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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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