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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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