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Introduction to computer

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
All computer systems have input, processes, output and... 
a)
Feedback
b)
Data
c)
Information
d)
Storage
2.
What are the physical components of a computer system called?
a)
Hardware
b)
Desktop
c)
Devices
d)
Peripherals
3.
What is the name of the chip inside the computer that performs calculations?
a)
Random Access Memory
b)
Central Processing Unit
c)
Read Only Memory
d)
Motherboard
4.

Super computers are the fastest computers.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Mainframe computer is a powerful multi-user computer capable of supporting many hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously.

a)
b)
6.

Supercomputer is an extremely fast computer that can perform hundreds of millions of instructions per second.

a)
b)
7.

Accepts analog signals and converts and processes them into digital form.

a)

Analog Computer

b)

Digital Computer

c)

Hybrid Computer

8.

They accepts data in binary form (0s and 1s)

a)

Digital Computer

b)

Hybrid Computer

c)

Analog Computer

9.

They are used for measuring temperature, speed and current.

a)

Digital Computer

b)

Super Computer

c)

Analog Computer

10.
Who is the father of Computer?
a)
Mike Brown
b)
Charles Babbage
c)
Tim cook
d)
Bell
11.
_______________ is known as the brain of a computer.
a)
Monitor
b)
Keyboard
c)
CPU
d)
System
12.
How many generations of computers we have?
a)
6
b)
7
c)
4
d)
5
13.

What is technology that used in First Generation?

a)

Artificial intelligence

b)

Transistor

c)

Vaccum Tubes

d)

Integrated circuit

14.

Second generation computers used

a)

Vacuum tubes

b)

Microprocessors

c)

Transistors

d)

Integrated circuits

15.

First calculating device

a)

Abacus

b)

Napier's bones

c)

Pascaline

d)

Difference engine

16.

Microprocessors is in what generation?

a)

First Generation

b)

Second Generation

c)

Third Generation

d)

Fourth Generation

e)

Fifth Generation

17.

Transistors is in what generation?

a)

First Generation

b)

Second Generation

c)

Third Generation

d)

Fourth Generation

e)

Fifth Generation

18.
This device actually ran on electricity.  It was invented in time for the census of 1890 which only took six weeks to calculate the US population which at the time was 63 million.
a)
Hollerith's Tabulating Machine
b)
Mark I
c)
Difference Engine
d)
Analytical Engine
19.
This invention replaced the transistor and led to the development of third generation computers.  Processing speed increased to millions of calculations per second.
a)
Vacuum tube
b)
Integrated circuits
c)
CPU
d)
Cicuitry
20.

Identify the device in the picture.

a)

Transistor

b)

Vacuum tube

c)

IC

21.

Which generation of computers used the most electricity,were very large and expensive?

a)

2nd generation

b)

5th generation

c)

3rd generation

d)

1st generation

22.

What technology will the 5th generation computers use?

a)

Artificial Intelligence

b)

Transistor

c)

Vacuum Tubes

d)

Microprocessor

23.

__________ was the first general purpose electronic digital computer, invented in 1946

a)

ENIAC

b)

UNIVAC I

c)

PARAM

24.

These computers are used for weather forecasting, space research and satellite control

a)

Super computers

b)

Mainframe computers

c)

Mini computers

25.

Who invented the Tabulating machine?

a)

Herman Hollerith

b)

John Von Neumann

c)

Howard Aiken