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

Answer key

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

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