SUMMATIVE TEST IN TLE 7
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: ________________
DIRECTION: Read the following items carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Where did the history of computers begin around 2000 years ago?
A. Greece
B. Babylonia (Mesopotamia)
C. Egypt
D. China
2. What early computing device was invented in Babylonia?
A. Calculator
B. Analytical Engine
C. Abacus
D. Turing Machine
3. Who is credited for building the first digital computer in 1642?
A. Charles Babbage
B. Alan Turing
C. Blaise Pascal
D. John Atanasoff
4. What was the name of the first digital computer built by Blaise Pascal?
A. Pascaline
B. ENIAC
C. UNIVAC
D. Abacus
5. Who is known as the "Father of the Computer"?
A. Blaise Pascal
B. Charles Babbage
C. Alan Turing
D. Bill Gates
6. What was the name of Charles Babbage’s design that resembles modern computers?
A. Difference Engine
B. Analytical Engine
C. Pascaline
D. Universal Machine
7. How many generations of computers are generally recognized?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six
8. What are the time span years of the first generation of computers?
A. 1947–1962
B. 1963–present
C. 1937–1946
D. 1971–present
9. Who built the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)?
A. Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace
B. Dr. John V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry
C. Blaise Pascal and Alan Turing
D. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
10. What was the purpose of the Colossus computer built in 1943?
A. Home use
B. Commercial sale
C. Military use
D. Scientific research
11. What is the name of the first general-purpose digital computer built in 1946?
A. ABC
B. UNIVAC
C. ENIAC
D. MS-DOS
12. What component replaced vacuum tubes in the second generation of computers?
A. Silicon Chips
B. Transistors
C. Fiber optics
D. Magnetic tapes
13. When was the second generation of computers?
A. 1937–1946
B. 1963–present
C. 1947–1962
D. 1971–present
14. What was the name of the first computer for commercial use in 1951?
A. ENIAC
B. Colossus
C. UNIVAC 1
D. IBM PC
15. What major invention defined the third generation of computers?
A. Transistors
B. Integrated circuits
C. Microprocessors
D. Vacuum tubes
16. When was the third generation of computers introduced?
A. 1963–present
B. 1971–present
C. 1947–1962
D. 1937–1946
17. What operating system was introduced in the 1980s?
A. Windows
B. iOS
C. MS-DOS
D. Linux
18. Which company introduced the personal computer (PC) in 1981?
A. Apple
B. IBM
C. Microsoft
D. Google
19. What major component launched the fourth generation of computers?
A. Integrated Circuit
B. Vacuum Tube
C. Microprocessor
D. Graphics Card
20. What is the main characteristic of fifth generation computers?
A. Faster processors
B. Larger memory
C. Artificial Intelligence
D. Wireless networking
Answer Key
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. B
13. C
14. C
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. C
20. C
