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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 108 · 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 a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  3. 3.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the abacus (b) the smartphone (c) the laptop (d) the calculator
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  5. 5.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  6. 6.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) abacus (c) desktop computer (d) smartwatch
  9. 9.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) pocket (c) lunch box (d) pencil box
  11. 11.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  12. 12.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  13. 13.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Analytical Engine (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  14. 14.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) tablet (c) smartwatch (d) Difference Engine
  16. 16.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  18. 18.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  24. 24.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) supercomputer (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  27. 27.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tablet (c) tally sticks (d) Difference Engine
  30. 30.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) send emails (c) draw pictures (d) multiply numbers
  31. 31.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) tablet (d) slide rule
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) Napier’s bones
  34. 34.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  35. 35.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  37. 37.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) supercomputer (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartphone (c) tally sticks (d) slide rule
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) supercomputer (d) smartphone
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) desktop computer (d) Napier’s bones

Answer key

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

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