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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 41 · 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) supercomputer (b) Napier’s bones (c) tally sticks (d) Pascaline
  2. 2.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  3. 3.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) abacus
  5. 5.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) Napier’s bones
  6. 6.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) smartwatch (c) desktop computer (d) supercomputer
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  11. 11.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  12. 12.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  14. 14.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) laptop (c) tally sticks (d) Napier’s bones
  16. 16.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  17. 17.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the calculator (c) the laptop (d) the abacus
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  21. 21.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) Difference Engine (d) smartwatch
  22. 22.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  24. 24.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  27. 27.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Analytical Engine (d) Pascaline
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) Pascaline (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) smartwatch (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  30. 30.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) supercomputer
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “laptop” 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) tally sticks (b) abacus (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  34. 34.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) smartwatch (c) Napier’s bones (d) tally sticks
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  39. 39.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  40. 40.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?

Answer key

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

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