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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 112 · 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: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) smartwatch (d) desktop computer
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  7. 7.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) smartwatch (c) supercomputer (d) tablet
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) Difference Engine (d) tally sticks
  10. 10.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) abacus (c) desktop computer (d) supercomputer
  12. 12.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) Analytical Engine
  13. 13.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) tablet (c) slide rule (d) smartphone
  15. 15.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  16. 16.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  19. 19.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) supercomputer
  20. 20.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) tablet (c) smartphone (d) Difference Engine
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Difference Engine (c) laptop (d) tally sticks
  23. 23.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the laptop (c) the calculator (d) the abacus
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  31. 31.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) laptop (d) slide rule
  33. 33.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Napier’s bones (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  35. 35.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  37. 37.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) desktop computer (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  38. 38.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) abacus (c) tablet (d) slide rule

Answer key

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

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