WorksheetsHistory of the Computer
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak build their first computer using the wooden box. Their company has grown and is still around today. The name of the company is:
Linux
Microsoft
Apple
Windows
This invention helped make computers much smaller and faster. what is it called ?
Vacuum Tube
Integrated Circuit
Central Processing unit
Random Access Memory
This Invention was 1,000 times faster than any machine built before it. It was so big that it could fill up a house. NAME that invention.
Windows
Apple I
ENIAC
Z3
who Invented the first computer ?
Simon Konrad
John Lovelace
Charles Babbage
William Howard
The invention of this product replaced vacuum tubes and made computers much smaller and faster. However it was eventually replaced by another invention . Guess the name of the product.
RAM
ENIAC
Transformer
Transister
This person created what is now known as the first computer program.
Charles Babbage
Ada Lovelace
William Zuse
Konrad Apple
This man is known for starting the company Microsoft back in the year 1975. Since then, he has become one of the richest people in the world. What is the name of this person?
Bill gates
Steve jobs
William Zuse
Charles Babbage
Father of computer
Steve Jobs
Sir john naiper
Howard aiken
Charles babbage
The father of modern computer science
Charles babbage
Harvard Mark
Alan Turing
Grace Hopper
The first manual computing device
Stones and pebbles
Counting clock
Abacus
Transistor
Name an early computing device.
Calculator
Abacus
Slide Rule
All of the above
First-generation computers used _____ as basic circuitry
Transistors
Vacuum Tube
Integrated Circuits
None of the above
What machine consists of a card reader which sensed punched holes in the cards?
Analytical Engine
Hollerith machine
Harvard Mark 1
COBOL
Who is regarded as the father of Modern Computer Science?
Clifford E. Berry
Grace Hopper
Konrad Zuse
Alan Turing
Tabulating machine was invented by.................
Charles babbage
Gottfried von leibnitz
Herman hollerith
Blaise pascaline
What's the name of the inventor of the Analytical Machine?
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Konrad Zuse
Charles Babbage
The 1st generation of computers was based on
Vacuum Tubes
Transistor
IC
Microprocessor
Why was computer invented ?
to automate mathematical calculations that were previously completed by people
To play games
for entertainment purpose
it was invented for e - commerce
Graphic User Interface (GUI) made computers more user-friendly because:
they became faster.
they became smaller.
they used icons instead of commands.
they used a mouse.
___________were used in generation -II computers
transistors
Vacuum tubes
Artificial Intelligence
Integrated circuits
What is the name of the device
Transistor
Vacuum tube
Micro Processor
Artificial intelligence
Computers carrying out calculations is called
Crunching
Processing
Entering
Outputting
Which of the following computer was designed by Charles Babbage for general purpose?
UNIVAC
ENIAC
Laptop
Analytical Engine
What is the name of the main component used in the computers of the first generation?
Vaccume tube
Integrated circuit
microprocessors
Transistors
Which was the calculating device invented by a French Mathematician for his father?
Pascaline
Abacus
Stepped Reckoner
None of these
Who invented the calculator for the first time?
Blaise Pascal
Albert Einstein
Ada Lovelace
Charles Babbage
In 1822, Charles Babbage invented a machine called
Computer
Abacus
Babbage Difference Engine
Why were punch cards used?
For wearing design
To control a sequence of operations
None of these
What was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard?
Napier's bone
Jacquard Loom
Slide rule
Leibniz
Early 20th century saw many analog computers which were mechanical or electrical or electro mechanical devices.
Which of the below is not true in reference to the above sentence ?
Solving some mathematical equations
Decoding messages
Coding messages
Tables of firing artillery in World War II
Which was the first computer to read and decipher codes using cryptography?
Colssus
Atanasoff-Berry
Colossus
Analytic Engine
Which device was used for U.S. census in 1890?
The Hollerith Machine
Jacquard Loom
Supercomputer
Where was the first computer invented ?
The University of Pennsylvania
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Osaka University
The university of Harbin
IBM stands for:
Internal Business Machine
Independent Business Machine
International Business Machine
Intellectual Business Machine
Identify the machine.
