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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 114 · 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: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) desktop computer (c) supercomputer (d) tablet
  4. 4.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the abacus (b) the laptop (c) the calculator (d) the smartphone
  5. 5.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) supercomputer (c) desktop computer (d) slide rule
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  7. 7.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  8. 8.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  9. 9.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) smartwatch
  12. 12.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  13. 13.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) Analytical Engine
  14. 14.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) tablet
  16. 16.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) abacus (d) tablet
  21. 21.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) desktop computer (c) Napier’s bones (d) Difference Engine
  25. 25.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) supercomputer (c) laptop (d) smartwatch
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) smartwatch (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) Pascaline
  31. 31.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) supercomputer (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  34. 34.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) draw pictures (c) play music (d) send emails
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) smartwatch (c) abacus (d) slide rule
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) Napier’s bones (c) laptop (d) Difference Engine
  38. 38.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) tally sticks (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  39. 39.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) supercomputer (d) Napier’s bones

Answer key

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

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