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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 115 · 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.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  2. 2.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  7. 7.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) tablet (c) desktop computer (d) abacus
  9. 9.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  10. 10.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) John Napier (c) Blaise Pascal
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Difference Engine (c) abacus (d) slide rule
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) smartphone (c) Pascaline (d) tablet
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) tablet (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) send emails (c) play music (d) multiply numbers
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  21. 21.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) Difference Engine (c) desktop computer (d) tablet
  22. 22.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  23. 23.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the laptop (c) the smartphone (d) the abacus
  26. 26.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) slide rule (d) desktop computer
  27. 27.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) Analytical Engine
  28. 28.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  30. 30.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) lunch box (c) pencil box (d) whole room
  34. 34.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  35. 35.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) desktop computer (d) abacus
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  38. 38.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) tablet (d) Napier’s bones

Answer key

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

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