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

Answer key

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

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