History of Computers Quiz

  1. Developed by: Cathy Lampo

Please write your name at the top of this page. Multiple Choice: Choose the most correct answer.

Question 1: The first counting tool was the
Stepped Reckoned
Aba Zaba
Punch Card
Abacus

Question 2: A gigabyte is smaller than a bit?
False
True
Geese, I don't know!

Question 3: A byte consists of ________ bits?
9
10
8

Question 4: Who was the first woman programmer?
Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Lovelace
Lady Godiva

Question 5: Who was best known for inventing a loom that used punch cards to store information by rearranging the cards, a weaver could change the pattern being woven without stopping the machine to change threads.
Jacquard
Pascal
Babbage

Question 6: He founded IBM and was also responsible for completing tabulating the US Census with his punch-card tabulator in only six weeks.
Mark I
Jacquard
Hollerith

Question 7: The Mark I developed for Harvard University was so small it could fit into your pocket
True
Who Cares?
False

Question 8: The first electronic computer was called
ENIAC
Apple IIe
Univac

Question 9: The difference between a calculator and a computer is that a computer can store data for long periods of time.
True
False
What?

Question 10: Three ways to store data and programs are magnetic tape, punched cards, and scotch magic tape.
True
Can I buy a vowel?
False

Question 11: Second generation computers replaced the vacuum tubes with transistors, which increased computing speed.
Run that buy me again!
True
False

Question 12: Integrated circuits have replaced transistors and can perform operations faster, but are too large and too expensive to use.
True
False
I don't know!

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