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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 10 · 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.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  7. 7.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) tablet (d) Difference Engine
  10. 10.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) tablet
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  12. 12.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) supercomputer (c) laptop (d) tablet
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) smartphone (c) tablet (d) Difference Engine
  15. 15.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  20. 20.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  21. 21.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  23. 23.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) abacus (d) laptop
  25. 25.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) send emails (c) draw pictures (d) multiply numbers
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  29. 29.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  30. 30.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  32. 32.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) smartwatch (c) slide rule (d) supercomputer
  34. 34.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  35. 35.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) supercomputer (d) Difference Engine
  36. 36.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) tablet (d) abacus
  37. 37.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) smartwatch (d) Pascaline
  39. 39.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) lunch box (b) pencil box (c) pocket (d) whole room
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) Pascaline (c) smartwatch (d) slide rule

Answer key

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

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