Module 1

Question 1

These were popular tools for storing information during ancient times. They often used wax or clay in the making of this tool.

Answer 1

Tablets

Question 2

A simple arithmetic tool that uses beads strung along copper wires.

Answer 2

Abacus

Question 3

A table that helps people do complicated math using the logarithms of two numbers.

Answer 3

Table of logarithms

Question 4

People who compute their taxes use this for convenience.

Answer 4

Income Tax Tables

Question 5

This man created the Pascal’s Calculator, known for adding numbers up to six digits.

Answer 5

Blaise Pascal

Question 6

A tool capable of performing all four basic operations.

Answer 6

Step Reckoner

Question 7

The person who invented the Step Reckoner.

Answer 7

Gottfried Liebnitz

Question 8

A tool that allows the user to add numbers up to six digits.

Answer 8

Pascal’s Calculator

Question 9

It was known as the first commercially successful calculator.

Answer 9

Arithmometer

Question 10

Who invented the Arithmometer?

Answer 10

Charles Thomas de Colmar

Question 11

It is known as the world’s first printing calculator.

Answer 11

Scheutz Difference Engine

Question 12

Who invented the Scheutz Difference Engine?

Answer 12

George Scheutz and Edvard

Question 13

It is known as a practical adding machine.

Answer 13

Burroughs Adding Machine

Question 14

Who invented the Burroughs Adding Machine?

Answer 14

William Burroughs

Question 15

During this age, rapid industrialization and economic growth took place.

Answer 15

Gilded Age

Question 16

This is a machine capable of expressing values in dollars and cents.

Answer 16

Cash Register

Question 17

What are the names of the people who invented the cash register?

Answer 17

John and James Ritty

Question 18

This is an electromechanical tabulating machine for punch cards that assists in information and accounting.

Answer 18

Punch Card Machine

Question 19

Who invented the Punch Card Machine?

Answer 19

Herman Hollerith

Question 20

Which university set out to build a computer back in 1948?

Answer 20

University of Manchester

Question 21

When did the computer successfully run its first program?

Answer 21

1948

Question 22

When was the first commercial computer introduced?

Answer 22

1951

Question 23

Which company first introduced the commercial computer?

Answer 23

Ferranti LTD

Question 24

This was known as the descendant of research computers constructed at the University of Manchester.

Answer 24

FerrantiMark 1

Question 25

This company completed the UNIVAC in 1951 and was known for making deliveries of computers to the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Answer 25

Remington-Rand

Question 26

This company managed to dominate the mainframe market of computers back in the mid-1960s.

Answer 26

IBM

Question 27

This programming language uses symbolic representations of machine instructions.

Answer 27

Assembly Language

Question 28

This is known as the first higher-level language used in scientific applications.

Answer 28

FORTRAN

Question 29

When was FORTRAN introduced?

Answer 29

1957

Question 30

This particular language was designed by the U.S. government for business standards.

Answer 30

COBOL

Question 31

When was COBOL introduced?

Answer 31

1959

Question 32

This particular system was used to share computer time among multiple users.

Answer 32

Time-Sharing Systems

Question 33

When was the Time-Sharing System introduced?

Answer 33

Early 1960s

Question 34

This was an easy-to-learn language developed at Dartmouth College.

Answer 34

BASIC

Question 35

When was BASIC introduced?

Answer 35

Early 1960s

Question 36

This was invented at Bells Lab intended as a replacement for the vacuum tube.

Answer 36

Transistor

Question 37

A component that was super cheap, really fast, and reliable.

Answer 37

Semiconductor

Question 38

This is a semiconductor that contained transistors, resistors, and capacitors.

Answer 38

Integrated Circuit

Question 39

This was a series of 19 computers with varying levels of power.

Answer 39

System/360

Question 40

This is a computer inside a semiconductor chip.

Answer 40

Microprocessor

Question 41

Which company invented the microprocessor?

Answer 41

Intel

Question 42

When was the microprocessor invented?

Answer 42

1970

Question 43

This was one of the very first personal computers back in 1975.

Answer 43

Altair 8800