Post on 30-Dec-2015
History of ComputerQuestions
History of ComputerQuestions
Computer Information
Q 1. Which hand and finger do you use to press the return key?
A. You use your right pinky to press the return key.
Q 2. What is your server login name?
A. My server login name is my student number.
Q 3. What is your server login password?
A. My server login password is my date of birth.
Q 4. What is your Type 2 Learn 3 password?
A. My Type 2 Learn 3 password is my date of birth.
History of Computers
Q 5. Who invented the Pascaline?A. Blaise Pascal invented the Pacaline.
Q 6. Who is considered the first computer Programmer?A. Ada Lovelace is considered the 1st computer
programmer.
Q 7. Who developed the Abacus?A. The Chinese developed the Abacus.
Q 8. Who invented a weaving machine that used punched cards?
A. Joseph Jacquard invented a weaving machine that used punched cards.
Computer History
Q 9. Who was a Mathematician?
A. Blaise Pascal was a mathematician.
Q 10. Who invented Napier’s Rods?
A. John Napier invented Napier’s Rods.
Q 11. Who is considered the Father of Computers?
A. Charles Babbage is considered the “Father of Computers”.
Q 12. Who invented the Tabulating Machine?
A. Herman Hollerith invented the Tabulating Machine.
Computer History
Q 13. What was the first calculating device called?A. The Abacus was the first calculating device.
Q 14. Who developed the Difference and Analytical Engines?A. Charles Babbage developed the Difference and
Analytical Engines.
Q 15. Who built the first Apple Computer?A. Steve Jobs built the first Apple Computer.
Q 16. Who created the computer language known as “Windows”?A. Bill Gates created the computer language
known as “Windows”.
Development of Computers
Q 17. What type of technology did the 1st generation of computers use?A. The 1st generation of computers used
Vacuum Tubes.
Q 18. What type of technology did the 2nd generation of computers use?
A. The 2nd generation of computers used Transistors.
Q 19. What type of technology did the 3rd generation of computers use?
A. The 3rd generation of computers used Integrated Circuits.
Development of the Computer
Q 20. What type of technology did the 4th generation of computers use?
Q 21. What type of technology did the 5th generation of computers use?
A. The 4th generation of computers used the Microprocessor
A. The 5th generation of computers used the Microprocessor & AI
Quiz
Q What are the Five (5) steps to Home Position?
Q What are the Home Row keys?
6. Left Hand keys:
7. Right Hand Keys:
Keyboarding Technique QUIZ
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