MARK-1
ENIAC
IBM PC
None
Which component was used in Second generation computers
Transistors
Integrated Circuits
Vacuum Tubes
VLSI technology
The First general purpose electronic computer was
ENIAC
Abacus
Blaise Pascal
RDBMS
This invention helped make computers much smaller and faster. What is it called?
Vacuum Tube
Random Access Memory
Central Processing Unit
Integrated Circuit
This person created what is now known as the first computer program. The program was made to help the Analytical Engine calculate numbers.
Charles Babbage
Konrad Apple
Ada Lovelace
William Zuse
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built their first computer using a wooden box. Their company has grown and is still around today. The name of the company is:
Microsoft
Linux
Apple
Windows
This man is known for starting the company Microsoft back in the year 1975. Since then, he has become one of the richest people in the world. His name is:
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Konrad Zuse
Charles Babbage
the analytical engine was designed but never build. the main part of the machine were called the
store
mill
sim
option store and mill
What do we call a programmable device that accepts data for processing, perform prescribed operations and display the result of this operation?
Computer
Abacus
Washing machine
Thermometer
The word COMPUTER was derived from the Latin word "computare" which means?
to create
to compute
to execute
to use
The first general purpose electric digital commercial computer that was used by a television station in predicting the result of the 1952 US Presidential Elections. what do we call this computer?
ENIAC
EDVAC
UNIVAC
ABC
What was special about the Stepped Reckoner?
It could add and subtract, multiply and divide
It used electricity
It was made of plastic
It could only add numbers up
What was the Colossus Computer used for
Defrosting frozen chickens
Decoding German secret messages
Preparing canapes for a party
Calculating the time
Grace Hopper gave this name to fixing errors in computer code?
Stooking
Blogging
Fixometrics
Debugging
Alan Turing changed History in WW II, how?
He invented the modern printer
He invented the machine which cracked Russian secret code
He invented Radar
He invented the machine which cracked German secret code
What is Blaise Pascal known for?
•invented the first electronic digital computer
•American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. In 1944, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and invented the first compiler for a computer programming language
•American inventor, electronics engineer, programmer, and technology entrepreneur who co-founded Apple Inc
•The first calculator or adding machine to be produced in any quantity and actually used
Hewlett Packard and Apple Computers were both started
in 1941
in a garage
in New York
in 1972
The ____ allowed computers to become smaller and lead to smartphones and desktop computers.
microchip
vacuum tube
RAM
html computer language
If you wanted to enter data on a 19th century computer, you would do it with:
Disks
Gears
Cards
Tape
What organization was the first to benefit from Herman Hollerith's machines?
The Union Pacific Railroad
The patent office
The IBM corporation
The U.S. government
If you were one of the first people to operate ENIAC, what information would you likely have computed?
Planetary movements
Bombing targets
Stock prices
Census data
What does a modern tablet computer have in common with Colossus and ENIAC?
They all use microprocessors to compute and store data.
They all display information on a lit screen.
All are mainly used for military applications.
They all use electricity to represent information.
What devices do microprocessors contain?
Calculators
Transistors
Gears
Tubes
Which of these terms best describes the average computer buyer in the 1960's?
Small business
Large Institutions
Elementary school
Amateur hobbyist
How was the Apple I different from the computers that came before it?
It was designed for use by corporations.
It was designed for use in people's homes.
It could perform more complex mathematical calculations.
It allowed users to communicate with one another online.
Compared to a home computer from 20 years ago, today's machines are:
Larger
More powerful
More expensive
Less complex
Artificial intelligence is having the capability to..................
Encode and deny the human language
Encode and respond the human language
Decode and respond the human language
Decode and deny the human language
Was a computer a ___________ that described those human beings that performed repetitive calculations?
desktop
job title
computer
hardware
What is Ada Lovelace famous for?
For Founding Microsoft
For developing a programming language called COBOL
For being the first female programmer
For developing the first computer that could perform mathematical calculations
What is Alan Turing famous for?
For developing a programming language called COBOL
For being the first female programmer
For founding Microsoft
For cracking the codes in World War 2
