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History of Computing

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

A cheese grater

b)

An abacus

c)

A game

d)

An early camera

2.

What calculating machine did the Ancient Greeks use a lot?

a)

The Apple II computer

b)

A Samsung 566

c)

The old fashioned abacus

d)

Stones

3.

Who invented the Difference Engine?

a)

Charles Blubber

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Charles Baggage

d)

Charles Blagger

4.

What was special about the Stepped Reckoner?

a)

It could add and subtract, multiply and divide

b)

It used electricity

c)

It was made of plastic

d)

It could only add numbers up

5.

This is a Bombe machine used in WWII, where is it kept?

a)

In the kitchen

b)

In Hampton Court Palace

c)

In the Science Museum

d)

At Bletchley Park

6.

What was the Colossus Computer used for

a)

Defrosting frozen chickens

b)

Decoding German secret messages

c)

Preparing canapes for a party

d)

Calculating the time

7.

Which one of these is NOT a Google product

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Grace Hopper gave this name to fixing errors in computer code?

a)

Stooking

b)

Blogging

c)

Fixometrics

d)

Debugging

9.

Which of these Apple products was first sold in 2017?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

This man invented the Colossus Computer?

a)

Benny Green

b)

Timothy Fellows

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Tommy Flowers

11.

What Company did this man set up?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

What did computers use before Integrated Circuits were invented by Jack Kilby?

a)

Valve Technology

b)

Nano Technology

c)

Solar Power

d)

Relays

13.

Alan Turing changed History in WW II, how?

a)

He invented the modern printer

b)

He invented the machine which cracked Russian secret code

c)

He invented Radar

d)

He invented the machine which cracked German secret code

14.

Many early computers were big enough to fill a whole room and weighed thousands of pounds.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

In 1959, Jack Kilby invented the _______ which made computers much smaller and cheaper.

a)

vacuum tube

b)

transitor

c)

microchip

d)

laptop

16.

In the mid-nineties, ____________ became available to the public.

a)

Computers

b)

the World Wide Web

c)

Twitter

d)

Facebook

17.

In 2007, Apple released their first ______ so people could access the Internet from anywhere using a device small enough to fit in their pocket.

a)

MacBook

b)

computer

c)

IPAD

d)

smartphone

18.

Who was known for building the first programmable mechanical computer in the year 1820?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Herman Hollerith

19.

In 1890, Herman Hollerith founded this company:

a)

Texas Instruments

b)

AT&T

c)

IBM

d)

ASUS

20.

Which company invented the first microprocessor in 1971?

a)

Microsoft

b)

Apple

c)

Intel

d)

Texas Instruments

21.

a two-digit system of 0's and 1's that computers use to store and transfer information on computers is known as:

a)

base 10 numbers

b)

hexadecimals

c)

decimal numbers

d)

binary numbers

22.

Grace Hopper found a moth stuck in a relay responsible for a malfunction, and removed it, calling it _______.

a)

Operating

b)

Cleaning

c)

Hacking

d)

Debugging

23.

What does the 'PC' stand for?

a)

Personal Computer

b)

Private Computer

c)

Posh Computer

d)

Petite Computer

24.

The Analytical engine was designed in 1833 was by who?

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

John Naiper

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

William Oughtred

25.

The first computer programmer was a women named

a)

Ada Bryon

b)

Grace Hopper

c)

Sarah Smith

d)

Haley Heatland

26.

Who invented a mechanical device for adding and subtracting.

a)

Wilhelm Liebnitz

b)

John Napier

c)

Charlse Babbage

d)

Blaise Pascal

27.

Select which computer hardware is for input:

a)

Keyboard

b)

Operating System

c)

Monitor

d)

Speakers

28.

Select which computer hardware is for output:

a)

Mouse

b)

Keyboard

c)

Speakers

d)

Central Processing Unit

29.

An Englishman who designed the “Difference Engine” and “Analytical Engine” in the early 19th Century.

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Alan Turing

30.

An Englishman who proved in the 1940s that a machine capable of processing a stream of 1s and 0s would be capable of solving any problem.

a)

Larry Page

b)

Jack Kilby

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Winston Churchill

31.

An American who worked on ballistics in the 1940s. Invented the “COBOL” language and coined the term “debugging”.

a)

Dr Grace Murry Hopper

b)

John F Kennedy

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Tommy Flowers

32.

A Frenchman who invented the first calculator to help with collecting taxes in 1645

a)

Joseph-Marie Jacquard

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

John Vincent Atanasoff

d)

Blaise Pascal

33.

English lady who worked with Babbage in the 19th century and is credited with being the first programmer.

a)

Mary Shelley

b)

Augusta Ada

c)

Margaret Thatcher

d)

Florence Nightingale

34.

American who persuaded IBM to let him write their operating system for them.

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Sergy Brin

c)

Gottfried Willhelm von Leibnitz

d)

Bill Gates

35.

