Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 11 · 40 questions

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.

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

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