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The document discusses the history of computing and early calculating devices. It provides multiple choice questions about the abacus, Napier's Bones, the slide rule, the Jacquard Loom, and other early mechanical calculators. It also lists the three key principles of modern computers and asks for information about the earliest human computers. Finally, it has true/false questions about basic computer concepts.

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Computer Science - Exam

The document discusses the history of computing and early calculating devices. It provides multiple choice questions about the abacus, Napier's Bones, the slide rule, the Jacquard Loom, and other early mechanical calculators. It also lists the three key principles of modern computers and asks for information about the earliest human computers. Finally, it has true/false questions about basic computer concepts.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE

Circle the correct answer


1. Was an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers,
quantities, or even messages
a. abacus b. tally stick c. Napier's Bone
2. Is a mechanical device used to aid an individual in performing mathematical calculations
Was invented in Babylonia in 2400 B.C and was first used in China in around 500 B.C
a. abacus b. tally stick c. Napier's Bone
3. Allowed the operator to multiply, divide and calculate square and cube roots by
moving the rods around and placing them in specially constructed boards.
a. Slide ruler b. Napier's Bone c. Pascaline
4. Is based on Napier's ideas about logarithms and used primarily for multiplication,
division, roots, logarithms, trigonometry but not normally used for addition or subtraction
a. Slide ruler b. Napier's Bone c. Pascaline
5. It was its limitation to addition and subtraction. It is too expensive
a. Slide ruler b. Napier's Bone c. Pascaline
6. The machine that can add, subtract, multiply and divide automatically
a. Stepped Reckoner b. Jacquard Loom c. Arithmometer
7. It an automatic loom controlled by punched cards.
a. Arithmometer b. Stepped Reckoner c. Jacquard Loom
8. The first reliable, useful and commercially successful calculating machine. The machine
could perform the four basic mathematic functions. The first mass-produced
calculating machine
a. Havard Mark 1 b. Tabulating Machine c Arithmometer
9. It an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions
It is the first mechanical computer
a. Scheutzian Calculation Engine
b. Tabulating Machine
c. Difference Engine and Analytical Engine
10. The first printing calculator
a. Tabulating Machine
b. Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
c. Scheutzian Calculation Engine
11. Machine that assist in summarizing information and accounting
a. Tabulating Machine b. Havard Mark 1 c. Z1
12. The first electro-mechanical computer. Also known as IBM Automatic Sequence
Controlled Calculator (ASCC).
a. Havard Mark 1 b. Z1 c. ENIAC
13. The first programmable computer. The user insert punch tape into a punch tape
reader and all output was also generated through punch tape.
a. ENIAC b. UNIVAC 1 c. Z1
Give the Three principles characteristic of computer
• It responds to a specific set of instructions in a well defined manner.
• It can execute a pre-recorded list of instructions.
• It can quickly store and retrieve large amounts of data

Earliest Computer

1. Originally calculations were computed by ______________, whose job title was ______________.
2. These human computers were typically engaged in the calculation of a _______________
expression.
3. The ______________of this period were specialized and expensive, requiring years of
training in mathematics.
4. The first use of the word "computer" was recorded in _______, referring to a person who
carried out calculations, or _____________,
5. And the word continued to be used in that sense until the middle of the ___________ century

Write T of True and F if False


1. Computer is a programmable machine
2. Computer is a machine that manipulates data according to
a list of instruction
3. Computer responds to a specific set of instruction in a well defined manner
4. Computer can execute a pre-recorded list of instruction
5. Computer is any device which aids humans in performing various
kinds of computations or calculations
6. Computers work through special instructions called algorithms
7. Computers don’t have common sense
8. Mobile phones, tablets, smart speakers, laptops and games consoles are all
examples of computers
9. RAM stands for Random Access Memory and is its short term memory.
Without it the computer wouldn’t be able to do anything from
opening files to streaming a video
10. Computer can operates on its own
__________.

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