Historical Development of computers I - JSS1 Computer Sudies Past Questions and Answers - page 1
What were tally sticks used for in ancient civilizations?
Weaponry
Trade and record-keeping
Religious ceremonies
Construction
Which ancient civilization extensively used quipus for administrative and statistical tasks?
Mesopotamians
Egyptians
Greeks
Incas
The abacus is a counting tool with:
Gears and wheels
Beads or stones on rods or wires
Punched cards
Moving levers
What is the significance of the Ishango bone?
Weapon from ancient times
Lunar calendar or early tally
Religious artifact
Agricultural tool
Who invented the Pascaline in the 17th century?
Blaise Pascal
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
Herman Hollerith
Which mechanical calculator could perform addition and subtraction using a series of gears and wheels?
Pascaline
Leibniz's Step Reckoner
Jacquard Loom
Abacus
The Step Reckoner, designed by Leibniz, could perform which arithmetic operations?
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
All four arithmetic operations
Counting and sorting
What was the primary function of the Jacquard loom?
Counting
Weaving textiles
Arithmetic calculations
Record-keeping
Herman Hollerith's punched card system was initially used for processing:
Trade data
Census data
Agricultural records
Religious information
What is the term used to describe the series of strings with knots at different positions used by the Inca civilization?
Punched cards
Tally sticks
Abacus
Quipu
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