Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 28 · 40 questions

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.

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

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