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Section I Early Information Processing Quiz

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1-10.
1.

Who is the author of The Wealth of Nations?

a)

John Kay

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Vannevar Bush

2.

In which book did Adam Smith discuss worker specialization?

a)

The Entscheidungsproblem

b)

The Difference Engine

c)

The Analytical Engine

d)

The Wealth of Nations

3.

Who was interested in automating mathematical calculations in 1819?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

John Kay

d)

Alan Turing

4.

What was the name of Charles Babbage's proposed machine that could be programmed to perform any mathematical operation?

a)

Comptometer

b)

Difference Engine

c)

Analytical Engine

d)

Mark I

5.

Who is considered by many to have been the world's first computer programmer?

a)

Herman Hollerith

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Alan Turing

6.

What was the purpose of the telegraph?

a)

Sending and receiving text messages

b)

Sending and receiving telegrams

c)

Sending and receiving emails

d)

Sending and receiving faxes

7.

Who proposed the Entscheidungsproblem in 1928?

a)

Alonzo Church

b)

Alan Turing

c)

David Hilbert

d)

Vannevar Bush

8.

What was the name of the machine created by Vannevar Bush between 1928 and 1931?

a)

Analytical Engine

b)

ABC

c)

Mark I

d)

Differential Analyzer

9.

Who was the president of IBM in 1924?

a)

Konrad Zuse

b)

John Atanasoff

c)

Thomas J. Watson, Sr.

d)

Herman Hollerith

10.

In which country was Konrad Zuse developing electromechanical computers?

a)

United States

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

England