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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 48 · 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 vacuum tubes?
  2. 2.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  5. 5.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  6. 6.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) laptop (d) abacus
  7. 7.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) tablet
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) smartphone (c) Difference Engine (d) slide rule
  10. 10.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  11. 11.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) Pascaline (c) supercomputer (d) laptop
  13. 13.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) multiply numbers (c) play music (d) send emails
  14. 14.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the calculator (c) the smartphone (d) the abacus
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) Difference Engine (d) tablet
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) smartwatch (c) slide rule (d) desktop computer
  17. 17.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) supercomputer (c) tally sticks (d) slide rule
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  24. 24.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  25. 25.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Analytical Engine (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  29. 29.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) Difference Engine (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  31. 31.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  32. 32.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  33. 33.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tally sticks (b) smartwatch (c) supercomputer (d) desktop computer
  35. 35.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) tablet (c) slide rule (d) supercomputer
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes

Answer key

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

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