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WorksheetsHistory of Computer and Kinds of Computer
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 54mins
Which is the biggest computer by size?
Super computer
Mini computer
Micro Computer
Mainframe computer
The computer which can be used to direct war jets are called ...
Super frame Computer
Super computers
Micro Computer
Mini computers
A computer system is ....
An electrical device
An input device
hardware and software working together
input and output working together
PDA stands for ...
Personal Diagram Assistant
Personal Digital Assistant
Personal Data Account
Personal Digital Accountant
What type of computer system can be found in the lab?
Mini
Mainframe
Micro
Super
Identify the 2 types of Micro computers from the list below!
laptop and smartphones
desktop and embedded
smartphones and tablets
desktop and laptop
Which type of computer is built to support an organization's information?
Mini
Embedded
Mainframe
Super
This type of computer can be worn
Mini
Embedded
Wearable
PDA
This type of computer system is tiny and is mainly used to schedule appointments and send and receive emails
DPA
PDA
PCA
PIA
What am I?
Desktop PC
Mainframe/server
Laptop
Smart Phone
Which one of these is the most expensive?
Desktop
super computer
mainframe
laptop
Which computer is the most powerful?
Personal Computer
Minicomputers
Mainframe
Supercomputers
Is your phone considered a Personal Computer?
Yes
No
What does CPU stand for?
Central Processing Unit
Central Programming Unit
Computer Parts Unlimited
Computer Places United
How do you classify computers?
According to their color and profile
According to their type and color
According to their size and power
According to their size and variety
A printed circuit board that contains the main components of a computer is ...
BIOS
Hard drive
Motherboard
Power supply
A type of memory where data is lost when the computer is switched off is ...
HDD
ROM
USB
RAM
A device that must always be connected to an external power source to work is ...
Tab
Smartphone
Desktop
Laptop
The example of an output device is ...
Microphone
3D printer
Webcam
Scanner
Name the software that you use for viewing web pages
Presentation
Desktop publisher
Web browser
Communications Software
Barcode reader is a ...
Software
Battery
Hardware
mobile phone
ROM is volatile
True
False
An example of utility software is ...
Printer
Monitor
Disk defragmenter
Touch screen
Biometric sytems are not used for...
Verification
Screening
Identification
Entertainment
Which is not true about desktop computers?
Have a larger screen
Easy to upgrade
Need constant power supply
Portable
GUIs are sometimes called WIMPs. "M" in WIMP stand for ...
Monitor
Mouse
Menu
Mark
This is not an example of operating system
Microsoft Windows
Apple OS X
Linux
Microsoft office is an example of an 'off the shelf software'
True
False
Which is more user friendly?
GUI
CLI
Identify the device
VR head set
Helicopter
Drone
Camera
Identify the device
Hard disk drive
USB
CD
Steel Plate
Identify the Interface
GUI
CLI
CPU
CIL
ROM stands for ...
Random Only Memory
Read Only Memory
Random Only Me
Read Only Me
A set of instructions that control how a computer work is called ...
Software
Hardware
Input
Output
Advantage of using a laptop is ...
Tangible
Portable
Heavy
Low performance
Name one early computing device
Calculator
Abacus
Slide Rule
All of the options
What's the name of the inventor of the Analytical Machine?
Albert Einstein
Charles Babbage
Stephen Hawking
Konrad Zuse
In the mid 40's, ENIAC was built by ...
America
Japan
Germany
France
Personal Computers (PCs) became accessible in ...
1960s
1980s
1970s
1990s
Graphic User Interface (GUI) made computers more user-friendly because ...
they became faster
they became smaller
they used icons instead of commands
they used a mouse
The 4 steps of computing are ...
science, technology, engineering, math
state hypothesis, collect data, test, and conclude
input, process, output, store
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
Select which computer hardware is for input
Keyboard
Monitor
Operating System
Speakers
Select which computer hardware is for output
Keyboard
Central Processing Unit
Operating System
Speakers
Which stores output from a computer?
Scanner
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Keyboard
Flash Drive
The brain of the computer is ...
Monitor
Mouse
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
External Hard Drive
The abacus was created by ...
The Babylonians
Blaise Pascal
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Jospeh Marie Jaquard
Which one of the following devices was created in 1801?
The abacus
Stepped Reckoner
Pascaline
Jaquard's Loom
The stepped Reckoner was invented in ...
500 BC
1673
1642
1801
Blaise Pascal invented the ...
Pascaline
Stepped Reckoner
Abacus
Difference Engine
The Analytical engine was designed in ...
500 BC
1833
1801
1890
I was known as the father of computing. I am ....
Blaise Pascal
Marie Jaquard
Herman Hollerith
Charles Babbage
This machine was used to count and sort information for the US census. It was the ....
Abacus
Analytical Engine
Hollerith's Tabulating Machine
Difference engine
The Difference engine was designed in 1822.
True
False
This machine stored codes for weaving fabric in a pattern. It was the ....
Stepped Reckoner
Difference engine
Pascaline
Jaquard's Loom
