Republic of the Philippines
Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
R.T. Lim Blvd., Zamboanga City
TLE 2: Computer Quiz
Name: _____________________________________ Date: _________________
Yr. & Course: _______________________________
Test I-Multiplechoice
Directions: Read the statement carefully and encircle the letter that corresponds to the statement.
1. An electronic device that manipulates information, C.) Arithmometer
or data. D.) Pascaline
A.) CPU
B.) Computer 9. The first mechanical computer and was designed to
C.) System Unit perform complex mathematical calculations.
D.) Laptop A.) Tabulatinbg Machine
B.) Difference Engine
2. ________ is any set of instructions that tells the
hardware what to do such as a web browser, media C.) Analytical Engine
player or word processor. D.) Scheutzian Calculation Engine
A.) Tupperware
B.) Peopleware 10. Who is the first computer programmer?
C.) Software A.) August Eva Biron
D.) Hardware B.) Augusta Ada Biron
C.) August Eva Byron
3. _________ is any physical part of the computer D.) Augusta Ada Byron
which include all the internal components and also the
external part like the monitor and the keyboard. 11. It was the first electronic general-purpose
A) Tupperware computer.
B) Peopleware A.) EDVAC 1
C) Software B.) ENIAC
D) Hardware C.) UNIVAC 1
D.) ABC
4. First computer in the world?
A.) ENIAC 12. What is the name of the first computer company?
B.) UNIVAC A.) Autodesk
C.) CDC 3600 B.) Microsoft
D.) CDC 6600 C.) Electronic Controls Company
D.) Apple
5. An ancient memory aid device to record and
document numbers, quantities, or even messages. 13. Its development was the hallmark of the third
A.) Napier’s Bone generation of computers.
A.) Vacuum Tubes
B.) Slide Rule
B.) Integrated Circuit
C.) Abacus
C.) Transistor
D.) Tally Stick
D.) Microprocessor
6. Who is the father of computer?
14. The first computers used ________ for circuitry
A.) Seymour Cray
and magnetic drums for memory, and were often
B.) John Atanasoff enormous, taking up entire rooms.
C.) Alan Turing A.) Vacuum Tubes
D.) Charles Babbage B.) Integrated Circuit
C.) Transistor
7. What is the first potable computer? D.) Microprocessor
A.) Harvard Mark 1
B.) Osborne 1 15. Basic computing periods: ages where
C.) UNIVAC 1 telecommunication begins.
D.) Z1 A.) Pre-Mechanical
B.) Mechanical
8. It is an automatic loom controlled by punched cards. C.) Electromechanical
A.) Jacquard Loom D.) Electronic
B.) Stepped Reckorner
16. Which of the following is a Principal of B.) Difference Engine
Characteristic of Computer C.) Analytical Engine
A.) It can quickly store and retrieve large amounts of D.) Scheutzian Calculation Engine
data.
B.) It responds to a specific set of instructions in a
19. The first mass-produced calculating machine.
well-defined manner.
A.) Jacquard Loom
C.) It can execute a pre-recorded list of instructions.
D.) All of the above B.) Stepped Reckorner
C.) Arithmometer
17. Which country invented the number 0? D.) Pascaline
A.) China
B.) Japan 20. In this age paper, number 1-9 and 0 was inventec or
C.)Philippines exist.
D.) India A.) Pre-Mechanical
B.) Mechanical
18. The first printing calculator. C.) Electromechanical
A.) Tabulatinbg Machine D.) Electronic
Test II. Matching Type
Direction: Match column A with the corresponding item in column B. Write the letter of your answer for each
number.
Column A Column B
_____ 1. Analytical Engine A. John Napier
_____ 2. Jacquard Loom B. Blaise Pascal
C. Thomas de Colmar
_____ 3. Stepped Reckorner
D. Joseph-Marie Jacquard
_____ 4. Arithmometer
E. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
_____ 5. Pascaline
F. Charles Babbage
_____ 6. Tabulating Machine
G. Konrad Zuse
_____ 7. Z1
H. John Atanasoff
_____ 8. ABC
I. Herman Hollerith
_____ 9. Napier’s Bone J. William Oughtred
_____ 10. Slide Rule
Test III. Modified True or False.
Directionn: Write T if the statement is true and if it is false change the underlined word or phrase to
make it correct. Write your answer on the space provided.
____________ 1. The development of the Microprocessor was the hallmark of the third generation of
computers.
____________ 2. The fifth ganaretion is more on Artificial Intelligence.
____________ 3. The first computers used Transistors for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and
were often enormous, taking up entire rooms.
____________ 4. Fourth generation computers also saw the development of GUIs, the mouse and handheld
devices.
____________ 5. One transistor replaced the equivalent of 40 vacuum tubes
