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Computer Generations

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did first generation computers use for circuitry?

a)

transistors

b)

vacuum tubes

c)

integrated circuits

d)

microprocessors

2.

What did second generation computers use for circuitry?

a)

transistors

b)

vacuum tubes

c)

integrated circuits

d)

microprocessor

3.

What was the main technology used in third generation computers?

a)

vacuum tubes

b)

integrated circuits

c)

microprocessors

d)

artificial intelligence

4.

What was the main technology used in fourth generation computers?

a)

vacuum tubes

b)

integrated circuits

c)

microprocessors

d)

artificial intelligence

5.

Fifth generation computers are based on which of the following?

a)

vacuum tubes

b)

integrated circuits

c)

microprocessors

d)

artificial intelligence

6.

The Pascaline was developed by …………..

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Herman Hollerith

7.

The Analytical Engine was designed by

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Herman Hollerith

8.

Harvard Mark I was

a)

a manual calculating device

b)

a semi-automatic calculating device

c)

an electromechanical calculating device

d)

an electronic computer

9.

A computer developed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.

a)

ABC

b)

Macintosh

c)

ENIAC

d)

Z3

10.

What are the examples of electromechanical calculating devices?

a)

The Tabulating machine and Harvard Mark I

b)

ENIAC, EDVAC

c)

EDSAC, ENIAC

d)

EDVAC, UNIVAC I