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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 42 · 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 “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  2. 2.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) desktop computer (d) Napier’s bones
  3. 3.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) tablet (c) laptop (d) abacus
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  6. 6.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  7. 7.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  11. 11.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tablet (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) smartphone (d) desktop computer
  13. 13.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) tablet (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) Difference Engine
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the smartphone (c) the abacus (d) the calculator
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) lunch box (c) pencil box (d) pocket
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  33. 33.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) Difference Engine (c) tablet (d) desktop computer
  34. 34.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  36. 36.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  37. 37.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) send emails (c) play music (d) multiply numbers
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) smartwatch
  39. 39.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) desktop computer

Answer key

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

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