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Computing 101

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many generations of computer history are there?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

7

2.

Which company invented the first microprocessor in 1971?

a)

Microsoft

b)

Apple

c)

Intel

d)

Texas Instruments

3.

The first computer programmer

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Elizabeth Hopper

c)

Carrie-Anne Matthews

d)

Margaret Thatcher

4.

The Analytical Engine was designed in 1833 by an Englishman named

a)

Presper Eckert

b)

Sir Alan Turning

c)

Charles Baggage

d)

Howard Stiring

5.

The ____ was a calculating tool invented by the Egyptians

a)

Calcusnus

b)

Spinx

c)

Paramid

d)

ABACUS

6.

Who is this icon of Computing?

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Grace Hopper

e)

Bill Gates

7.

This woman was an important contributor to computer programming in the early days of high level computer languages.

a)

Ada Byron

b)

J. Kilby

c)

Francis Holberton

d)

Grace Hopper

8.

Who invented the Difference Engine?

a)

Charles Blubber

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Charles Baggage

d)

Charles Blagger

9.

Identify this computer component:

a)

Transistor

b)

Integrated Circuit (IC)

c)

Microprocessor

d)

Vacuum Tube

10.

Second Generation Computers used _________ as output device.

a)

Typewriter

b)

Scanner

c)

Punch Cards

d)

Print on the punch cards

11.

Difference Engine is a device invented by

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

John Napier

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

None of the above

12.

Who is known as the father of computer?

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Chales Babbage

c)

Chalres Babbage

d)

Charles Babage

13.

The first computer language

a)

FORTRAN

b)

COBOL

c)

JAVA

d)

PYTHON