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History of computers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the earliest computing device.

a)

Difference

b)

Abacus

c)

Pascaline

d)

All of the above

2.

What's the name of the inventor of the Analytical Machine?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Stephen Hawking

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Konrad Zuse

3.
The abacus was created by ______________________________
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
The Babylonians
c)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
d)
Jospeh Marie Jaquard
4.
The stepped Reckoner was invented in ______________________
a)
500 BC
b)
1642
c)
1673
d)
1801
5.
Blaise Pascal invented the _____________________________.
a)
Pascaline
b)
Abacus
c)
Stepped Reckoner
d)
Difference Engine
6.
The Analytical engine was designed in ____________.
a)
1801
b)
1833
c)
1890
d)
500 BC
7.
I was known as the father of computing. I am ___________________.
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
Herman Hollerith
c)
Marie Jaquard
d)
Charles Babbage.
8.
This machine stored codes for weaving fabric in a pattern. It was the _____________.
a)
Stepped Reckoner
b)
Pascaline
c)
Difference engine
d)
Jaquard's Loom
9.

A calculating machine invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz.

a)

Pascaline

b)

Stepped Reckoner

c)

Calculating Clock

d)

Arithmometer

10.

Who invented a machine that was not finished.

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

John Napier

d)

Bill Gates

11.
Herman Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine helped with what?
a)
The US Census
b)
The Abacus
c)
Stonehenge
d)
Tabulation
12.

Who developed the first punch card?

a)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Howard Aiken

13.

One of the earliest calculating devices was invented in 1642 and could only perform addition and subtraction.

a)

Stepped Reckoner

b)

Pascaline

c)

Difference Engine

d)

Analytical Engine

14.

This inventor created the difference engine and the analytical machine. What is the name of this inventor?

a)

Herman Hollerith

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Joseph Marie Jaquard

d)

Blaise Pascal

15.

This inventor created the holleriths tabulating machine. What is the name of this inventor?

a)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Herman Hollerith

d)

Blaise Pascal

16.

This inventor created the Pascaline. What is the name of this inventor?

a)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Herman Hollerith

d)

Blaise Pascal

17.

This inventor created the Jacquard's loom. What is the name of this inventor?

a)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Herman Hollerith

d)

Blaise Pascal

18.

What is the name of this invention?

a)

Jacquard Loom

b)

Analytical Engine

c)

Pascaline

d)

Abacus

19.

What is the name of this invention?

a)

Jacquard Loom

b)

Analytical Engine

c)

Pascaline

d)

Abacus

20.

What is the name of this invention?

a)

Jacquard Loom

b)

Difference Engine

c)

Pascaline

d)

Abacus