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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 104 · 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: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  3. 3.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) Pascaline (c) supercomputer (d) Napier’s bones
  5. 5.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) tablet (c) Pascaline (d) Difference Engine
  6. 6.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartwatch (b) tally sticks (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  9. 9.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) Napier’s bones (d) laptop
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Pascaline (b) tablet (c) smartwatch (d) desktop computer
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartphone (c) tablet (d) slide rule
  15. 15.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) tally sticks (d) smartphone
  16. 16.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartphone (c) desktop computer (d) slide rule
  21. 21.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) slide rule (d) Napier’s bones
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) abacus (d) laptop
  23. 23.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) tablet (d) Pascaline
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  27. 27.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) send emails (c) play music (d) multiply numbers
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) desktop computer (c) Pascaline (d) Difference Engine
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  33. 33.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the laptop (c) the calculator (d) the abacus
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (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 a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) desktop computer
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) tally sticks (d) abacus
  38. 38.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  39. 39.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 2
  3. True
  4. supercomputer
  5. tablet
  6. smartwatch
  7. transistors
  8. a modern computer
  9. Napier’s bones
  10. Pascaline
  11. False
  12. integrated circuits
  13. False
  14. slide rule
  15. smartphone
  16. False
  17. microprocessors
  18. False
  19. 1
  20. slide rule
  21. Pascaline
  22. abacus
  23. True
  24. Pascaline
  25. False
  26. an old counting tool
  27. multiply numbers
  28. an old counting tool
  29. False
  30. a modern computer
  31. desktop computer
  32. an old counting tool
  33. the abacus
  34. False
  35. an old counting tool
  36. desktop computer
  37. smartwatch
  38. a modern computer
  39. True
  40. False

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