An American who invited the first integrated circuit in 1959, thus paving the way for computers to become smaller and more reliable.

a)

Howard Aiken

b)

Jack Kilby

c)

Tommy Flowers

d)

John Napier

36.
The abacus was created by ______________________________
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
The Babylonians
c)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
d)
Jospeh Marie Jaquard
37.
I was known as the father of computing. I am ___________________.
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
Herman Hollerith
c)
Marie Jaquard
d)
Charles Babbage.
38.

What is an algorithm?

a)

Algorithm is a secret message

b)

Algorithm is numbers which contain 0 and 1

c)

Algorithm is a set of rules, steps or instructions

d)

Algorithm is a type mathematics where letters and symbols are used instead of numbers.

39.

Name the person.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Al-Khwarizmi

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Charles Babbage

40.

Binary numbers use 0 and 1 to represents all the numbers. When we use binary in computing, 'on' is _________ and 'off' is _____

a)

1, 1

b)

0, 0

c)

1, 0

d)

0, 1

41.

The first computer was...

a)

big as a stadium

b)

portable

c)

big as a room

d)

small as a cellphone

42.

The abacus was used to...

a)

Gaming

b)

Mathematical calculations

c)

Graphic Design

d)

Watch movies

43.

The first computer's screen was on

a)

Full HD

b)

Black and white

c)

4k

d)

Virtual Reality

44.

The ____ is a network of computers around the world.

a)

binary

b)

internet

c)

invention

d)

program

45.

______ had to break some very difficult code messages during World War II.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Tim Berners-Lee

d)

Ada Lovelace

46.

____ worked with Charles Babbage on a very important invention called the Analytical Engine.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Tim Berners-Lee

c)

Ada Lovelace

47.

Something new that has never been made before is called a(n) ____.

a)

program

b)

invention

c)

code

d)

algorithm

48.

_____ invented the internet.

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Tim Berners-Lee

d)

Charles Babbage

49.

A set of rules, or instructions is called a(n) ___.

a)

code

b)

algorithm

c)

binary

d)

invention

50.

Who is this person?

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Tim Berners-Lee

c)

Alan Turing

51.

Who is this person?

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Al-Khwarizmi

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Pingala

52.

Who is this person?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Charles Babbage

53.

___ represents any number using 0 and 1.

a)

binary

b)

program

c)

code

54.

"these phones can be used for email and browsing the internet". these phones refers to?

a)

SIM

b)

Computers

c)

Smartphones

d)

technology

e)

headphones

55.

Mobile phones use radio signals to communicate.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

56.

What do cell phone towers do?

a)

Nothing, they are just works of art.

b)

They ruin the environment

c)

They send invisible radio waves between cell phones.

57.

Who is the founder of Microsoft?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Elle McPherson

d)

Steve Jobs

58.

Facebook founder worth over $47 billion and takes a salary of only $1?

a)

Jennifer Lopez

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

James Packer

d)

Donald Trump

59.

Founder of Apple who revolutionised mobile computing.

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Steve Jobs

c)

JK Rowling

d)

Henry Ford

60.

Who on earth is this pioneer, famous for something in 1989?

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Tim Berners-Lee

c)

Mark Zuckerberg

d)

Steve Jobs

61.

What is 'app' the abbreviation for?

a)

Appropriate Software

b)

Application

c)

Trick question - it's not an abbreviation, just a word

d)

Appsolutely no idea

62.

Who is known as The Mother of Computing?

a)

Anne Isabella Noel Byron

b)

Katniss Everdeen

c)

Grace Hopper

d)

Ada Lovelace

63.

Which famous Computer Scientist is credited with inventing the term debugging?

a)

Grace Hopper

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Lisa Simpson

d)

Jon von Neumann

64.

Name the famous Computer Scientist who is credited with cracking the Nazi Enigma code? The Turing test is also named after him.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

Barak Obama

d)

Dennis Ritchie

65.

What does the keyboard shortcut CTRL+Z do?

a)

Cut

b)

Copy

c)

Undo

d)

Save

66.

What is Jeff Bezos famous for?

a)

Tesla Motors

b)

Google

c)

Amazon

d)

Amazonia

67.

Who is this?

a)

William Gates

b)

Allen Java

c)

Mark Zuckerberg

d)

Alan Turing

68.
A computer program is best described as a series of ___________.
a)
Instructions
b)
Questions
c)
Answers
d)
Numbers
69.

Who was one of the co-founders of Google?

a)

Larry Page

b)

Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Garry Allen

d)

Elon Mask

70.
a)
Car
b)
Phone
c)
Restaurant
71.

Who founded Google?

a)

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

b)

Larry Page and Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Larry Page

d)

Sergey Brin and Elon Mask

72.

Tommy Flowers was an English engineer who worked with the British Post Office

a)

True

b)

False

73.

Who is this?

a)

William Gates

b)

Steve Jobs

c)

Mark Zuckerberg

d)

Alan Turing

74.

Who is this?

a)

Jeff Bezos

b)

Larry Page

c)

Grace Hopper

d)

Ada Lovelace

75.

Who is this?

a)

Jeff Bezos

b)

Larry Page

c)

Grace Hopper

d)

Ada Lovelace

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