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Introduction to Computers

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a computer?

a)

A computer is case that manipulates information or data.

b)

A computer is an electronic device that manipulates information or data.

c)

A computer is powered box that manipulates information or data.

2.

A computer has the ability to:

a)

It has the ability to store, retrieve, and process data.

b)

It has the ability to store, retrieve, and pastas data.

c)

It has the ability to stage, retrieve, and process data.

3.

You can use a computer to (check all that apply)

a)

Type Documents

b)

Send Email

c)

Play Games

d)

Browse the web

4.

Hardware is ...

a)

any part of your computer

b)

any part of your computer that has a hard structure

c)

any part of your computer that has a software structure

d)

any part of your computer that has a physical structure

5.

Hardware is (check all that apply)

a)

Software

b)

Keyboard

c)

Mouse

d)

computer's internal parts

6.

Software is ...

a)

Hardware for your computer

b)

any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do and how to do it

c)

all hardware components

d)

any set of instructions for you to read

7.

The laptop computer is commonly called a

a)

mobility device

b)

a persons preferred computer

c)

a Notebook

8.

Tablet computers

a)

Are worse than computers

b)

Are more portable than laptops

c)

Use a keyboard

d)

Use a mouse

9.

A _____________is a computer that serves up information to other computers on a network.

a)

Mainstay

b)

Laptop

c)

Desktop

d)

Server

10.

Which of the following is not a specialized computer?

a)

land line phone

b)

smartphone

c)

wearables (fitness trackers, smartwatches)

d)

game consoles

11.

What is the most common type of PC operating system

a)

OS X

b)

Lynux

c)

Microsoft Windows

12.
Blaise Pascal invented the _____________________________.
a)
Pascaline
b)
Abacus
c)
Stepped Reckoner
d)
Difference Engine
13.
I was known as the father of computing. I am ___________________.
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
Herman Hollerith
c)
Marie Jaquard
d)
Charles Babbage.
14.
This machine stored codes for weaving fabric in a pattern. It was the _____________.
a)
Stepped Reckoner
b)
Pascaline
c)
Difference engine
d)
Jaquard's Loom
15.

Which of these is the earliest known computing device.

a)

Calculator

b)

Abacus

c)

Slide Rule

16.

How many generations of computers are there?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

d)

6

17.

Computers are classified into different generations based on

a)

Shape

b)

Size

c)

Weight

d)

Technology

18.

Fifth Generation of Computers is the fastest Generation

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What is technology that used in First Generation?

a)

Artificial intelligence

b)

Transistor

c)

Vaccum Tubes

d)

Integrated circuit

20.

Microprocessors were used in

a)

1st generation computer

b)

4th generation computer

c)

5th generation computer

d)

None of these

21.

Fifth generation computer uses

a)

Vacuum tubes

b)

microprocessor

c)

Artificial Intelligence

d)

None of these

22.

It is an integrated circuit that contains the entire central processing unit of a computer on a single silicon chip.

a)

microprocessor

b)

integrated circuit

c)

silicon

d)

transistor

23.

Unlike the earlier generation of computers that were big enough to fill an entire room, these only take up reasonable space on a desk.

a)

microcomputer

b)

portable computer

c)

minicomputer

d)

mainframe

24.

Devices still being developed today are based on this concept, where computers respond to natural language input and are capable of learning and self-organization.

a)

artificial intelligence

b)

microcomputer

c)

microprocessor

d)

semiconductor

25.

The image represents which of the generations

a)

Integrated Chips

b)

Microchips

c)

Micro processors

d)

Transistors

26.

What was the third generation of computers built with

a)

Integrated Circuits

b)

Processors

c)

Vacuums

d)

Transistors

27.

Select all that apply to the first generation of computers.

a)

Cheaper

b)

Generated a lot of heat

c)

Much More reliable

d)

Smaller

e)

Very Large

28.

Transistors are used in which generations of computers.

a)

1st generation

b)

2nd generation

c)

3rd generation

d)

None of these

29.

The development of these marked the beginning of the third generation of computers.

a)

integrated circuit

b)

microprocessor

c)

semiconductor

d)

transistor

30.

These are electronic devices that control the flow of electrons in a vacuum.

a)

vacuum tube

b)

transistor

c)

integrated circuit

d)

microprocessor