Computer History and its Generation
1) Early calculating devices included __________and ___________
a)
Abacus & slide Rule c) Abacus & Punch Card
b)
Tabulating Machine & Abacus d) None
2) The Slide rule is mechanical computing device was invented by_________
a)
Charles
Babbage c)
Joseph Marie Jacquard
b) William oughtred d) None
3) Punched cards were invented by _____________
a)
William oughtred c)
Joseph Marie Jacquard
b)
Charles Babbage d)
None
4) First generation computers used ____________ for input & output devices
a)
Abacus c)
Punched card
b)
Slide rule d)
b & c
5) In 1896, Hollerith founded the tabulating machine company later years it become the _______________ company
a)
IBM c)
Wipro
b)
HCL d) None
6) The design of the Analytical engine by _______________ is considered to be first design for the computer.
a)
Charles Babbage c)
Oughtred
b)
Jacquard d)
b&c
7) The ____________ was the first commercial computer developed for U.S census Bureau
a)
UNIVAC c)
Vaccum tubes
b)
ENIAC d)
None
8) The ____________ was the first general purpose Electronic computer
a)
UNIVAC c)
a & b
b)
ENIAC d)
None
9) In the second generation of computers, vaccum tubes are replaced by ____________
a)
IC c)
Silicon chips
b)
Transistors d)
All the above
10) Third generation computer used ____________ in place of Transistors
a)
IC c) Vaccum tubes
b)
Silicon chip d)
None
11) Fourth generation computers used ____________ which could embed several thousand IC’s together on a single chip
a)
Microprocessor c)
Transistors
b)
Silicon chip d)
b&c
12) Fifth generation computer venture into new field of ____________
a)
Artificial Intelligence c) Microprocessor
b)
IC d)
None
13) What
difference does the fifth generation computer have from the other generation
computer?
a)
Technological advancement c)
Punched card
b)
Scientific code d)
None
14) Human beings are referred to as Homo-sapiens. Which device is called Silicon-Sapiens
a)
Monitor c)
Robot
b)
Hardware d)
Computer
15) First generation computers accepted instruction in____________ language
a)
Machine-level c)
a & b
b)
Assembly d)
None
16) Second generation computers accepted instruction in____________ language
a)
Mnemonics c)
Machine
b)
Assembly d)
a & c
17) The symbols used in assembly language_________________
a)
Mnemonics c) Assembler
b)
Codes d)
None
18) 1GLS & 2GLS are tightly linked to the underlying_________of the computer
a)
Codes c) Assembler
b)
Architecture d)
None
19) ___________ introduce a High-level of automation in programming
a)
1GLS c) 3GLS
b)
2GLS d)
4GLS
20) ___________ is an example of modern 3GLS
a)
FORTRAN,COBOL,PASCAL c) a & b
b)
C, C++,java d)
None
21) ____________ is an example of modern 4GL
a)
SQL, ORACLE c)
PASCAL
b)
Report Builder d)
a & b
22) __________ generation languages deals with artificial intelligence
a)
1st c) 4th
b)
2nd d) 5th
23) ____________ is an example of 5GL
a)
PASCAL c) Mercury
b)
PROLOG d)
b & c
24) The work done by the computer is called_________________
a)
Program c) data
b)
Process d)
None
25) Computer can only understand ____________________ language
a)
Machine-level c)
High-level
b)
Assembly d)
None
Answers:
1) Abacus & Slide rule 2) William ought red 3) Joseph Marie Jacquard 4) Punched card
5) International business machine(IBM) 6) Charles Babbage 7) ENIAC 8) UNIVAC
9) Transistors 10) IC 11) Microprocessor 12) Artificial intelligence 13) Technological advancement
14) Computer 15) Machine-level language 16) Assembly languages 17) Mnemonics 18) Architecture
19) 3GLs 20) a) & b) 21) a) & b) 22) 5th 23) b) & c) 24) process 25) machine-level language
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