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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 116 · 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) True (b) False
  2. 2.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  3. 3.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  4. 4.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) send emails (c) multiply numbers (d) draw pictures
  5. 5.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) Analytical Engine
  6. 6.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) tally sticks (d) Difference Engine
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) supercomputer (d) Pascaline
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) tally sticks (c) smartphone (d) smartwatch
  11. 11.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) laptop (c) slide rule (d) Napier’s bones
  15. 15.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) tablet (c) slide rule (d) desktop computer
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the abacus (c) the calculator (d) the laptop
  18. 18.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  19. 19.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartphone (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  22. 22.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  23. 23.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) laptop (c) smartwatch (d) Difference Engine
  25. 25.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) tablet (d) Pascaline
  26. 26.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  27. 27.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Difference Engine (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  30. 30.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) desktop computer (c) supercomputer (d) smartwatch
  33. 33.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Blaise Pascal (c) John Napier
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) desktop computer
  36. 36.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) abacus (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  37. 37.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  40. 40.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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