IT 2

Question 1

Earliest Computers originally _____ were computed by ______, whose job title was computers.

Answer 1

calculations, humans

Question 2

They were typically engaged in the calculation of a mathematical expression.

Answer 2

human computers

Question 3

The calculations of this period were specialized and expensive, requiring years of training in ___.

Answer 3

mathematics

Question 4

The first use of the word “_____” was recorded in 1613, referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued to be used in that sense until the middle of the 20th century.

Answer 4

computer

Question 5

an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages.

Answer 5

a. Tally Sticks

Question 6

is a mechanical device used to aid an individual in performing mathematical calculations.

Answer 6

b. Abacus

Question 7

The abacus was invented in

Answer 7

Babylonia

Question 8

 The abacus in the form we are most familiar with was first used in

Answer 8

China

Question 9

It is used to perform basic arithmetic operations.

Answer 9

b. Abacus

Question 9

Napier’s Bones Invented by

Answer 9

John Napier

Question 9

Allowed the operator to multiply, divide and calculate square roots by moving the rods around and placing them in specially constructed boards.

Answer 9

c. Napier’s Bones

Question 10

Slide Rule Invented by

Answer 10

William Oughtred

Question 11

 Is based on Napier’s ideas about logarithms.

Answer 11

d. Slide Rule

Question 12

 Used primarily for – multiplication – division – roots – logarithms – Trigonometry

Answer 12

d. Slide Rule

Question 13

 Not normally used for addition or subtraction.

Answer 13

d. Slide Rule

Question 14

Pascaline is Invented by

Answer 14

Blaise Pascal

Question 15

 It was its limitation to addition and subtraction.

Answer 15

e. Pascaline

Question 16

 It is too expensive.

Answer 16

e. Pascaline

Question 17

Stepped Reckoner Invented by

Answer 17

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Question 18

 The machine that can add, subtract, multiply, divide automatically.

Answer 18

f. Stepped Reckoner

Question 19

 The Jacquard loom is mechanical loom, invented by

Answer 19

Joseph-Marie Jacquard

Question 20

It is an automatic loom control by punched cards

Answer 20

g. Jacquard Loom

Question 20

is mechanical loom

Answer 20

g. Jacquard Loom

Question 21

A mechanical calculator invented by

Answer 21

Thomas de Colmar

Question 22

 The first reliable, useful and commercially successful calculating machine.

Answer 22

h. Arithmometer

Question 23

 The machine could perform the four basic mathematic functions.

Answer 23

h. Arithmometer

Question 24

 The first mass-produced calculating machine.

Answer 24

h. Arithmometer

Question 25

 It an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.

Answer 25

i. Difference Engine and Analytical Engine

Question 26

i. Difference Engine and Analytical Engine is Invented by

Answer 26

Charles Babbage

Question 27

 It is the first mechanical computer.

Answer 27

i. Difference Engine and Analytical Engine

Question 28

It is the one who suggests to Babbage that he use the binary system.

Answer 28

Augusta Ada Byron

Question 29

 She writes programs for the Analytical Engine.

Answer 29

j. First Computer Programmer

Question 30

k. Scheutzian Calculation Engine is invented by

Answer 30

Per Georg Scheutz

Question 31

 Based on Charles Babbage’s difference engine.

Answer 31

k. Scheutzian Calculation Engine

Question 32

 The first printing calculator.

Answer 32

k. Scheutzian Calculation Engine

Question 33

l. Tabulating Machine is Invented by

Answer 33

Herman Hollerith

Question 34

 To assist in summarizing information and accounting.

Answer 34

l. Tabulating Machine

Question 35

 Also known as IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC).

Answer 35

m. Harvard Mark 1

Question 36

m. Harvard Mark 1 is Invented by

Answer 36

Howard H. Aiken

Question 37

 The first electro-mechanical computer.

Answer 37

m. Harvard Mark 1

Question 38

 The first programmable computer.

Answer 38

n. Z1

Question 39

Z1 is Created by _____ in ______

Answer 39

Konrad Zuse, Germany

Question 40

It is required that the user insert punch tape into a punch tape reader and all output was also generated through punch tape.

Answer 40

Z1

Question 41

 It was the first electronic digital computing device.

Answer 41

o. Atansoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

Question 42

o. Atansoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is Invented by ___ and ___ at Iowa State University between 1939 and 1942.

Answer 42

Professor John Atanasoff and graduate student Clifford Berry at Iowa State University between 1939 and 1942.

Question 43

 ENIAC stands for

Answer 43

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.

Question 44

 It was the first electronic general-purpose computer.

Answer 44

p. ENIAC

Question 45

p. ENIAC is Developed by

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John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.

Question 46

was the first commercial computer.

Answer 46

 The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer 1

Question 47

 The UNIVAC I Designed by

Answer 47

John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.

Question 48

 The First Stored Program Computer.

Answer 48

r. EDVAC

Question 49

 It has a memory to hold both a stored program as well as data.

Answer 49

r. EDVAC

Question 49

 EDVAC stands for

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Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer.

Question 50

EDVAC is Designed by

Answer 50

Von Neumann

Question 50

s. The First Portable Computer

Answer 50

Osborne 1

Question 51

 Osborne 1 Released in 1981 by

Answer 51

Osborne Computer Corporation.

Question 52

 The first computer company was the

Answer 52

Electronic Controls Company.

Question 53

Electronic Controls Company Founded by

Answer 53

John Prespre Eckert and John Mauchly.