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Early Computing Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the earliest recognized device for computing?

a)

Computer

b)

Pascal

c)

Calculator

d)

Abacus

2.

What tool which enables ships to calculate their latitude at sea?

a)

Radar

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Sliding Rule

d)

Seameter

3.

Who is the early computer pioneer who is also known as the Father of Computer?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Steve Jobs

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Bill Gates

4.

In 1613, the word "computer" referred to a job title. Not a a machine.

a)

Yeah, it's True

b)

Nah, it's False

5.

What machine that was designed by German polymath, Gottfried Leibniz which can calculate all four basic operations? (addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication)

a)

Zuse

b)

Mark I

c)

Step Reckoner

d)

Calculator

6.

What is the device that Charles Babbage built and become the "General Purpose Computer"?

a)

Step Reckoner

b)

Difference Engine

c)

Analytical Engine

d)

Enigma

7.

The first ever programmer in the world was a woman.

a)

Yes. True

b)

No. False

8.

Who is the word's first programmer?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Marie Curie

9.

In 19th century, computer was often used in __________, and rarely seen in business, government, and domestic life.

a)

Military

b)

Medical

c)

Science and Engineering

d)

Education

10.

In the census happened in US (1890), Herman Hollerith's machine used _______

a)

Vacuum tube

b)

Punch card

c)

Calculator

d)

Normal paper

11.

Later, Hollerith founded The Tabulating Machine Company, which later merged with other machine makers to become ______

a)

Apple

b)

Microsoft

c)

IBM

d)

Amazon

12.

What is the largest electro-mechanical computers ever built?

a)

Analytical Engine

b)

Harvard Mark I

c)

Enigma

d)

Tabulating Machine

13.

Harvard Mark I was built for ______

a)

University

b)

Medical

c)

War

d)

Government

14.

The word computer bug was back then there was a dead bug inside the computer

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Who is known as the Father of Computer Science?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Herman Hollerith

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Steve Jobs