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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 107 · 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: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) tablet (c) laptop (d) slide rule
  4. 4.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  6. 6.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) tablet
  11. 11.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  12. 12.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  15. 15.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) draw pictures (c) send emails (d) multiply numbers
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  19. 19.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  20. 20.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) smartwatch (d) Difference Engine
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) slide rule
  24. 24.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) slide rule (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  26. 26.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) supercomputer
  27. 27.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) smartwatch (d) tally sticks
  28. 28.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) pencil box (c) lunch box (d) whole room
  29. 29.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) tablet (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) abacus
  32. 32.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the calculator (c) the abacus (d) the smartphone
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) desktop computer
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) Pascaline
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  38. 38.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) Difference Engine

Answer key

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

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