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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 49 · 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 “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  2. 2.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pencil box (b) lunch box (c) whole room (d) pocket
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartphone
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartphone (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  5. 5.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  6. 6.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  7. 7.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  8. 8.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  10. 10.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) tablet
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  15. 15.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) tally sticks (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  19. 19.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  23. 23.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) tablet (c) smartwatch (d) abacus
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) smartwatch (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  26. 26.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the calculator (c) the smartphone (d) the abacus
  27. 27.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  28. 28.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) tablet (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) desktop computer (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  31. 31.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  32. 32.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) supercomputer (c) slide rule (d) smartwatch
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) Difference Engine
  37. 37.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) laptop
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) smartphone (c) Difference Engine (d) smartwatch
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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