1. What did people use to make tge first tools? (a). Stone and bones (b).

Stone and metal. (c).

Bones and glass. (d). Metal and woo(d).
The stone Age period is divided into ............... number of stages. (a). 5. (b).4. (c).1. (d).3

2. The Bronze Age began with the introduction of................. metallurgy (a). Copper. (b). Iron. (c).
Aluminium. (d). Steel.
3. The age in which people began to use farm tools made of iron is the .................... (a). Iron age.
(b). Electronic age. (c). Industrial age. (d). Agricultural age.
4. The middle age is marked by the use of ................ (a). Feather pen and ink for writing. (b). Chalk
and board for writing. (c). Pen and paper for writing. (d). Stones and bored for writing
5. The Industrial age was marked by the use of refine(d)............. (a). Crude oil. (b). Coal. (c).
Vegetable oil. (d). Bauxite
6. The Internet was discovered during the middle ages. (a). True. (b). False
7. .................... is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share
information along various channels. (a). Internet. (b). World wide web. (c). Intranet. (d). Search
engine
8. .................... is a machine that performs computational tasks based on instructions received. (a).
Telephone. (b). Computer. (c). Telegraph. (d). Abacus.
9. Early people first began to count with the following EXCEPT............ (a).fingers and toes. (b).
Sticks and grains. (c). Stones and cowries. (d). ENIAC AND EDVAC
10. Napier's bones ws invented in .............. (a). 1614. (b). 1617. (c).1620. (d). None of the above.
11. Who is regarded as the father of computer? (a). Charles Babbage. (b). Vonn Neuman. (c). Blaise
Pascal. (d). John Napier
12. Which electronic components are used in first generation computers? (a). Transistors. (b).
Integrated circuits. (c). Vacuum tubes. (d). VLSI microprocessor.
13. Which electronic components are used in second generation computers? (a). Transistors. (b).
Integrated circuits. (c). Vacuum tubes. (d). Microprocessor.
14. Which electronic components areused in the fifth generation of computers? (a). Transistors. (b).
Artificial intelligence. (c). Integrated circuits. (d). VLSI microprocessor
15. Which electronic componentsare used in the third generation of computers? (a). Integrated
circuits. (b). Transistors. (c). Vacuum tubes. (d). VLSI microprocessor
16. Which electronic components are used in the fourth generation computers? (a). VLSI
microprocessor. (b). Transistors. (c).Vacuum tubes. (d). Integrated circuits.
17. The computer is an .............. machine. (a). Electroni(c). (b). Electrical. (c). Electron. (d). Election
18. The computer is a ............ machine, commonly consisting of digital circuitry. (a). Generate-
purpose. (b). General purpose. (c).purpose-purpose. (d). Purpose-general
19. The computer accept inputs,stores,.............., and generates outputs. (a). Manuals. (b). Manners.
(c). Processes. (d). Output
20. The computer is (a)................. machine. (a). Man-tasking. (b). Multi-tasking. (c). Mul-tasking. (d).
Moda-tasking.
21. Computer users can use different.............. programs for typing, designing and painting on the
computer system. (a). Application. (b). Applicate. (c). Amplifier. (d). Apply
22. The first stage of things to do in the computer is calle(d)............stage. (a). Impact. (b). Input. (c).
Impure. (d). Inport.
23. The second stage of the things to do in a computer is........... stage. (a). Process. (b). Procedure.
(c). Procast. (d). Procord.
24. The third stage (the result) is calle(d)............... stage. (a). Output. (b). Outpart. (c).outpure. (d).
Outgive.
25. Numbers, pictures or words without context are known as .............. (a). Dat(a). (b). Information.
(c). Knowledge. (d). Communication.
26. A collection of words, numbers or pictures which have meaning is known as............ (a). Dat(a).
(b). Information. (c). Knowledge. (d). Communication
27. Data becomes information once it is put into a framework or structure that provides .............
(a). Knowledge. (b). More information. (c). Rules. (d). Context.
