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History of Computers/Modern Devices - Then & Now

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's the name of the inventor of the Analytical Machine?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Stephen Hawking

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Konrad Zuse

2.
The abacus was created by ______________________________
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
The Babylonians
c)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
d)
Jospeh Marie Jaquard
3.
What year was the 4th generation of modern computers started?
a)

1970's

b)

1960's

c)

1940's

d)

1930's

4.
Which one of the following devices was created in 1801?
a)
The abacus
b)
Pascaline
c)
Stepped Reckoner
d)
Jaquard's Loom
5.
Blaise Pascal invented the _____________________________.
a)
Pascaline
b)
Abacus
c)
Stepped Reckoner
d)
Difference Engine
6.
What company did Paul Allen and Bill Gates start
a)
Microsoft
b)
Windows
c)
Apple
d)
Minecraft
7.
The Analytical engine was designed in ____________.
a)
1801
b)
1833
c)
1890
d)
500 BC
8.
This machine was used to count and sort information for the US census. It was the __________________________.
a)
Abacus
b)
Hollerith's Tabulating Machine
c)
Analytical Engine
d)
Difference engine
9.

The first manual computing device.

a)

Abacus

b)

Stepped Reckoner

c)

Counting Clock

d)

Stones and Pebbles

10.
What year was the first generation of modern computers started?
a)

1940's

b)

1950's

c)

1930's

d)

1970's

11.

What does this image represent?

a)

Floppy Disk

b)

Printer

c)

Monitor

d)

Mouse

12.

A calculating machine that can add, subtract, multiply and divide was invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz.

a)

Pascaline

b)

Stepped Reckoner

c)

Calculating Clock

d)

Arithmometer

13.

He was known as the " Father of the Modern Computers".

a)

Wilhelm Shickard

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Charles Xavier

14.
What year did the second generation of computing begin
a)

1930's

b)

1950's

c)
1970
d)

1940's

15.

What's the name of the inventor of the Analytical Machine?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Stephen Hawking

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Konrad Zuse

16.
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
17.

The image represents the first computer_______

a)

Printer

b)

Mouse

c)

Remote

d)

Storage Device

18.

Who invented a machine that was not finished.

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

John Napier

d)

Bill Gates

19.

What company did Larry Page & Sergey Brin start?

a)
Apple
b)
Orange
c)

Google

d)
Dell
20.

One of the earliest calculating devices was invented in 1642 and could only perform addition and subtraction.

a)

Stepped Reckoner

b)

Pascaline

c)

Difference Engine

d)

Analytical Engine

21.

Who developed the first addition and subtraction machine?

a)

Dante U. Infante

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Gottfreid Wilhelm Von Leibnitz

22.

Who founded Apple Computers and produced the Apple I and Apple II alongside Steve Jobs?

a)

Steve Carell

b)

Steve Burke

c)

Steve Wozniak

d)

Steve Martin

23.

The word “computer” was first used over 400 years ago. Back then, it described a person who did perfect _________

a)

cartwheels

b)

calculations or “computations”

c)

drawings

d)

Communicate

24.

Bill Gates founded _______ with Paul Allen

a)

Bluetooth

b)

Apple

c)

Microsoft

d)

Google

25.

How many generations of computers are there? (a)