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QUIZ # 1 LESSON 1 DCIT 21

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the Pascaline in 1642?

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

d)

Alan Turing

2.

What was the main function of the Pascaline?

a)

Early mechanical calculator capable of addition and subtraction.

b)

A device for measuring temperature changes.

c)

A machine for weaving textiles automatically.

d)

An early typewriter for printing documents.

3.

Who invented the Jacquard Loom in 1804?

a)

Joseph-Marie Jacquard

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

James Hargreaves

d)

Richard Arkwright

4.

What concept did the Jacquard Loom introduce?

a)

Programmability

b)

Automation

c)

Electricity

d)

Mass Production

5.

Who designed the Analytical Engine in the 1830s?

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

John von Neumann

6.

Which machine is considered the first model of a modern computer?

a)

Analytical Engine

b)

ENIAC

c)

Abacus

d)

Colossus

7.

Who is known as the Father of the Computer?

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Bill Gates

d)

Steve Jobs

8.

Who is considered the First Computer Programmer?

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

John von Neumann

9.

Who developed the concept of the Turing Machine?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

John von Neumann

c)

Alonzo Church

d)

Kurt Gödel

10.

Who introduced the stored-program concept (Von Neumann Architecture)?

a)

John von Neumann

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Ada Lovelace

11.

Fill in the blank: A ________ is a small, affordable computer designed for personal use. Example: desktops, laptops.

a)

Microcomputer

b)

Mainframe

c)

Supercomputer

d)

Minicomputer

12.

Fill in the blank: ________ are mid-sized computers suitable for small to medium businesses.

a)

Minicomputers

b)

Supercomputers

c)

Mainframes

d)

Microcontrollers

13.

Fill in the blank: ________ are large, powerful systems used for data-intensive tasks such as in banking, airlines, and government.

a)

Mainframes

b)

Laptops

c)

Tablets

d)

Smartphones

14.

Fill in the blank: ________ are the fastest and most powerful computers, used for research and simulations. Example: weather forecasting, scientific modeling.

a)

Supercomputers

b)

Laptops

c)

Tablets

d)

Microcontrollers

15.

Which of the following is an example of a hybrid computer?

a)

Laptop

b)

Smartphone

c)

ECG machine

d)

Desktop

16.

Fill in the blank: ________ is the use of computers to perform tasks and solve problems.

a)

Computing

b)

Painting

c)

Singing

d)

Dancing

17.

Fill in the blank: An ________ computer uses continuous physical data.

a)

Analog

b)

Digital

c)

Hybrid

d)

Quantum

18.

Fill in the blank: A ________ computer uses binary code.

a)

Digital

b)

Analog

c)

Hybrid

d)

Mechanical

19.

Fill in the blank: A ________ computer is a mix of analog and digital features.

a)

Hybrid

b)

Analog

c)

Digital

d)

Mechanical

20.

Fill in the blank: A ________ is the most powerful computer for complex research.

a)

Supercomputer

b)

Laptop

c)

Tablet

d)

Microcontroller

21.

Computing started with basic counting devices and evolved into complex, ______ systems. Fill in the blank.

a)

AI-powered

b)

manual

c)

mechanical

d)

paper-based

22.

Who were some of the pioneers that laid the foundation of modern computing?

a)

Babbage, Lovelace, Turing, and von Neumann

b)

Newton, Galileo, Curie, and Tesla

c)

Edison, Bell, Marconi, and Morse

d)

Einstein, Bohr, Feynman, and Dirac

23.

Computers can be classified into which three types based on processing?

a)

Analog, Digital, and Hybrid

b)

Mainframe, Micro, and Mini

c)

Input, Output, and Storage

d)

Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical

24.

By size and function, computers include which of the following?

a)

Microcomputers, Minicomputers, Mainframes, Supercomputers

b)

Tablets, Smartphones, Laptops, Desktops

c)

Servers, Routers, Switches, Hubs

25.

Key milestones, from ENIAC to modern AI, shaped today’s ______. Fill in the blank.

a)

technology

b)

history

c)

weather

d)

fashion