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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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