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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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