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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 111 · 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: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Pascaline (c) Difference Engine (d) Napier’s bones
  4. 4.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) John Napier (c) Blaise Pascal
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  8. 8.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) smartphone (c) Pascaline (d) Difference Engine
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) slide rule (b) smartphone (c) laptop (d) desktop computer
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  12. 12.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) abacus
  13. 13.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) Difference Engine (d) supercomputer
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) tablet
  18. 18.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  19. 19.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) send emails (c) multiply numbers (d) draw pictures
  20. 20.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) Pascaline (d) slide rule
  22. 22.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  23. 23.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) supercomputer (c) Difference Engine (d) smartphone
  24. 24.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  25. 25.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Pascaline (c) abacus (d) smartwatch
  26. 26.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the abacus (c) the laptop (d) the smartphone
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) slide rule
  31. 31.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  36. 36.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) tablet (d) supercomputer
  37. 37.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) slide rule
  38. 38.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) laptop (c) abacus (d) Pascaline

Answer key

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

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