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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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