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Computer 7: History of Computer

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word COMPUTER was derived from the Latin word "computare" which means?

a)

to create

b)

to compute

c)

to execute

d)

to use

2.

What do we call a programmable device that accepts data for processing, perform prescribed operations and display the result of this operation?

a)

Computer

b)

Abacus

c)

Washing machine

d)

Thermometer

3.

A computer is designed to perform operations and provides different sets of solutions with the application of what components?

a)

Hardware and peopleware

b)

Peopleware and software

c)

Computer and laptop

d)

Hardware and software

4.

What do we call this ancient memory instrument that was used to record and document numbers, quantities, and even messages?

a)

Tally sticks

b)

Abacus

c)

ENIAC

d)

Pascaline

5.

Also called counting frame, this device performs basic arithmetic operations and was used by human in performing calculations. what do we call this device?

a)

Pascaline

b)

Slide rule

c)

Abacus

d)

Stepped reckoner

6.

This machine was developed by French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal and was limited to perform addition and subtraction only. what do we call this machine?

a)

Pascaline

b)

Tabulating machine

c)

Analytical engine

d)

Jacquard Loom

7.

The first reliable, useful and commercially successful calculating machine that was developed by Thomas De Colmar in 1820. This mechanical calculator was called?

a)

Scheutzian Calculation Engine

b)

Harvard Mark I

c)

Osborne I

d)

Arithmometer

8.

Also known as IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), considered as the first electro-mechanical computer that was conceived by Howard Aiken in 1943.

a)

Napier's Bone

b)

Harvard Mark I

c)

Z1

d)

Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

9.

The first commercially produced portable microcomputer that was release in April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation.

a)

UNIVAC

b)

Tabulating Machine

c)

Slide rule

d)

Osborne I

10.

The first general purpose electric digital commercial computer that was used by a television station in predicting the result of the 1952 US Presidential Elections. what do we call this computer?

a)

ENIAC

b)

EDVAC

c)

UNIVAC

d)

ABC

11.

The first programmable computer that was developed by Konrad Zuse from 1936 to 1937. What do we call this computer?

a)

Z1

b)

Scheutzian Calculation Engine

c)

Analytical Engine

d)

Difference Engine

12.

Developed by Charles Babbage from 1822 to 1834, an automatic and mechanical calculator that tabulates polynomial functions that was named after the mathematical principle - the method of finite differences. What do we call this engine?

a)

Differential Engine

b)

Difference Engine

c)

Analyzation Engine

d)

Analytic Engine

13.

Who was considered as the "First Computer Programmer" and worked with Charles Babbage during the development of his two engines?

a)

Konrad Zuse

b)

Thomas De Colmar

c)

Augusta Ada Byron

d)

Herman Hollerith

14.

This is an electromechanical machine that was designed to assists information stored on a punch cards. This machine also helps process the U.S. Census of 1890. what do we call this machine?

a)

Atanasoff-Berry Computer

b)

Arithmometer

c)

Stepped Reckoner

d)

Tabulating machine

15.

Invented in 1622 by William Oughtred, this calculation tool was based on Napier's ideas about logarithms and was the most commonly used calculation tool before the invention of the modern calculator. What is this tool?

a)

Abacus

b)

Slide Rule

c)

Pascaline

d)

Arithmometer

16.

The first machine to use punch cards in performing its tasks. What do we call this machine?

a)

Jacquard Loom

b)

Stepped Reckoner

c)

Pascaline

d)

Arithmometer

17.

During this computer generation, computers were mostly built with vacuum tubes and as a result, computers were enormous and usually takes up an entire space of a room. what computer generation is this?

a)

Second Generation

b)

Fifth Generation

c)

Third Generation

d)

First Generation

18.

In this computer generation, microprocessor became the most prevalent component of computers. This generation also introduces the use of GUI or Graphical User Interface, the mouse, and other handheld devices. During what computer generation is this?

a)

Second Generation

b)

Fifth Generation

c)

Fourth Generation

d)

First Generation

19.

In this generation, users became more interacted with computers with the use keyboards, monitor and interfaced with operating system. Integrated circuits were the predominant component of computers during this generation. In what computer generation is this?

a)

Fifth Generation

b)

First Generation

c)

Second Generation

d)

Third Generation

20.

The essence of this computer generation is to use technologies to create a machine that can respond to the natural language and have the capability to organize themselves. In what computer generation is this?

a)

Fifth Generation

b)

First Generation

c)

Second Generation

d)

Fourth Generation