Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 17 · 40 questions

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.

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

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