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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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