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Technological Ages and Computing

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Basalt and sandstone were used for grinding during ______________ age.

a)

industrial

b)

middle age

c)

stone

d)

Iron

2.

Technological changes like Mechanical Clock, Printing Press, Water and Wind Mills occurs during __________________ age.

a)

industrial

b)

middle age

c)

stone

d)

Iron

3.

The mechanisation of textile industry with the power loom starts in __________ age.

a)

industrial

b)

middle age

c)

stone

d)

Iron

4.

The basic operations of a computer are ___________, _________________ and ______.

a)

Input, process, and output

b)

Insert, process and output

c)

Immerse, print and organ

d)

Input, pull, organize

5.

The computer goes through a particular stage before it brings out our work as output, write down the name of the stage _____________________________.

a)

storage

b)

process

c)

input

d)

output

6.

What option on PowerPoint gives you control over your animation with a click of a particular option?

a)

Transition

b)

Trigger

c)

Animation

d)

Previous

7.

We have _________ and __________ method of transmitting information.

a)
wireless and wired
b)
text and image
c)

ancient and modern

d)
audio and video
8.

What is the full meaning of CPU

a)

Central Planning Unit

b)

Central Processing Unit

c)

Central Push Unit

d)

Central Polling Unit

9.

The brain of the computer is ____________.

a)

ALU

b)

ROM

c)

CPU

d)

RAM

10.

________________ is used to enter data into the computer system.

a)

Output

b)

Input

c)

Process

d)

Storage

11.

_______________ is used to bring out data from the computer system.

a)

Output

b)

Input

c)

Process

d)

Storage

12.

_______________is the first counting machine?

a)

Counter

b)

Abacus

c)

Pointer

d)

Stones

13.

What is the first calculator or mechanical adding machine?

a)

Pascaline

b)

Abacus

c)

Pointer

d)

Stones

14.

ICT means information _______________and technology

a)

community

b)

commercial

c)

communication

d)

contemporary

15.

The ________age is a pre-history period during which human beings widely used stone for tool making.

a)

stone

b)

middle

c)

iron

d)

industrial

16.

The ______age was a period in late 18th and early 19th centuries.

a)

industrial

b)

middle age

c)

stone

d)

none of the above

17.

When was the emergence of machine?

 

a)

Stone 

b)

Middle 

c)

Iron

d)

Industrial

18.

Pen, feather and ink were used in _____ age.

a)

middle

b)

stone

c)

industrial

d)

electronic

19.

How many information ages do we have presently?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

20.

Who invented the first mechanical counting device and in what year?

a)

Von Leibniz 1923

b)

Blaise Pascal, 1642

c)

Charles babbage 1833

d)

John Napier 1804

21.

The Napier's bones was created by _______________Napier

a)

Von

b)

John

c)

James

d)

Paul

22.

Babbage invented the analytical engine in the year?

a)

1067

b)

2015

c)

1833

d)

1104

23.

What is an electronic device that accepts data, stores it, process it and bring out information as an output?

a)

Machine

b)

Computer

c)

Engine

d)

Operator

24.

Select the input devices from the options provided

a)

Monitor

b)

Mouse

c)

Light pen

d)

Keyboard

25.

Select the output devices from the options provided

a)

Plotter

b)

Printer

c)

Projector

d)

Scanner

26.

Which of the following is a processing device?

a)

CPU

b)

Gamepad

c)

Loudspeaker

d)

Joystick

27.

_____________ designed a calculating machine called the Step Reckoner. It was first built in _____________.

a)

Blaise Pascal, 1642

b)

Von Leibeniz, 1673

c)

Joseph Marie Jacquard, 1804

d)

Charles babbage, 1833

28.

Which of the following is the correct order of the basic operation of a computer system?

a)

b)

c)

d)

29.

What are simply raw facts or figures?

a)

Data

b)

Information

c)

Sources

d)

Outcome

30.

Third-generation computers were made from  ________________

a)

Vacuum tubes  

b)

Transistors

c)

Integrated Circuit

d)

Chips

31.

First-generation computers were made from  ________________.

a)

Magnetic tape

b)

Fiber optics

c)

Microprocessors

d)

Vacuum tube

32.

The acronym ENIAC stands for

a)
Enhanced Numerical Integration and Calculator
b)
Electronic Network Interface and Computer
c)
Electronic Numerical Interface and Controller
d)
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
33.

The Second Generation Computer was based on?

 

a)
Vacuum Tubes
b)
Transistors
c)
Integrated Circuits
d)
Microprocessors
34.

 

Data are kept in the __________ memory of the computer after processing.

a)

main

b)

volatile

c)

cache

d)

primary

35.

Which generation of computer was keyboard and monitor introduced?

a)

Fourth generation

b)

Second generation

c)

First generation

d)

Third generation

36.

Devices that involve the use of physical force to operate them are called?

a)

Mechanical devices

b)

Digital devices

c)

Automated devices

d)

Electronic devices

37.

In 1981 IBM introduced its first computer for home users. The acronym IBM stands for

a)

Integrated Business Management

b)

International Digital Machines

c)

International Bureau of Machines

d)

International Business Machines

38.

What is the Latin word of data?

a)

datum

b)

datium

c)

daton

d)

datumus

39.

What are are data that cannot actually be measured?

a)

Qualitative data

b)

Numerical data

c)

Statistical data .

d)

Quantitative data

40.

What are are data that can actually be measured?

a)

Qualitative data

b)

Numerical data

c)

Statistical data .

d)

Quantitative data

41.

The following are examples of qualitative data except one?

a)

Colour of your eyes

b)

Softness of skin

c)

Colour of the sky

d)

Shoe size

42.

The following are examples of quantitative data except one?

a)

Pencils

b)

Height

c)

Colour of the sky

d)

Weight

43.

What is the process of sending out processed data from one person or place to another through a communication medium?

a)

Information storage

b)

Information processing

c)

Information transmission

d)

Information retrieval

44.

Tick the ancient methods of transmitting information from the options below

a)

Smoke signals

b)

Email

c)

Carrier pigeons

d)

Beating drums

45.

Tick the modern methods of transmitting information from the options below

a)

Satellite

b)

Email

c)

Town carriers

d)

Internet