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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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