Prelim Examination
  • 1. Which ancient device is considered one of the earliest tools for arithmetic calculations?
A) Pascaline
B) Leibniz Wheel
C) Analytical Engine
D) Abacus
  • 2. Which personal computer, released in 1977, was one of the first to feature a color display?
A) Apple 1
B) Apple II
C) Altair 8800
D) Altair 8088
  • 3. Which IBM computer family, introduced in 1964, standardized compatibility across models?
A) IBM Mainframe
B) IBM system/360
C) Apple II
D) IBM PC
  • 4. Ancient Greek analog device used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses?
A) Antikythera Mechanism
B) Analytical Engine
C) Antiquetera Mechanism
D) Difference Engine
  • 5. The Z3, the first programmable digital computer, was developed by:
A) Konrad Zuse
B) Howard Aiken
C) Tim Berbers-Lee
D) Conrad Zuse
  • 6. First general-purpose programmable electronic computer, built in 1945?
A) Colossus
B) ENIAC
C) Zuse Z3
D) IBM Harvard Mark 1
  • 7. Who invented the WWW in 1991?
A) Bill Gates
B) Steve Jobs
C) Tim Berners-Lee
D) Howard Aiken
  • 8. What replaced vacuum tubes in the 1950’s and 1960’s, making computers smaller and more reliable?
A) Magnetic Drums
B) Integrated Circuits
C) Transistors
D) Microprocessor
  • 9. Who is often called the Father of the Computer for designing the Analytical Engine?
A) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
B) Blaise Pascal
C) Konrad Zuse
D) Charles Babbage
  • 10. Which period is marked by the development of cloud computing and artificial intelligence?
A) Pre-mechanical Period
B) Personal Computer Era
C) Microprocessor Era
D) Cloud Computing and Modern Computing
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