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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 100 · 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: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  6. 6.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  7. 7.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) tally sticks (c) tablet (d) smartwatch
  10. 10.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) smartphone (c) laptop (d) abacus
  12. 12.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) supercomputer (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  14. 14.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) smartwatch (d) slide rule
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Analytical Engine (d) Pascaline
  18. 18.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) whole room (c) lunch box (d) pencil box
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) multiply numbers (c) send emails (d) draw pictures
  23. 23.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the smartphone (c) the calculator (d) the abacus
  24. 24.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  25. 25.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  26. 26.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) smartphone (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  31. 31.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  35. 35.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) desktop computer (c) supercomputer (d) smartwatch
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) smartphone
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) tally sticks
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) tally sticks
  40. 40.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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