Test on Computers and Major Historical Inventions

Question 1: Are all programs found within a personal computer categorized as hardware?

A. Yes

B. No

Explanation: Hardware encompasses all the things in a PC that you can touch. Programmes, however, are software, which are all the applications in a PC that you cannot touch.

Question 2: Which of the following statements correctly describes the function of an output device based on the provided study materials?

A. A Monitor is used for watching.

B. Headphones are used to listen to music.

C. A Scanner is used to scan documents.

D. Speakers are used to talk or sing.

Explanation: According to the study materials, 'Monitor (screen, display) – is used for watching' and 'Headphones (earphones) – to listen to music' are listed as functions of output devices. A Scanner is an input device used to scan documents, and a Microphone, an input device, is used to talk or sing, not Speakers.

Question 3: Tim Berners-Lee invented the "web" in the early 1990s.

A. Yes

B. No

Explanation: The study materials explicitly state: "Tim Berners – Lee / invented the „web“ in the early 1990/"

Question 4: The light bulb was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1876.

A. Yes

B. No

Explanation: The study materials state that the light bulb was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879, not 1876.

Question 5: According to the study materials, who made the first television transmissions, when, and where?

A. John Logie Baird, in England in 1926

B. Alexander Graham Bell, in Scotland in 1876

C. Thomas Alva Edison, in America in 1879

D. Albert Einstein, in Germany in 1905

Explanation: The study materials state that 'first tv transmissions were made in England in 1926 by a Scottish inventor John Logie Baird'.