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WorksheetsThe Foundations of Computing - Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The earliest known computing device is believed to be...
Collossus
analytic engine
Antikythera
step reckoner
The Antikythera was invented by the ...
Greeks
Romans
English
Americans
The Antikythera was invetented ...
1948
1834
1645
around 100 BC
The Antikythera was used to...
add and subtract numbers
add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers
find the position of the sun, moon and planets
control weaving
The first mechanical calculating machine was the ...
Collossus
analytic engine
Antikythera
step reckoner
P_______'s Wheel was invented by ...
Blaise Pascal
Alan Turing
Tommy Flowers
Donald Trump
The step reckoner improved on Pascal's Wheel by...
being able to add and subtract numbers
being able to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers
finding the position of the sun, moon and planets
controling weaving
Who is considered to be the first computer programmer?
Tommy Flowers
Gottfried Liebnitz
Ada Lovelace
Joseph-marie jacquard
What was used to decode enemy messages in World War 2?
Pascal's Wheel
Collossus
Jacquards Punchcards
Babbage's analytic engine
Why did Ada Lovelace never get to try her programs?
Babbage never finished building his analytic engine
She ran out of money
Someone stole them
Babbage programmed the machine himself
Which of these typrs of processors was used from 1946 to 1955
microprocessor
transistors
vaccum tubes
integrated circuits
Which of these typrs of processors was used from 1953 until 1963
microprocessor
transistors
vaccum tubes
integrated circuits
Which of these typrs of processors was used from 1964 to 1970
microprocessor
transistors
vaccum tubes
integrated circuits
Which of these typrs of processors was used from 1971 to 1991
microprocessor
transistors
vaccum tubes
integrated circuits
Which of these changes lead to people being able to build computers smaller than an entire room?
vaccum tubes to transistors
transistors to integrated circuits
integrated circuits to microprocessors
micro-processors to multi-core processors
