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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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