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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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