WorksheetsITC 101 Evo Hardware
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which device was used in the first generation of computers to control the flow of electric current?
Transistor
Integrated Circuit
Vacuum Tube
Microprocessor
The ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose computers, used approximately how many vacuum tubes?
1,000
5,000
17,000
25,000
Which company developed the first working transistor in 1947?
Intel
IBM
Bell Labs
Microsoft
The IBM 1401 was popular with businesses because it:
Used integrated circuits
Was the first microprocessor
Used transistors for speed and reliability
Had a graphical user interface
Who were the two inventors credited with the development of the integrated circuit?
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce
John von Neumann and Alan Turing
Gordon Moore and Andy Grove
The Intel 4004, released in 1971, was significant because it was:
The first transistor-based computer
The first commercially available microprocessor
The first integrated circuit
The first GPU
Which NASA project used integrated circuits in its guidance computer?
Apollo missions
Voyager missions
Space Shuttle missions
Hubble missions
The Intel 8086, released in 1978, was important because it:
Was the first computer to use vacuum tubes
Introduced the x86 architecture still used today
Replaced GPUs in personal computers
Was the first SSD
What key feature defines modern CPUs?
Vacuum tube design
Single-core processing
Multi-core processors for parallel tasks
Exclusive reliance on HDD storage
Which modern hardware component is essential for gaming, 3D rendering, and AI processing?
SSD
GPU
Transistor
Microprocessor
The first general-purpose computer, called (a) , used over 17,000 vacuum tubes.
The first commercially produced computer for business applications was (a) .
The Apollo Guidance Computer, used in NASA missions, was one of the first to apply (a) .
The brain of the computer, contained on a single chip, is known as the (a) .
(a) are faster and more reliable than HDDs, using flash memory for storage.
