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Machine age and Digitalization

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was the one who invented the modern printing press with movable metal type.

a)

Ada Augusta Lovelace

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

John Napier

2.

He was the one who published the first "table of logarithms" to simplify and speed up the calculations.

a)

William Oughtred

b)

John Napier

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Gottfried Leibniz

3.

The (a)   is an analog computer that allowed users to multiply and divide, it was invented by an English Clergyman in 1600s.

4.

The modern printing press was invented in____.

a)

1440

b)

1450

c)

1430

d)

1460

5.

It is a mechanical computer that allowed user to add, subtract, multiply and divide two numbers.

a)

Leibniz's machine

b)

Pascaline

c)

Difference engine

d)

Slide rule

6.

Machine/ Mechanical age is also known as the (a)   , because of the invention of printing press.

7.

The first computer programmer.

(a)  

8.

It is the conversion of text, pictures or sound into a digital form that can be processed by a computer.

a)

Digitalizing

b)

Digitalization

c)

Digitization

d)

Digital sensation

9.

Digitalization

a)

Conversion

b)

Transformation

c)

Transmutation

d)

Transition

10.

In 1962, the term (a)   was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as a description for storing media.

11.

(a)   was the first piece of technology to convert light into digital signals. This influenced the emergence of digital cameras and imaging, especially for the medical industry

12.

In what year the compact discs (CDs) was produced?

a)

1975

b)

1986

c)

1982

d)

1962

13.

In 1986, the _____ format was brought to light as a way to downsize image files to more accessible and transferable bytes.

a)

JPEG

b)

MPEG

c)

PNG

d)

GIF

14.

the year World Wide Web was introduced to the public.

a)

1994

b)

1980

c)

1982

d)

1890

15.

One of the first transactions was a (a)   in 1994

16.

A (a)   is where people can communicate with others across the world and share information as if they were living next door.

17.

It refers to technology that provides access to information through telecommunications.

(a)  

18.

Because of the invention of modern printing press with movable metal-type in 1450, there was a rapid increase in the amount of published information. And this event was called?

a)

First information expedition

b)

Information overload

c)

First information explosion

19.

It made the company investment possible through digital technologies.

a)

Initial Coin Offering

b)

Initial Card Offering

c)

Security Token Offering

d)

Social Trade Offering