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Computer Quiz - Chapter 01

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed the abacus that is still used today?

a)

America

b)

Russia

c)

China

d)

Europe

2.

Abacus was the first

a)

Electronic computer

b)

mechanical computer

c)

calculating machine

d)

mechanical calculator

3.

Napier's bone was invented in

a)

1717

b)

1817

c)

1616

d)

1627

4.

Pascaline Calculator was invented by

a)

Mathew Maury

b)

Robert Bunsen

c)

Gideon Sundback

d)

Blaise Pascal

5.

What was the name of the first computer designed by Charles Babbage?

a)

Analytical Engine

b)

Difference Engine

c)

Colossus

d)

ENIAC

6.

Which was the first fully automatic calculator?

a)

Mark 1

b)

Analytical Engine

c)

Colossus

d)

Difference Engine

7.

Third generation computers based on ________ technology

a)

vacuum tubes

b)

ICs

c)

microprocessors

d)

transistors

8.

_____________ used gears, dials and a series of numbered wheel.

a)

Pascaline

b)

Leibniz Wheel

c)

Difference Engine

9.

IBM designed on ___________ technology.

a)

Transistors

b)

ICs

c)

Vacuum tubes

10.

Present day computers are third generation computers.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Human-like machines controlled by computers

a)

Satellites

b)

Robots

12.

Select the Era of First Generation of Computers

a)

1956-1965

b)

1964-1971

c)

1940-1958

13.

The development of these marked the beginning of the third generation of computers.

a)

integrated circuit

b)

microprocessor

c)

semiconductor

d)

transistor

14.
Who built the Mark I Computer?
a)
Charles Babbage
b)
 Howard Aiken
c)
Blaise Pascal
d)
John Napier
15.

Devices still being developed today are based on this concept, where computers respond to natural language input and are capable of learning and self-organization.

a)

artificial intelligence

b)

microcomputer

c)

microprocessor

d)

semiconductor