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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 109 · 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.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) desktop computer (c) smartwatch (d) laptop
  2. 2.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) desktop computer (c) smartwatch (d) supercomputer
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) abacus
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  8. 8.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) send emails (c) multiply numbers (d) draw pictures
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  13. 13.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Difference Engine (b) smartwatch (c) tablet (d) desktop computer
  15. 15.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) John Napier (c) Blaise Pascal
  16. 16.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) tablet (c) smartwatch (d) abacus
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) abacus (d) smartwatch
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) tablet (d) desktop computer
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) supercomputer (c) laptop (d) abacus
  23. 23.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  26. 26.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) laptop (c) abacus (d) Difference Engine
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  29. 29.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  30. 30.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) abacus (c) smartwatch (d) Pascaline
  32. 32.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) smartphone (c) tally sticks (d) smartwatch
  33. 33.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  37. 37.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Analytical Engine (b) Pascaline (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  39. 39.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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