Before completing this activity, you must watch "Computers" at http://www.cowden-herrick.k12.il.us/staff/burruscasey/eLearning/comp/history/movie.htm.

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1. According to the video clip, when was the first computer invented?

   
   
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   1.   ?    1946
   2.   ?    1245
   3.   ?    1496
   4.   ?    1694

2. According to the video clip, where was the first computer invented?

   
   
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   1.   ?    University of Pennsylvania
   2.   ?    University of California
   3.   ?    University of Illinois
   4.   ?    Washington, D. C.

3. According to the video clip, what was the name of the first computer invented?

   
   
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   1.   ?    ENIAC
   2.   ?    EDVAC
   3.   ?    EDSAC
   4.   ?    UNIVAC

4. How many vacuum tubes was the first computer made of?

   
   
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   1.   ?    18,000
   2.   ?    1,800
   3.   ?    180
   4.   ?    180,000

5. What was the first computer used for?

   1.   ?    to calculate artillery fire during World War II
   2.   ?    to count ballots during Eisenhower's election
   3.   ?    to record medical findings during research
   4.   ?    to calculate complex mathematical calculations.

6. Who re-configured the first computer so that it could store instructions and be used to calculate different types of problems?

   1.   ?    John Von Newmann
   2.   ?    Steve Jobs
   3.   ?    Bill Gates
   4.   ?    Grace Murray Hooper

7. Which computer allowed President-elect Eisenhower to know that he had won the election only 45 minutes after the polls had closed?

   
   
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   1.   ?    UNIVAC
   2.   ?    ENIAC
   3.   ?    EDVAC
   4.   ?    ESVAC

8. Which two symbols are all computer data built upon? (In other words, and information is converted into what two symbols when inputted into the computer?)

   1. 1
   2. 0
   3. O
   4. A
   5. -
   6. +
   7. B
   8. I
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9. What is the "brain" of a computer?

   
   
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   1.   ?    CPU
   2.   ?    ROM BIOS
   3.   ?    RAM

10. Which part of the computer converts information into a series of only two symbols?

    
    
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    1.   ?    ROM BIOS
    2.   ?    RAM
    3.   ?    CPU

11. Who invented the mouse?

    1.   ?    Douglas Engelbart
    2.   ?    Douglas Von Neumann
    3.   ?    John Von Neumann
    4.   ?    John Engelbart

12. Which type of memory is lost when the computer is turned off?

    
    
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    1.   ?    ROM
    2.   ?    RAM
    3.   ?    BIOS
    4.   ?    CPU