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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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