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History of Computers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

who is the inventor of the programmable loom and this invention was crucial in the development of the other programmable machines.

a)

Lada Augusta Ada

b)

Joseph-Marie Jacquard

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Alan Turing

2.

in 1674 the stepped Reckoner was invented and this machine could not only add and subtract, but multiply and divide as well, who is this inventor?

a)

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Gottfreed Whilelm von Leibnitz

3.

he is a famous French philosopher who invented the first calculator to help with collecting taxes

a)

Steve Wozniak

b)

Tommy Flowers

c)

Grace Hopper

d)

Blaise Pascal

4.

Developed the Apple Brand.

(a)  

5.

The worlds first programmable, electronic, digital computer, _____________, was developed by the British codebreaker Tommy Flowers

a)

Colossus

b)

ENIAC

c)

ABACUS

d)

APPLE

6.

Who is considered the father of modern computer science and artificial intelligence?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

John von Neumann

d)

Ada Lovelace

7.

who is this famous scientist who invented the ABC a digital computer.?

a)

John Vincent Atanasoff

b)

Clifford Berry

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

J. Presper Eckert

8.

in what year apple introduces the macintosh computer

a)

1981

b)

1982

c)

1983

d)

1984

9.

Proved that a machine capable of processing a stream of 1s and 0s would be capable of solving any problem

(a)  

10.

Dr. Hopper greatly simplified programming by inventing the “_________” language.

a)

C++

b)

Python

c)

Html

d)

Cobol

11.

in what year did Deep Blue defeat Kasparov?

(a)  

12.

Who is considered the father of modern computer science and artificial intelligence?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

John von Neumann

d)

Ada Lovelace

13.

He designed the “Difference Engine” and “Analytical Engine”

(a)  

14.

Which company introduced the first commercially successful microprocessor?

a)

Intel

b)

AMD

c)

Motorola

d)

Texas Instruments

15.

Where and when was the abacus first used?

a)

Babylon, over 4000 years ago

b)

Babylon, over 5000 years ago

c)

Greece, over 2000 years ago

d)

France, over 5000 years ago

16.

is a programmable device that stores, retrieves, and processes data ?

a)

abacus

b)

computer

c)

looms

d)

mobile device

17.

and what particular bug that make the computer and caused an error.?

a)

moth

b)

fly

c)

bug

d)

mosquito

18.

Who was Lady Augusta Ada's father?

(a)  

19.

in what year apple introduces the iPad?

a)

2008

b)

2009

c)

2010

d)

2011

20.

The ________was used in Babylon 2000 years before the Greeks used it to help with calculating.

a)

early calculator

b)

abbacus

c)

abacus

d)

calculator