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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 106 · 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: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  3. 3.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) supercomputer
  7. 7.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) tally sticks (c) slide rule (d) smartwatch
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) abacus (c) supercomputer (d) tally sticks
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  10. 10.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  11. 11.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) tablet
  12. 12.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) supercomputer (d) tablet
  14. 14.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) smartwatch (c) tally sticks (d) Pascaline
  16. 16.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  17. 17.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  18. 18.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) slide rule
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) laptop (c) abacus (d) slide rule
  23. 23.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) Napier’s bones
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the laptop (c) the smartphone (d) the abacus
  29. 29.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Difference Engine (c) slide rule (d) laptop
  30. 30.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) Pascaline (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  31. 31.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  32. 32.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) abacus
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) supercomputer
  36. 36.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  38. 38.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) Analytical Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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