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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 118 · 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: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) tablet (c) Pascaline (d) slide rule
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) laptop (c) smartwatch (d) Napier’s bones
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) smartwatch (c) slide rule (d) tablet
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  7. 7.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  9. 9.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  11. 11.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) tally sticks
  13. 13.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Charles Babbage (c) Blaise Pascal
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) smartwatch (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartphone
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  16. 16.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  17. 17.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  19. 19.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  21. 21.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) whole room (c) lunch box (d) pencil box
  22. 22.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  23. 23.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) smartwatch (c) Pascaline (d) tablet
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) laptop (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  30. 30.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) supercomputer (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  31. 31.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  33. 33.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) send emails (c) draw pictures (d) play music
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) tablet
  35. 35.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) smartwatch (c) Difference Engine (d) Napier’s bones
  37. 37.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  38. 38.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) laptop (c) Difference Engine (d) supercomputer
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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