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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 45 · 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 “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  2. 2.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  3. 3.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) smartwatch (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) Difference Engine
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the abacus (c) the calculator (d) the laptop
  10. 10.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) whole room (c) lunch box (d) pencil box
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) abacus
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  14. 14.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Analytical Engine (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  15. 15.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  16. 16.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  17. 17.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  22. 22.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  23. 23.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) send emails (c) play music (d) draw pictures
  24. 24.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) Difference Engine (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) smartphone
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) Pascaline (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  29. 29.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Difference Engine (c) tablet (d) abacus
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  37. 37.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) Difference Engine (c) desktop computer (d) smartphone
  38. 38.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) abacus (c) smartphone (d) smartwatch
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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