HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF COMPUTING

Question 1

first known tools for computation

Answer 1

Abacus

Question 2

What is the Invention of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz?

Answer 2

Step Reckoner

Question 3

What is the Invention of Blaise Pascal?

Answer 3

Pascaline

Question 4

Who Designed the Analytical Engine: a mechanical general purpose computer?

A. Charles Babbage
B. Herman Hollerith
C. Ada Lovelace
D. Alan Turing

Answer 4

A. Charles Babbage

Question 5

Often considered the first computer programmer for her work on
Babbage’s Analytical Engine.

A. Charles Babbage
B. Herman Hollerith
C. Ada Lovelace
D. Alan Turing

Answer 5

C. Ada Lovelace

Question 6

Developed the punched card system for data processing,
influencing early computing machines

A. Charles Babbage
B. Herman Hollerith
C. Ada Lovelace
D. Alan Turing

Answer 6

B. Herman Hollerith

Question 7

Proposed the concept of a Turing machine, laying the
groundwork for theoretical computer science.

A. Charles Babbage
B. Herman Hollerith
C. Ada Lovelace
D. Alan Turing

Answer 7

D. Alan Turing

Question 8

It replaced vacuum tubes and revolutionizing computer design.

Answer 8

Transistors

Question 9

Altair 8800 (1975) and Apple II (1977)
brought computing to homes and small businesses what is it called?

A. ENIAC
B. Personal Computer
C. Internet
D. Integrated Circuita

Answer 9

B. Personal Computer

Question 10

Developed by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, allowing the
miniaturization of electronic circuits.

A. ENIAC
B. Personal Computer
C. Internet
D. Integrated Circuit

Answer 10

D. Integrated Circuit

Question 11

The first general-purpose electronic digital computer, developed by John
Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.

A. ENIAC
B. Personal Computer
C. Internet
D. Integrated Circuit

Answer 11

A. ENIAC

Question 12

Evolved from ARPANET to a global network, transforming
communication and information sharing

A. ENIAC
B. Personal Computer
C. Internet
D. Integrated Circuit

Answer 12

C. internet

Question 13

Offered scalable resources and services over the internet, changing
business and data management.

Answer 13

Cloud Computing

Question 14

Smartphones and tablets became ubiquitous, changing how people
interact with technology.

Answer 14

Mobile Computing

Question 15

Identify the correct division sequence of history & evolution of computing:

A. Early Century, 19th century, (Early, Mid, Late 20th century), 21st century
B. Early Beginnings, 19th century, (Early, Mid, Late 20th century), 21st century
C. Early Computing, (Early, Mid, Late 19th century), 20th century, 21st century

Answer 15

B. Early Beginnings, 19th century, (Early, Mid, Late 20th century), 21st century