2.2.7 Introduction to Computers Quiz

Put the following events from computer history in the order they happened

Herman Hollerith develops electronic tabulating machine (1890) International Business Machines, or IBM, is formed (1911) Scientists at Bell Laboratories invent the transistor (1947) Jack Kilby invents the microchip (1959) The Apple II is released for home consumers (1977) The World Wide Web becomes available to the public (1994) Apple releases the iPhone (2007)

Which of the following lists the basic computing and processing steps in order?

Input, processing, output, and storage

Which of the following is data temporarily stored on?

Memory chips

Which invention made it possible to have an entire computer on a single circuit board?

Microchip

Which of the following devices would MOST likely have a 4G connection?

Mobile phone

A user has entered a search string into an application and clicked on the search icon. Which of the following is the NEXT step in the computing process?

Processing

Which of the following provides a computer system with the ability to retrieve and manipulate data at a future time?

Storage

Which of the following is a type of input device?

Touchscreen

Which invention allowed computers to become smaller in size?

Transistors

Which of the following was the most widely used personal computer application until the mid-90s?

Word processing