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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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