History of Computers Quiz

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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