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Evolution of Computing

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An algorithm is

a)

one packet of data sent from one part of the computer to another

b)

a series of fixed steps used to complete a specific process

c)

the way punch cards were punched

d)

the core processor for the first personal computer

2.

How many generations of computer history are there?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

7

3.

In 1890, Herman Hollerith founded this company:

a)

Texas Instruments

b)

AT&T

c)

IBM

d)

ASUS

4.

Which company invented the first microprocessor in 1971?

a)

Microsoft

b)

Apple

c)

Intel

d)

Texas Instruments

5.

What does CPU stand for?

a)

Controller Process Unit

b)

Central Processing Unit

c)

Control Panel Unit

d)

Central Panel Unit

6.

What is does RAM stand for?

a)

Reliability Availability and Maintainability

b)

Rarely Adequate Memory

c)

Raised Angle Memory

d)

Random Access Memory

7.

Which is the input device that allows a user to move the cursor or pointer on the screen

a)

Mouse

b)

Speaker

c)

CPU

d)

Microphone

8.

What does ROM stand for

a)

Read Only Memory

b)

Roll Over Memory

c)

Read On the Memory

d)

Robb Over Memory

9.

Name the computer part that helps a user to hear information from the system?

a)

Keyboard

b)

Monitor

c)

Mouse

d)

Speaker

10.

What is software?

a)

any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do

b)

the video card on the monitor

c)

the operating system

d)

the monitor and computer case

11.

What is hardware?

a)

all the ports and buttons of a computer

b)

is any part of your computer that has a physical structure

c)

is any part of your desktop

d)

software

12.

What is MACHINE language?

a)

a series of zeros and ones

b)

Letters and Numbers

c)

Spanish

d)

a series of x and o

13.

The principle that the speed and capability of computers can be expected to double every two years

a)

Moore's Law

b)

Murphy's Law

c)

Apple Device

d)

Law of Babbage

14.

The first computer programmer

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Elizabeth Hopper

c)

Carrie-Anne Matthews

d)

Margaret Thatcher

15.

the process of fixing a malfunction and removing it from the program

a)

Defragmenting

b)

Debugging

c)

Hacking

d)

Cleaning

16.

Transistors were replaced by ____ in the 1960s

a)

Mark I

b)

Microprocessors

c)

Integrated circuits

d)

Resistors

17.

This machine, called _____ used more than 18,000 vacuum tubes

a)

Fortran

b)

UNIVAC

c)

ENIAC

d)

Difference Engine

18.

The Analytical Engine was designed in 1833 by an Englishman named

a)

Presper Eckert

b)

Sir Alan Turning

c)

Charles Baggage

d)

Howard Stiring

19.

The ____ was a calculating tool invented by the Egyptians

a)

Calcusnus

b)

Spinx

c)

Paramid

d)

ABACUS

20.

1965 _____ first to proposed that computers will get smaller and faster every two years

a)

Alan Turning

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Gordon Earle Moore

d)

Ada Lovelace