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

Answer key

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

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