Free Printable History of computer 1st

1.

Blaise Pascal in (___________), the 18-year-old son of a French tax collector, invented what he called a numerical wheel calculator to help his father with his duties.

a)

1646 - 1716

b)

1820

c)

1623 - 1662

d)

1791 - 1871

2.

This brass rectangular box, also called a _____________, used eight movable dials to add sums up to eight figures long.

a)

The Difference Engine

b)

The Pascaline

c)

The Abacus

d)

The Leibniz Mechanical Calculator

3.

A German mathematician and philosopher, Gottfried Wilhem von Leibniz improved the Pascaline by creating a machine that could also ____________.

a)

Add

b)

Multiply

c)

Subtract

d)

Divide

4.

In (_________) Gottfried Wilhem von Leibniz, improved the Pascaline by creating a machine the Leibniz's mechanical multiplier which worked with a system of gears and dials

a)

1646 - 1716

b)

1820

c)

1623 - 1662

d)

1791 - 1871

5.

Babbage's proposed a machine to perform differential equations, called a ___

a)

The Abacus

b)

The Pascaline

c)

The Leibniz Mechanical Multiplier

d)

Difference Engine

6.

In __________, Charles Babbage proposed a machine to perform differential equations.

a)

1617 - 1716

b)

1623 - 1662

c)

1791 - 1871

d)

2005 - 2015

7.

Babbage's assistant, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1842). Also, Lady Lovelace's fine understanding of the machine allowed her to create the instruction routines to be fed into the computer, making her the first female computer

a)

Programmer

b)

Developer

c)

Designer

d)

Architect

8.

An American inventor, Herman Hollerith in __________, also applied the Jacquard loom concept to computing. His first task was to find a faster way to compute the U.S. census. This concept was later to become International Business Machines (IBM)

a)

1791 - 1871

b)

1623 - 1662

c)

2005 - 2015

d)

1860 - 1929

9.

What is the name of this machine?

a)

The Pasculine

b)

Abacus

c)

Babage Engine

d)

Hollerith Electric Machine

10.

In the year 1946, the first successful electronic computer called _______was developed

a)

ENIAC

b)

Integrated Circuits

c)

Vaccum Tube

d)

Transistor

11.

In First Generation of computers, ____________ were used as the electronic component

a)

Vacuum Tubes

b)

Integrated Circuits

c)

Transistor

d)

Processors

12.

In Third generation of computers, ____________ were used as the electronic component

a)

Vacuum Tubes

b)

Integrated Circuits

c)

Transistors

d)

Processors

13.

In Fourth generation of computers, ____________ were used as the electronic component

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Integrated Circuits

c)

Transistors

d)

Processors

14.

c

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Intergrated Circuits

c)

Transistor

d)

Processor

15.

Identify this electronic component

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Integrated Circuit

c)

Transistor

d)

Processor

16.

Identify this electronic component

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Integrated Ciruit

c)

Transistor

d)

Processor

17.

Identify this electronic component

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Integrated Circuit

c)

Transistor

d)

Micro Processor

18.

Identify this electronic component

a)

Vacuum Tube

b)

Integrated Circuit

c)

Transistor

d)

Micro Processor

19.

Fifth generation computers are in developmental stage which is based on the ________________.

a)

Artificial Intelligence

b)

Integrated Circuit

c)

Transistors

d)

Micro Processor

20.

It took inventor Joseph M. Jacquard to bring together Bouchon’s idea of a continuous punched roll, and Falcon’s ides of durable punched cards to produce a really workable programmable loom?

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz is known as the father of the modern computer?

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The problem with the Loom was solved by controlled punched cards tied together to form a long loop

a)

True

b)

False

23.

John Napier greatest contribution was the invention of logarithms

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Jean-Batist Falçon, the son of an organ maker, worked in the textile industry?

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Ada Lovelace was the first person to translated the memoir on Charles Babbage's Analytic Engine and appended a set of notes which specified in complete detail a method for calculating Bernoulli numbers?

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The ENIAC had a very limited storage capacity and it was programmed by jumper wires plugged into a large board

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Dr Herman Hollerith’s machine the 1890 was the first census tabulation machine in America

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Dr Herman Hollerith organized the Tabulating Machine Company which later merged with other companies to become IBM

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The Mark 1 was capable of performing only one function, that of code breaking during World War II

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The first all-electronic computer was the Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The important contribution of the Mark 1 was that it was programmed by means of a punched paper tape, and the instructions could be altered

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Grace Hopper while working on the Mark1 checked out the reader and found a dead moth in the mechanism with its wings blocking the reading of the holes in the paper tape. She removed the moth, taped it into her log book, and recorded, She had debugged the program

a)

True

b)

False

33.

21. Can the following steps be used to turning a assignment on Google Classroom?

i. Go to classroom.google.com.

ii. Click the classClasswork.

iii. Click the assignmentView assignment.

iv. Click the image with your name to open the assigned file.

v. Enter your work.

On the document or in Classroom, click Turn in and confirm

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Changes still be made to an assignment that you have already turned in

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The following steps be used to changes to an assignment that you already turned in?

i. Go to classroom.google.com.

ii. Click the classClasswork.

iii. Click the assignmentView assignment.

iv. Click Unsubmit and confirm.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Google a good search engine to use to find information on the internet

a)

True

b)

False

37.

When an assignment status is unsubmitted, turning it change its status

a)

True

b)

False

38.

The different Topics in a project will appear on the Reference page

a)

True

b)

False

39.

A Project must be printed before it can be submitting the google classroom

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Why are References necessary in a project?

4 lines

41.

Why is Table of Contents important in a project?

4 lines

42.

Why is Cover page important in a project?

4 lines

43.

This device allows users to make computations using a system of sliding beads arranged on a rack

a)

The Pacaline

b)

The Abacus

c)

The Leibniz Mechanical Multiplier

d)

The Difference Engine

History of computer 1st

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