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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 43 · 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 an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) desktop computer (c) supercomputer (d) Difference Engine
  2. 2.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) tablet (d) tally sticks
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) tablet
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) desktop computer (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  7. 7.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  9. 9.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) tally sticks (d) Difference Engine
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) desktop computer (d) Difference Engine
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Blaise Pascal (c) John Napier
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  16. 16.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  17. 17.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  18. 18.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  19. 19.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) tablet
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  21. 21.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  23. 23.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) Pascaline (c) supercomputer (d) smartwatch
  24. 24.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  25. 25.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) slide rule (b) smartphone (c) supercomputer (d) smartwatch
  26. 26.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) Pascaline (c) smartwatch (d) slide rule
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  31. 31.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  34. 34.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) smartphone (c) laptop (d) desktop computer
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  37. 37.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  38. 38.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  39. 39.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?

Answer key

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

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