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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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