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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 117 · 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.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) tally sticks (d) smartphone
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  3. 3.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) supercomputer (c) smartwatch (d) slide rule
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  6. 6.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) tally sticks (c) desktop computer (d) tablet
  8. 8.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  10. 10.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  11. 11.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) smartwatch (d) Napier’s bones
  14. 14.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  15. 15.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  17. 17.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tally sticks (b) tablet (c) desktop computer (d) smartwatch
  18. 18.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) tally sticks
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) supercomputer (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  22. 22.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) pencil box (c) lunch box (d) pocket
  23. 23.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Analytical Engine (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  26. 26.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the laptop (c) the abacus (d) the calculator
  27. 27.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  28. 28.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) Difference Engine
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) supercomputer (d) tally sticks
  31. 31.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) send emails (b) play music (c) draw pictures (d) multiply numbers
  34. 34.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) smartwatch (c) Difference Engine (d) supercomputer
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartphone (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  38. 38.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) smartphone (c) smartwatch (d) Napier’s bones
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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