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Evolution of computers

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First mechanical calculator

a)

Difference engine

b)

Pascaline

c)

ENIAC

d)

EDVAC

2.

Second generation computers used

a)

Vacuum tubes

b)

Microprocessors

c)

Transistors

d)

Integrated circuits

3.

First calculating device

a)

Abacus

b)

Napier's bones

c)

Pascaline

d)

Difference engine

4.

Identify the first calculator.

a)

Difference engine

b)

Pascaline

c)

ENIAC

d)

UNIVAC

5.

The Analytical Engine was invented by

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Reynold

c)

Augusta Ada Lovelace

d)

Charles Babbage

6.

Choose the correct spelling.

a)

Transisters

b)

Transasters

c)

Transestors

d)

Transistors

7.

Which of the following statements is true for Fourth Generation Computers?

a)

They are very slow, expensive, and large in size.

b)

They rely on magnetic tape.

c)

They are portable, reliable, and cheapest among all other generations of computers.

d)

They are still in development.

8.

Who built the Difference engine?

a)

a. Herman Hollerith

b)

b. Blaise Pascal

c)

c. Charles Babbage

d)

d. Howard Aiken

9.

First calculating device

a)

Abacus

b)

Napier's bones

c)

Pascaline

d)

Difference engine

10.

Abacus was the first calculating device.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

GIGO means

a)

Go In Go Out

b)

Garbage In Garbage Out

c)

Get In Get Out

12.

The first mechanical calculating device was

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Leibniz calculator

c)

Charles Babbage

13.

The circuit used in 1st generation of computers in 1940-56

a)

vaccum tubes

b)

transistors

c)

integrated circuits

14.

__________ language was used in first generation of computers

a)

COBOL

b)

Machine

c)

RDBMS

15.

Who invented the Pascaline?

a)

Blaze Pascal

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

Blair Pascal

d)

Belle Pascal

16.

The Heaven part of Abacus has _______ beads on each rod.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

all

e)

none

17.

The _______ engine had five units to work.

a)

difference

b)

tabulating

c)

analytical

d)

all

e)

none

18.

Blaise Pascal was a __________________ mathematician

a)

German

b)

American

c)

French

d)

Chines

19.

____________ made up of wooden frame with rods, each having beads.

a)

Analytical engine

b)

Napier's Bones

c)

Abacus

20.

Identify the circuitry in the given image. It was used in the Second Generation Computers.

a)

Microprocessors

b)

Integrated Circuits

c)

Transistors

d)

Vacuum Tubes

21.

Identify the given image.

a)

Pascaline Calculator

b)

Leibniz Calculator

c)

Napier's Bones

d)

Abacus

22.

Identify the Pascaline Calculator.

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

Identify the Analytical Engine, which had five units - Input,

Output, Store, Mill and Control.

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

Fifth Generation computers include

a)

Integrated Circuits

b)

Artificial intelligence

c)

Transistors

d)

Vacuum tubes

25.

IC's stand for

a)

Informative Circuit

b)

Incorporated Circuit

c)

Integrated Circuit

d)

Initial Circuit

26.

Operating systems such as Windows, Unix, MS Dos were developed in this generation

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth