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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 50 · 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.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  2. 2.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tablet (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  7. 7.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) slide rule
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) laptop
  9. 9.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) tablet
  11. 11.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) pencil box (c) pocket (d) lunch box
  12. 12.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the calculator (c) the abacus (d) the laptop
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) tally sticks
  16. 16.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Charles Babbage (c) Blaise Pascal
  17. 17.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) supercomputer (c) slide rule (d) tally sticks
  18. 18.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) supercomputer (d) Napier’s bones
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) Pascaline (d) smartphone
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  23. 23.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) slide rule
  24. 24.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) supercomputer (d) Pascaline
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Analytical Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  28. 28.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  29. 29.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) desktop computer (d) Napier’s bones
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) Pascaline
  39. 39.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer

Answer key

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

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