28. Taking in and understanding information about a subject which then allows you to make a
decision is known as........... (a). Data. (b). Information. (c). Knowledge. (d). Communication
29. Which of the following is correct? (a). Information leads to data, and data leads to knowledge.
(b). Data leads to information, and information leads to knowledge. (c). Knowledge leads to
information,and information leads to data. (d). Data leads to knowledge and knowledge leads to
information.
30. Data could be classified as qualitative or as ............ (a). Educative. (b). Informative. (c).
Quantitative. (d). Analytic
31. Which of the following refers to qualitative data? (a). Number of egg. (b). Amount of money. (c).
Age. (d). Favourite car
32. Which of the following refers to quantitative data? (a). The colour of my car. (b). Number of
students in your class. (c). Your place of birth. (d). Your favourite subjects
33. Which of the following best decribes information? (a). Unprocessed facts. (b). Processed data.
(c). Raw facts collected. (d). A set of data
34. Which of the following are types of data? (a). Qualitative and quantitative data. (b).
Unprocessed and processed information. (c). Raw and processed information. (d). Structured
and semi-structured information
35. Which of the following was the early abacus used to perform .............. (a). Counting and simple
arithmetic. (b). Logarithm. (c). Programming. (d). Coding
36. The slide rule was developed by ............. (a). Charles Babbage. (b). William oughtred. (c). john
Napier. (d). William Wilberforce
37. Prior to the invention of the pocket calculator,........... was the most common tool for calculation
in science and engineering. (a). The analytical engine. (b). The personal computer. (c). Slide rule.
(d). The jacquard's loom
38. Napier bones was invented in ............. (a). 1614. (b). 1617. (c). 1620. (d). None of above
39. What was the name of first computer designed by Charles Babbage? (a). Analytical engine. (b).
Difference engine. (c). Colossus. (d). ENIAC
40. The pascaline was developed in ............ (a). 1625. (b). 1950. (c). 1809. (d). 1642
41. Jacquard's loom was invented for............. (a). Data processing. (b). Weaving cloth. (c).
Laboratory analysis. (d). Calculations and astronomy
42. Which of the following provided the basis of the modern computer? (a). The analytical engine.
(b). Jacquard's loom. (c). Napier's bones. (d). The pascaline
43. ............... created the first electronic counting device that was used to compute the U.S. census.
(a). Philip Emeagwali. (b). Charles Babbage. (c). John von Neumann. (d). Herman hollerith
44. The ............. is used to broadcast voice information to people who are in different geographical
locations. (a). Fax. (b). Radio. (c). Telephone. (d). Television
45. GIGO means. (a). Garbage in Garbage out. (b). Garbage in Google out. (c). Get in Get out. (d).
Google in Google out
46. The part of the computer systems that you can be touch and seen is ............ (a). Software. (b).
Hardware. (c). Peopleware. (d). Handware
47. Jonh Napier invented the Napier........... (a). Boards. (b). Bones. (c). Steel. (d). Rods.
48. The following scientists contributed to the development of computer EXCEPT............. (a).
Gottfried leibnitz. (b). Joseph jacquard. (c). Max weber. (d). Charles Babbage.
49. Oneof the following is NOT a type of hardware. (a). Printer. (b). Keyboard. (c). Monitor. (d).
Microsoft word
50. The .......... cable supplies electricity to the computer devices. (a). Monitor. (b). Power. (c).
Printer. (d). Serial.
Essay questions
1. (A) mention five (5) things made with iron during the iron age.
(B) list two (2) things for which the Electronic age is known for.
2. (A) list four (4) early counting devices
(B) list four (4) features of 1st generation computer
3. (A) descrbe what a printer is used for.
(B) give a concise definition of the computer
4. (A) list two two (2) things that would make data meaningful.
(B) write down the two (2) categories of source of dat(a).