QUIZ.pptx
- 2. FIRST LONG QUIZ January 30, 2024
- 3. Direction: Read each item carefully and write your name and date today in a ½ crosswise of paper.
- 4. 1. It is facts provided or learned about something or someone. a. Knowledge b. Technology c. Communication d. Information
- 5. 2. He was the first man who built the first stored-program computer which was 8 feet tall, 51 feet long, 2 feet thick, weighed 5 tons, and used about 750,000 parts and 500 miles of wires. a. Clifford Berry b. John Atanasoff c. John Von Neumann d. Konrad Zuse
- 6. 3. Who invented the difference engine in 1821 and the analytical engine in 1832? a. Charles Babbage b. Samuel Morse c. John Von Neumann d. Dorr Felt
- 7. 4. In what age was Sumerians’ input technology a stylus that could scratch marks in wet clay? a. Pre-mechanical Age b. Mechanical Age c. Electromechanical Age d. Electronic Age
- 8. 5. _____ is one of the oldest forms of writing known. It means "wedge-shaped," because people wrote it using a reed stylus cut to make a wedge-shaped mark on a clay tablet. Letters enclosed in clay envelopes, as well as works of literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, have been found. a. Papyrus c. Petroglyph b. Cuneiform d. Pascaline
- 9. 6. Which of the following is the first adding and subtracting calculator invented by Dorr Felt which contains a built-in printer? a. Comptograph b. Petroglyph c. Cuneiform d. ABC Computer
- 10. 7. Who invented the first mechanical calculator in 1623 that can work with six digits and can carry digits across columns? a. Charles Babbage b. Whilhelm Schickard c. John Von Neumann d. Dorr Felt
- 11. 8. It is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data or information. a. Knowledge b. Technology c. Communication d. Information Technology
- 12. 9. Which of the following is the first human to communicate only through speaking and picture drawings? a. Comptograph b. Petroglyph c. Cuneiform d. ABC Computer
- 13. 10. In what age does the development of book indexes and the widespread use of page numbers? a. Pre-mechanical Age b. Mechanical Age c. Electromechanical Age d. Electronic Age
- 14. 11. What type of system which the numbers 1-9 as vertical lines, the numbers 10 as a U or circle, the number 100 as a coiled rope, and the number 1,000 as a lotus blossom? a. Abacus System b. Egyptian System c. Pyramid System d. Johann Gutenberg System
- 15. 12. This is the age when the Sumerians in Mesopotamia devised the cuneiform. a. Pre-mechanical Age b. Mechanical Age c. Electromechanical Age d. Electronic Age
- 16. 13. In what age does the foundation for advances in electronic digital computers? a. Pre-mechanical Age b. Mechanical Age c. Electromechanical Age d. Electronic Age
- 17. 14. What age did Alexander Graham Bell develop the first working telephone? a. Pre-mechanical Age b. Mechanical Age c. Electromechanical Age d. Electronic Age
- 18. 15. In what age was Babbage’s Engines invented? a. Pre-mechanical Age b. Mechanical Age c. Electromechanical Age d. Electronic Age
- 19. 16. This is when the first stored-program computer was built by Konrad Zuse. a. Pre-mechanical Age b. Mechanical Age c. Electromechanical Age d. Electronic Age
- 20. 17-20. What are the 4 methods for the transfer of information?