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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 103 · 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.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  2. 2.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) supercomputer (b) tally sticks (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  7. 7.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  9. 9.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  13. 13.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) smartwatch
  14. 14.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  16. 16.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Pascaline (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) desktop computer
  17. 17.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) tally sticks (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartphone
  18. 18.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Analytical Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  19. 19.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  20. 20.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  24. 24.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  25. 25.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) desktop computer (c) smartwatch (d) supercomputer
  27. 27.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) lunch box (b) whole room (c) pencil box (d) pocket
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) Napier’s bones (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  29. 29.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  30. 30.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) supercomputer (c) laptop (d) smartwatch
  33. 33.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Napier’s bones (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) smartwatch
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  38. 38.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Blaise Pascal (c) John Napier
  39. 39.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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