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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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