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