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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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