Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. The first programmable machine was a mechanical calculator designed by Charles Babbage.
2. Ada Byron is generally acknowledged as the world’s first programmer, due to her work on Babbage’s Analytical Engine.
3. An electromagnetic relay is a mechanical switch that can be used to control the flow of electricity through a wire.
4. Vacuum tubes, as they have no moving parts, enable the switching of electrical signals at speeds far exceeding those of relays.
5. Although they were large and expensive by today’s standards, early computers such as the MARK I and ENIAC were comparable in performance (memory capacity and processing speed) to modern desktop computers.

Answer 1

1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE