6th Grade Technology
Test on History of Computers
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1. Which device is considered the first calculating device. :
Analytical Engine
Abacus
Slide Rule
Punch Card Reader


2. Which Company made the first electric counting machine? :
Apple
Xerox
Dell
IBM

 

3. The First Generation of computers used which device to perform it’s                         calculations ?
Transistors
Integrated Circuit Chips
Vacuum Tubes
Printed circuit boards

 

4. The Second Generation of computers used which device to perform it’s                         calculations ?
Transistors
Integrated Circuit Chips
Vacuum Tubes
Printed circuit boards

5. The Third Generation of computers used which device to perform it’s                         calculations:
Transistors
Integrated Circuit Chips
Vacuum Tubes
Printed circuit boards

6. An Integrated Circuit Chip is made from:
Plastic
Silver
Copper
Silicon

 

 

 

7. One of the problems with a computer that was built from vacuum tubes was ?
The computer was very large
The computer operated very slowly
The computer did not have enough memory
The computer operated best at cold temperatures.

 

 

8. Charles Babbages Analitical engine was unique in that it was the first calculating machine that ?
Stored information and followed programs
Used a printer for paper output
Used punched cards
Stored 15 megabytes of information

 

 

 

 

9. When the first electric counting was constructed, the US government asked the people that made it to do what?
Set-up train schedules
Count the 1890 census
Count the national debt
Calculate canon trajectories

 

 
10. The Timeline below tells us:
Computers were developed mostly by men
Computers were mostly developed within the last 250 years
The first computer was developed in 2000 BC in China
Computers were mostly developed within the last 50 years

 

 
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