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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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