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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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