WorksheetsEarly Computing Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the earliest recognized device for computing?
Computer
Pascal
Calculator
Abacus
What tool which enables ships to calculate their latitude at sea?
Radar
Astrolabe
Sliding Rule
Seameter
Who is the early computer pioneer who is also known as the Father of Computer?
Alan Turing
Steve Jobs
Charles Babbage
Bill Gates
In 1613, the word "computer" referred to a job title. Not a a machine.
Yeah, it's True
Nah, it's False
What machine that was designed by German polymath, Gottfried Leibniz which can calculate all four basic operations? (addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication)
Zuse
Mark I
Step Reckoner
Calculator
What is the device that Charles Babbage built and become the "General Purpose Computer"?
Step Reckoner
Difference Engine
Analytical Engine
Enigma
The first ever programmer in the world was a woman.
Yes. True
No. False
Who is the word's first programmer?
Alan Turing
Charles Babbage
Ada Lovelace
Marie Curie
In 19th century, computer was often used in __________, and rarely seen in business, government, and domestic life.
Military
Medical
Science and Engineering
Education
In the census happened in US (1890), Herman Hollerith's machine used _______
Vacuum tube
Punch card
Calculator
Normal paper
Later, Hollerith founded The Tabulating Machine Company, which later merged with other machine makers to become ______
Apple
Microsoft
IBM
Amazon
What is the largest electro-mechanical computers ever built?
Analytical Engine
Harvard Mark I
Enigma
Tabulating Machine
Harvard Mark I was built for ______
University
Medical
War
Government
The word computer bug was back then there was a dead bug inside the computer
True
False
Who is known as the Father of Computer Science?
Alan Turing
Herman Hollerith
Charles Babbage
Steve Jobs
