The document provides a 15 question multiple choice quiz about technology topics including hardware, software development, computer history, operating systems, and interfaces. The questions test knowledge on topics like the inventor of the transistor, the first personal computer, the developers of Google Search, and components of a computer like the CPU.
The document provides a 15 question multiple choice quiz about technology topics including hardware, software development, computer history, operating systems, and interfaces. The questions test knowledge on topics like the inventor of the transistor, the first personal computer, the developers of Google Search, and components of a computer like the CPU.
The document provides a 15 question multiple choice quiz about technology topics including hardware, software development, computer history, operating systems, and interfaces. The questions test knowledge on topics like the inventor of the transistor, the first personal computer, the developers of Google Search, and components of a computer like the CPU.
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1. It refers to electrical or electro-mechanical devices, which often contain firmware or embedded
software. a. Software b. Hardware c. Software Development d. Hardware development 2. They identify users’ needs to create and maintain efficient databases. a. Network Analysts c. Software developers b. Database administrator d. Computer system analysts 3. It aims to or is required synthesise goal-oriented processor. a. Information theory c. Formal methods b. AI d. Algorithms 4. They are responsible for designing and implementing organizational technology for business. a. IT analysts c. Computer programmers b. Computer support specialists d. Software developers 5. Who designed the punch card system to calculate 1880 census? a. Alan Turing c. Herman Hollerith b. Charles Babbage d. Joseph Jacquard 6. Who is the professor of physical and mathematics at ISU, attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts? a. Joseph Marie Jacquard c. John Mauchly b. Presper Eckert d. J.V. Atanasoff 7. Which of the following inventors invented transistors? a. John Bardeen c. Grace Hopper b. Presper Eckert d. Robert Noyce 8. What is the code name of first personal computer? a. Atom c. Gavilan b. Acorn d. Apple 9. What is the first computer with GUI a. Apple c. Apple’s Liza b. Microsoft d. Compaq 10. Who develop the Google Search engine? a. Larry Page c. Microsoft b. Tim-Lee d. Mozilla 11. When Google releases the chromebook? a. 2012 c. 2013 b. 2011 d. 2010 12. It has an ability to customize a product according to personalized specifications. a. 5G c. 3D printing b. AI d. Quantum computing 13. It is known as the brain of the computer. a. CPU c. RAM b. Motherboard d. ROM 14. Which of the following OS works via the user entering typed commands with a keyboard? a. GUI c. Command Line Interface b. Touchscreen 15. These are little arrows that you move across the screen by directing your mouse. a. Icons c. Pointers b. Menus d. Windows