Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 4 · 40 questions

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.

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

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