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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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