Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 102 · 40 questions

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.

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

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