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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 105 · 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: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  4. 4.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  7. 7.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) tablet (d) abacus
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) supercomputer
  12. 12.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) smartphone (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks
  15. 15.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Analytical Engine (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  17. 17.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) smartphone (c) laptop (d) tally sticks
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  19. 19.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) supercomputer
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) tally sticks (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  22. 22.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) desktop computer (d) tablet
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) desktop computer (c) tally sticks (d) Napier’s bones
  24. 24.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  26. 26.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  27. 27.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  28. 28.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) tablet (d) Pascaline
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) supercomputer (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  31. 31.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) desktop computer (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  32. 32.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Charles Babbage (c) Blaise Pascal
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) desktop computer (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartwatch
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  39. 39.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) tally sticks (d) slide rule
  40. 40.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) supercomputer (d) Difference Engine

Answer key

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

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