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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 46 · 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 “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  2. 2.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  5. 5.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Blaise Pascal (c) John Napier
  6. 6.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  8. 8.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) desktop computer (d) abacus
  9. 9.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  10. 10.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) laptop (c) smartwatch (d) Napier’s bones
  14. 14.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  17. 17.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Analytical Engine (d) Pascaline
  20. 20.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  24. 24.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) supercomputer (d) Pascaline
  25. 25.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks
  28. 28.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) send emails (c) multiply numbers (d) draw pictures
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) slide rule (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  30. 30.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) desktop computer (d) smartwatch
  32. 32.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) Pascaline
  33. 33.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the laptop (c) the abacus (d) the smartphone
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) smartwatch (c) abacus (d) tablet
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  37. 37.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  39. 39.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartwatch

Answer key

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

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