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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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