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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 47 · 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 “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) abacus (c) tablet (d) smartwatch
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) tablet
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) tally sticks
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer
  9. 9.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) slide rule
  10. 10.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  16. 16.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the abacus (b) the laptop (c) the smartphone (d) the calculator
  17. 17.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) Napier’s bones
  18. 18.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) supercomputer (c) abacus (d) tablet
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  20. 20.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  22. 22.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  26. 26.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  30. 30.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) Difference Engine
  32. 32.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  33. 33.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Analytical Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) smartphone (d) Difference Engine
  38. 38.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Difference Engine (b) smartwatch (c) supercomputer (d) desktop computer
  39. 39.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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