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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 101 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) slide rule (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  2. 2.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) Difference Engine (d) smartphone
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  6. 6.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  7. 7.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartwatch (d) Difference Engine
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  14. 14.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) Analytical Engine
  15. 15.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) tablet
  17. 17.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) laptop (d) Difference Engine
  19. 19.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) lunch box (b) whole room (c) pencil box (d) pocket
  20. 20.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Pascaline (c) tally sticks (d) smartwatch
  21. 21.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartphone (c) tally sticks (d) tablet
  22. 22.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  23. 23.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) Difference Engine (d) smartphone
  24. 24.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  25. 25.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) abacus (c) desktop computer (d) supercomputer
  27. 27.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) abacus (c) laptop (d) smartwatch
  29. 29.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) send emails (c) draw pictures (d) play music
  31. 31.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) tally sticks (d) tablet
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  36. 36.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  37. 37.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) supercomputer (c) slide rule (d) smartphone
  40. 40.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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