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LIVING IN IT ERA
MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: Larry P. Pendon Section: 2BB Date: October 30,2022

PLEASE READ
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
● NO CHEATING.
● USING OF SMARTPHONE OR CELLULAR PHONE IS PROHIBITED.
● USE BLACK OR BLUE BALLPEN.
● WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN UPPER CASE OR CAPITAL LETTERS.

Test I. Identification (2pts. each)

Instruction: Identify what is being asked in the following sentences.

_______ABACUS________ 1. It was the first calculating device that was improved about 5000 years
ago by the Chinese educationists.
________________________ 2. He is known as the “Father of Computer”.
ICT (Information and Communication Technology) 3. Is the technology required for information
processing.
____Cuneiform Writing____ 4. A form of writing Sumerians developed in 3500 BC.
____Johaness Gutenberg__ 5. A German goldsmith that invented The Gutenberg Press.
____Antonio Meucci_______6. He invented the first basic telephone in 1849.
____Graham Bell__________7. He is credited with being the inventor of the telephone since his
patent and demonstrations for an apparatus designed were successful.
____Z3___________ 8. It was the first fully functional (programmable and automatic) digital
computer.
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) 9. It was the first public packet-
switched computer network. Its main use was for academic and research purposes.
____Samuel Morse________10. The first message in history was transmitted by _________ on May
24, 1844.
Philo Taylor Farnsworth II 11. A 21-year-old inventor who invented the electronic television on
September 7, 1927.
Chester Carlson 12. He worked on the Xerox 914 and was the first successful
commercial plain paper copier which in 1959 revolutionized the document-copying industry.
Tsai Lun 13. He was a Chinese eunuch court official of the Eastern Han dynasty
and the one who invented the Paper in 105 BC.
Communication 14. Is an act of transmitting messages. It is a process whereby
information is exchanged between individuals using symbols, signs or verbal interactions.
ICT (Information and Communication Technology) 15. Use of electronic computers,
communication devices and software applications to convert, store, protect, process, transmit and
retrieve information from anywhere, anytime.
Information 16. refers to the knowledge obtained from reading, investigation, study or
research.
_______Computer________ 17. Is an electronic device that manipulates information, or data.
Computer 18. It has the ability to store, retrieve, and process data.
Computer 19. You can also use it to edit or create spreadsheets, presentations, and
even videos.
Napier's Bones 20. An early computing device that consists of rods made up of bones
and could easily be used for multiplication and division along with addition and subtraction.
Test II. Multiple Choice (2 pts. each)
Instruction: Read and understand the following questions carefully. Choose and encircle the letter
that best describes the answer.
1. The _______ establishes the country’s first cellular telephone network.
a. PLDT b. SMART c. Converge d. GLOBE
2. It consisted of a box with eight (8) movable wheels. Each wheel had 10 teeth numbered from 0
to 9.
a. Leibniz Calculator b. Pascaline c. Analytical Engine d. Computer
3. an American Figure, opened the machine called Tabulating Machine (or Tabulator) in 1880.
a. Herman Hollerith b. Charles Babbage c. Samuel Morse d. Tsai Lun
4. The first mass-produced calculating machine.
a. Thermometer b. Anemometer c. Arithmometer d. Meter
5. He worked for ComNet and established Philippine’s first connection to the internet.
a. Henry Sy b. Benjie Tan c. Rodrigo Duterte d. Jericho Rosales
6. Is an industry in itself which employs the use of computers, elaborate networks, computer
software and other digital or electronic devices for managing and communicating information.
a. ICT b. ITC c. IT d. LTE
7. These computers were very heavy and really large in size.
a. Second Gen Computer b. First Gen Computer c. Z3 d. ARPANET
8. The technology behind the primary generation computers was a fragile glass device, which
was called _____.
a. Transistors b. Microprocessors c. Vacuum Tubes d. AI
9. The physical components of a computer. These include keyboard, mouse, monitor and
processor.
a. Software b. Freeware c. Peopleware d. Hardware
10. A set of programs that form an interface between the hardware and the user of a computer
system.
a. Software b. Freeware c. Peopleware d. Hardware

TEST III. ACRONYM (2 pts. Each)

Instruction: Write the meaning of each acronym below.
1. ARPANET- Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
2. ENIAC- Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
3. EDVAC- Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
4. UNIVAC- Universal Automatic Computer
5. IC- Integrated Circuit

TEST IV. Enumeration (2 pts. Each)

Instruction: Give what is being asked.
● Six (6) types of Software
1. System Software
2. Application Software
3. Operating System
4. Utility Software
5. Language processors
6. Connectivity software

● Types of people that interacts with the computer system

1. System Analysts
2. System Programmers
3. User are persons

● Types of computers
1. Mainframe Computer
2. Super Computer

● Give at least four tips to prevent Identity Theft

1. Freeze your credit

2. Use strong passwords and add an authentication

3. Safeguard your Social Security number

4. Never let your credit card out of your sight

Prepared by: Julienne Mae A. Palad