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WorksheetsCOMP1: Quiz No. 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In 1642, a mechanical adding calculator was developed, Pascaline, named after Blaise Pascal. At this time, people has developed what type of fear?
a)
Tachophobia
b)
Technophobia
c)
Trichophobia
d)
Tonitrophobia
2.
Many of the English mathematician Charles Babbage’s projects never completed, like the Difference Engine. Which of these is not the reason?
a)
Lack of resources
b)
Lack of technology
c)
Lack of talent
d)
Lack of workforce
3.
Herman Hollerith designed a punch card system to calculate the 1880 census. He then established a company that would ultimately become IBM, which stands for
a)
International Business Machines
b)
Information-based Management
c)
Industrial Benchmarking Methodology
d)
Intelligent Business Machines
4.
In 1939, HP was founded by David and Bill in a garage in Palo Alto, California. What does HP mean?
a)
Harry Potter
b)
Hewlett Packard
c)
Howard Packet
d)
Hugh Packard
5.
The grandfather of digital computers, which fills a 20-foot by 40-foot room and has 18,000 vacuum tubes is known as?
a)
ENIAC
b)
EDVAC
c)
INEAC
d)
IDVAC
6.
The first generation of computers ended up with the invention of what hardware component in 1947?
a)
Integrated Circuit
b)
Vacuum Tube
c)
Transistor
d)
Microprocessor
7.
In the earlier years of the second generation of computers, Grace Hopper developed the first computer language, which eventually became known as?
a)
COBOL
b)
C++
c)
Java
d)
ForTran
8.
What has been invented that triggered the transition from the second to the third generation of computers?
a)
Integrated Circuit
b)
Vacuum Tube
c)
Transistor
d)
Microprocessor
9.
In 1964, Douglas Engelbart showed a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a GUI. What does GUI stand for?
a)
Graphical User Integration
b)
Graphical User Interface
c)
Grid User Interface
d)
Grouped User Interactions
10.
UNIX, the first operating system was developed at the Bell Labs. However, it did not gain the home users market. Why?
a)
Expensive
b)
Complicated
c)
Slow
d)
None of these
11.
Alan Shugart invented the first external storage device allowing data to be shared among computers, which is called?
a)
Flash Drive
b)
Floppy Disk
c)
External Drive
d)
Internal Memory
12.
How did we start connecting multiple computers and other hardware in 1973?
a)
Internet
b)
Intranet
c)
Ethernet
d)
Landline
13.
MicroPro International released the first Word Processing Software, called WordStar. Which of these is not one of its features?
a)
Margin
b)
Auto-save
c)
Text wrapping
d)
Printing
14.
What was the code name for the first personal computer introduced by IBM?
a)
Acorn
b)
Brice
c)
Mac
d)
Windows
15.
Derived from Job’s daughter, Lisa, Apple’s first personal computer with GUI failed due to hardware frailties and high cost. What is the replaced name of Apple computers that are still in demand in the marketplace today?
a)
Mona
b)
Lisa
c)
Macintosh
d)
None of these
16.
Bill Gates, then Microsoft CEO responded to the Apple’s GUI innovation by announcing his company’s first computer called?
a)
Windows
b)
Mac
c)
Linux
d)
Android
17.
The development of HTML by Tim Berners-Lee opened the wide doors of what important aspect that currently has a huge impact in the world today?
a)
World Wide Web
b)
Socia media
c)
Artificial Intelligence
d)
Machine Learning
18.
In 1996, Sergey Brin and Larry Page developed the search engine at Stanford University, which we lovingly known as?
a)
Google
b)
Facebook
c)
YouTube
d)
ChatGPT
19.
Based on the shown diagram, which of these is item 1?
a)
Input
b)
ALU
c)
Main Memory
d)
Auxiliary Storage
e)
Output
20.
Based on the shown diagram, which of these is item 2?
a)
Input
b)
ALU
c)
Main Memory
d)
Auxiliary Storage
e)
Output
21.
Based on the shown diagram, which of these is item 3?
a)
Input
b)
ALU
c)
Main Memory
d)
Auxiliary Storage
e)
Output
22.
Based on the shown diagram, which of these is item 4?
a)
Input
b)
ALU
c)
Main Memory
d)
Auxiliary Storage
e)
Output
23.
Based on the shown diagram, which of these is item 5?
a)
Input
b)
ALU
c)
Main Memory
d)
Auxiliary Storage
e)
Output
24.
Which of the following types of computer falls the devices used by students, teachers, and regular home users?
a)
Supercomputers
b)
Mainframe Computers
c)
Minicomputers
d)
Microcomputers
25.
Which of the following types of computer falls the devices used by educational and financial institutions to house confidential information?
a)
Supercomputers
b)
Mainframe Computers
c)
Minicomputers
d)
Microcomputers
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