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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 1 · 40 questions
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Remember (From beads to chips): Old counting tools: tally sticks, abacus, Napier’s bones, slide rule, Pascaline, Babbage’s engines. Charles Babbage is called the father of the computer; his Analytical Engine was planned to be programmed. Generations: 1 vacuum tubes, 2 transistors, 3 integrated circuits, 4 microprocessors.

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  1. 1.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  2. 2.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) laptop (c) slide rule (d) tally sticks
  4. 4.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  5. 5.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  8. 8.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the smartphone (c) the abacus (d) the laptop
  9. 9.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  14. 14.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Difference Engine (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks
  16. 16.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) smartphone (d) tablet
  18. 18.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  19. 19.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) tablet (c) slide rule (d) smartphone
  20. 20.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  23. 23.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) tally sticks
  26. 26.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  27. 27.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  28. 28.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  29. 29.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) smartwatch
  31. 31.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) desktop computer (d) Napier’s bones
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) Pascaline (c) smartwatch (d) smartphone
  35. 35.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) abacus (c) desktop computer (d) laptop
  36. 36.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) Napier’s bones (c) laptop (d) desktop computer
  37. 37.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) Difference Engine (d) supercomputer
  39. 39.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) abacus (d) smartwatch

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. True
  3. laptop
  4. integrated circuits
  5. True
  6. a modern computer
  7. transistors
  8. the abacus
  9. False
  10. an old counting tool
  11. False
  12. smartphone
  13. an old counting tool
  14. False
  15. desktop computer
  16. 4
  17. Difference Engine
  18. 3
  19. slide rule
  20. Charles Babbage
  21. a modern computer
  22. an old counting tool
  23. True
  24. False
  25. tally sticks
  26. vacuum tubes
  27. an old counting tool
  28. 1
  29. True
  30. slide rule
  31. False
  32. desktop computer
  33. False
  34. Pascaline
  35. abacus
  36. Napier’s bones
  37. True
  38. supercomputer
  39. a modern computer
  40. abacus

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