems with numbers, letters and symbols

12.

He was a mathematician, philosopher, engineer and inventor from England. His name is ...

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Tim Berners-Lee

13.

This machine is invented by

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Tim Berners-Lee

14.

Charles Babbage worked together with...

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

🍄Wrote some algorithms for the Analytical Engine.

🍄We now think that the algorithms are the first computer programs.

These statement refers to...

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Euclid

d)

Ada Lovelace

16.

"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 ...

a)

Charles Babbage - Analytical Engine

b)

Euclid - Antikythera Mechanism

c)

Ada Lovelace - Algorithms Test

d)

Alan Turing - Turing Test

17.

🌀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 ...

a)

Enema Machine

b)

Turing Machine

c)

Analytical Machine

d)

Enigma Machine

18.

🌜Wrote a paper called 'Information Management: A Proposal'

🌜It is about sharing information across the whole world

The statements are referring to...

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Tim Berners-Lee

d)

Al-Khwarizmi

19.

In order to help scientists share information, Tim Berners-Lee invented ...

a)

wireless

b)

hypertext

c)

binary numbers

d)

algorithm

20.

How to use the Internet responsibly?

a)

manage time wisely when using the Internet

b)

do not give out personal information

c)

think before posting photos or comments

d)

share your home address and phone number

e)

playing online game until midnight