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Computing Devices - 19th Century

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The calculator in this picture is called ______________

a)

ABACUS

b)

Napier Bones

c)

Pascaline calculator

d)

Leibniz calculator

2.

The calculator in this picture is called ______________

a)

ABACUS

b)

Napier Bones

c)

Pascaline calculator

d)

Leibniz calculator

3.

The calculator in this picture is called ______________

a)

ABACUS

b)

Napier Bones

c)

Pascaline calculator

d)

Leibniz calculator

4.

Simple calculation like addition and subtraction

a)

ABACUS

b)

Napier Bones

c)

Pascaline calculator

d)

Leibniz calculator

5.

Besides addition or subtraction it was also used for multiplication and division.

a)

ABACUS

b)

Napier Bones

c)

Pascaline calculator

d)

Leibniz calculator

6.

Apart from addition and subtraction it could do multiplication, division and square root also.

a)

ABACUS

b)

Napier Bones

c)

Pascaline calculator

d)

Leibniz calculator

7.

•It consisted of a rectangular box with eight movable wheels.

•It was capable of performing addition and subtraction.

a)

ABACUS

b)

Napier Bones

c)

Pascaline calculator

d)

Leibniz calculator

8.

a)

ABACUS

b)

PASCALINE

c)

NAPIER'S BONE

9.

a)

ABACUS

b)

SLIDE RULE

c)

NAPIER'S BONE

10.
Where and when was the abacus invented?
a)
in Egypt around 5000 BCE
b)
in Europe around 250 BCE
c)
in Mesopotamia around 2500 BCE
d)
in Africa around 500 BCE
11.
Which device enabled sailors to calculate their latitude at sea?
a)
an astrolabe
b)
a slide rule
c)
an abacus
d)
a difference engine
12.
The gear-based calculating device, built by Gottfried Leibniz in 1694, was known as ___
a)
the step reckoner
b)
the astrolabe
c)
the slide rule
d)
the difference engine
13.
Militaries were among the first to apply computing to complex problems, such as ___
a)
determining quantities of explosives
b)
calculating range tables
c)
modelling cannon shapes
d)
performing combustion analysis
14.
In 1822, Charles Babbage proposed a mechanical device called ___
a)
the step reckoner
b)
the difference reckoner
c)
the difference engine
d)
the step engine
15.
Unlike all other computational devices before it, the Analytical Engine was a ___
a)
“multi-user computer”
b)
“electro-mechanical computer”
c)
“general purpose computer”
d)
“networked computer”
16.
Which English mathematician is often considered the world’s first programmer?
a)
Ada Lovelace
b)
Cindy Babbage
c)
Grace Hopper
d)
Emma Noether
17.
Which English polymath is often considered the "father of computing"?
a)
Bertrand Russell
b)
Gottfried Leibniz
c)
Sir Isaac Newton
d)
Charles Babbage
18.
Herman Hollerith's “electro-mechanical” tabulating machine was used during the census of ___
a)
1860
b)
1890
c)
1960
d)
1990
19.
Hollerith’s machine stored data on a series of ___
a)
magnetic tapes
b)
punched cards
c)
hard drives
d)
floppy disks
20.
Hollerith’s machine was much faster than manual tabulations, and the Census was completed in just ___
a)
two and a half months
b)
seven years
c)
two and a half years
d)
seven years
21.
To meet demand for his tabulating machines, Hollerith founded ___
a)
Dell Computer Company
b)
Compaq Computers
c)
The Tabulating Machine Company
d)
The U.S. Census Bureau
22.
In 1924, several machine companies merged to become IBM, The ___ Corporation
a)
 Industrial Business Machines
b)
International Business Machines
c)
Industrial Babbage Machines
d)
International Babbage Machines
23.

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

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Stephen Hawking

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Konrad Zuse

24.
Blaise Pascal invented the _____________________________.
a)
Pascaline
b)
Abacus
c)
Stepped Reckoner
d)
Difference Engine
25.

What is considered as the first manual data processing device developed in China?

a)

Abacus

b)

Adding Machine

c)

Calculator

d)

ENIAC

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