Quiz on computer History and Hardware
1. T/FAs computers have gotten smaller, they have gotten more powerful and expensive?
2. T/FComputer generations are best characterized by a dramatic change in computer
hardware?
Matching - Match the names on the left to their accomplishments on the right. Put the letter in
the blank.
3. ______
Jacquard
a. Founded IBM
4. ______
Mauchly & Eckert
b. Programmed the weaving loom with punch cards
5. ______
Charles Watson Sr.
c. Invented the Difference Machine and Analytical
Engine.
6. ______
Charles Babbage
d. Created the ENIAC computer
7. ______
Hollerith
e. Invented a machine to help with the U.S. Census
f
Invented the first mechanical adding machine.
8.The very first electronic computer components were called _________ tubes.
9 The thin wafer that powers 4th and 5th generation computers is known as the _______ chip.
10. Exterior storage of information is put on a ________ disk.
11 The TV type of screen is called a ______________.
12. Which of the following best characterizes the first generation of computing?
a. Emphasis on marketing computers to business
b. Computers used for mainly scientific calculations.
c. Speeds in microseconds (millionth/sec)
d. Software is an emphasis
13
Which of the following is not a printer?
a. Laser
c. scanner
b. Dot matrix
d. Ink-Jet
14. Which of the following describes the network found in this room?
a. Wide Area Network (WAN)
b. Local Area Network (LAN)
15 The component of the computer that would best be characterized as a traffic cop is
a. Central processing unit
c. Motherboard
b. Data Bus
d. RAM
16. The component of the computer that is responsible for temporary storage of information is
known as
a. Central processing unit
c.Motherboard
b. Data Bus
d. RAM
17. The computer language is made up of 0s and 1s and is the basic computer code?
a. Fortran
c. Pascal
b. Basic
d. Binary
18. What is the basic unit of composition of an image on a screen called.
a. Resolution
c. Video Card
b. Pixel
d. Bit
19. Which of the following has the least capability to computers?
a. Floppy Disk
c. CD-WR
b.Hard Disk
d. Zip Disk
20. All the following are input devices except:
a. Keyboard
c. Mouse
b. Voice Activated Devices
d. Printer
21. PC stands for ____________
_______________.
22. IBM stands for _______________ _______________ ______________.
23. What was the first name of the two co-founders of Apple?
a. Bill
c. Steve
b. Paul
d. Heraldo
24. What was the name of the operating system that Microsoft developed to help put them on the
map?
a. Unix
c. Basic
b. Fortran
d. DOS
25. What company did Microsoft steal their Windows 95 idea from?
a. Apple
c. Intel
b. Digital Research
d. IBM
Quiz on computer History and Hardware
1.
As computers have gotten smaller, they have gotten more powerful
and expensive?
2) T Computer generations are best characterized by a dramatic change in computer
hardware?
Matching - Match the names on the left to their accomplishments on the right. Put the letter in
the blank.
3. __B____ Jacquard
a. Founded IBM
4. __D___
Mauchly & Eckert
b. Programmed the weaving loom with punch cards
5. __A___
Charles Watson Sr.
c. Invented the Difference Machine and Analytical
6. __C___
Charles Babbage
d. Created the ENIAC computer
7. __E___
Hollerith
e. Invented a machine to help with the U.S. Census
Engine.
Invented the first mechanical adding machine.
8.The very first electronic computer components were called VACUUM tubes.
9 The thin wafer that powers 4th and 5th generation computers is known as the SILCON chip.
10. Exterior storage of information is put on a FLOPPY disk.
11 The TV type of screen is called a MONITOR_.
12. Which of the following best characterizes the first generation of computing?
b. Computers used for mainly scientific calculations.
13. Which of the following is not a printer?
c. scanner
14. Which of the following describes the network found in this room?
b. Local Area Network (LAN)
15 The component of the computer that would best be characterized as a traffic cop is
a. Central processing unit
16 The component of the computer that is responsible for temporary storage of information is
known as
d. RAM
17. The computer language is made up of 0s and 1s and is the basic computer code?
d. Binary
18. What is the basic unit of composition of an image on a screen called.
b. Pixel
19. Which of the following has the least capability to computers?
a. Floppy Disk
20. All the following are input devices except:
d. Printer
21. PC stands for PERSONAL COMPUTER
22. IBM stands for INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE
23. What was the first name of the two co-founders of Apple?
c. Steve
24. What was the name of the operating system that Microsoft developed to help put them on the
map?
d. DOS
25. What company did Microsoft steal their Windows 95 idea from?
a. Apple
