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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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