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Pioneers of Computer

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He is known as the "Father of Modern" computing.

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Joseph Jacquard

c)

Ray Tomlinson

d)

Ada Lovelace

2.

He was a French businessman that was the inventor of the Jacquard Loom.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

J.V. Atanasoff

3.

His invention helped his father make his work easy as a tax collector.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

William Oughtred

d)

Blaise Pascal

4.

He won the contest that helped the US census compute the census during the 19th century.

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Herman Hollerith

d)

Joseph Jacquard

5.

The Jacquard loom, inspired the idea of storing data using the ________________.

a)

Punched Card

b)

Vacuum tube

c)

Transistor

d)

Integrated Circuit

6.

This computer was created during the World War II.

a)

ENIAC

b)

Atanasoff Computer

c)

UNIVAC

d)

Difference Engine

7.

UNIVAC stands for ________________

a)

Universal Automatic Computer

b)

United Automatic Computer

c)

Universal Automate Computer

d)

Universal Automatic Calculator

8.

Who were the brain of ENIAC? Choose 2 answers.

a)

J. Presper Eckert

b)

Alan Turing

c)

John Mauchly

d)

J.V. Atanasoff

9.

What generation of computer are we using now?

a)

First Generation

b)

Second Generation

c)

Third Generation

d)

Fourth Generation

10.

She is a royalty that dedicated her time in writing the code for the Analytical Engine.

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Grace Hopper

c)

Audrey Hepburn

d)

Anne Turing