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Year-6 (unit-1)- exercises Computer Generations Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary technology used in first-generation computers?

a)

Transistor

b)

Integrated circuit

c)

Microprocessor

d)

Vacuum tube

2.

Second-generation computers primarily used which technology?

a)

Vacuum tube

b)

Transistor

c)

Integrated circuit

d)

Microprocessor

3.

What innovation characterized third-generation computers?

a)

Vacuum tube

b)

Transistor

c)

Integrated circuit

d)

Microprocessor

4.

Fourth-generation computers saw the introduction of which key component?

a)

Vacuum tube

b)

Transistor

c)

Integrated circuit

d)

Microprocessor

5.

Fifth-generation computers are based on which principle?

a)

High-level languages

b)

Portable computing

c)

Vacuum tubes

d)

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

6.

Which type of computer is typically used in classrooms, homes, banks, and universities?

a)

Mainframe computer

b)

Microcomputer

c)

Minicomputer

d)

Supercomputer

7.

What refers to the physical components of a computer that you can touch and feel?

a)

Software

b)

Operating system

c)

Hardware

d)

Microprocessor

8.

Which component is considered the hallmark of fourth-generation computers?

a)

Transistors

b)

Integrated circuits

c)

Microprocessor

d)

Artificial Intelligence

9.

What acts as a bridge between computer system hardware and application software?

a)

Microprocessor

b)

Hardware

c)

Operating system

d)

Application software

10.

Computers are generally classified on the basis of their size and speed as:

a)

Vacuum tube, transistor, IC, microprocessor

b)

Desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone

c)

Microcomputer, Mainframe computer, Minicomputer, Supercomputer

d)

Input, output, processing, storage

11.

What does ALU stand for?

a)

Advanced Logic Unit

b)

Arithmetic Logic Universal

c)

Arithmetic Logic Unit

d)

Automated Logic Utility

12.

What does OCR stand for?

a)

Online Character Recognition

b)

Optical Code Reader

c)

Optical Character Reader

d)

Output Computer Reader

13.

What does MICR stand for?

a)

Magnetic Ink Code Reader

b)

Manual Ink Character Recognition

c)

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

d)

Micro Integrated Circuit Reader

14.

What does LCD stand for?

a)

Light Crystal Display

b)

Liquid Control Display

c)

Logic Circuit Display

d)

Liquid Crystal Display

15.

What does VDU stand for?

a)

Video Data Unit

b)

Variable Display Unit

c)

Visual Display Utility

d)

Visual Display Unit

16.

Which individual is credited with inventing the analytical engine?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

John von Neumann

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Ada Lovelace

17.

Laptops are best categorized as what type of computer?

a)

Desktop computers

b)

Mainframe computers

c)

Supercomputers

d)

Portable computers

18.

An Assembler is a language translator that converts assembly language to which other language?

a)

High-level language

b)

Natural language

c)

Machine language

d)

Scripting language

19.

Which term refers to Secondary memory?

a)

Primary memory

b)

Cache memory

c)

Auxiliary memory

d)

Volatile memory

20.

Transistors were introduced in (a)   generation computers.

21.

Third generation computers were based on (a)   languages.

22.

Our laptops are (a)   computers.

23.

(a)   is a language translator which converts assembly language to machine language.

24.

The physical components of the computer are known as (a)   .

25.

The (a)   is the hallmark of fourth generation computers.

26.

True or False: The first generation of computers was based on integrated circuits.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

True or False: Secondary memory is also known as auxiliary memory.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

True or False: Business software is application programs that assist the computer by performing housekeeping functions.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

True or False: In an inkjet plotter, the pen moves in a horizontal and vertical directions.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

True or False: The Pascaline was one of the first mechanical calculators to be developed.

a)

True

b)

False