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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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