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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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