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Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 44 · 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 generation of computers first used transistors?
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) desktop computer (c) smartwatch (d) smartphone
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  6. 6.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) tablet
  8. 8.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  10. 10.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  11. 11.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) Analytical Engine (d) Napier’s bones
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) abacus (d) desktop computer
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) send emails (c) play music (d) multiply numbers
  21. 21.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) smartphone (d) Difference Engine
  23. 23.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) slide rule (d) Napier’s bones
  25. 25.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  26. 26.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) desktop computer
  27. 27.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) smartwatch (d) abacus
  29. 29.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  31. 31.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  33. 33.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the abacus (c) the laptop (d) the smartphone
  34. 34.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  35. 35.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) supercomputer
  38. 38.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  39. 39.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) lunch box (b) pocket (c) whole room (d) pencil box
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool

Answer key

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

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