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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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