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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 110 · 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: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  3. 3.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) desktop computer (c) abacus (d) smartwatch
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartwatch
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  9. 9.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pencil box (b) pocket (c) lunch box (d) whole room
  11. 11.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) smartphone (c) Pascaline (d) tally sticks
  12. 12.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) slide rule (d) Difference Engine
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  15. 15.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  16. 16.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) supercomputer (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) slide rule
  17. 17.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartwatch (d) smartphone
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) send emails (c) multiply numbers (d) play music
  24. 24.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) Napier’s bones (d) Analytical Engine
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  26. 26.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) tally sticks (c) Difference Engine (d) smartwatch
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  32. 32.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  33. 33.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) slide rule (b) supercomputer (c) laptop (d) tablet
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) abacus (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) Difference Engine (d) tablet
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Pascaline (c) Napier’s bones (d) Difference Engine
  39. 39.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) John Napier (c) Blaise Pascal
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer

Answer key

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

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