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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 113 · 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: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Difference Engine (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tablet (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  9. 9.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  11. 11.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  14. 14.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) send emails (b) multiply numbers (c) play music (d) draw pictures
  16. 16.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) tally sticks (d) tablet
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  20. 20.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) tablet (d) Pascaline
  21. 21.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  22. 22.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  24. 24.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) abacus (c) desktop computer (d) smartphone
  26. 26.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  27. 27.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) desktop computer (c) tally sticks (d) smartwatch
  28. 28.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) Difference Engine
  29. 29.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) lunch box (c) whole room (d) pencil box
  30. 30.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  31. 31.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) supercomputer
  35. 35.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) tally sticks (d) smartphone
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  38. 38.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartwatch
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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