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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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