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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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