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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 52 · 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 microprocessors?
  2. 2.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  5. 5.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Pascaline (c) desktop computer (d) abacus
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) desktop computer (c) smartphone (d) Difference Engine
  7. 7.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  8. 8.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) pencil box (c) pocket (d) lunch box
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” 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.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tally sticks (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) desktop computer
  12. 12.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartphone (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) tally sticks
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) laptop (d) slide rule
  16. 16.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  17. 17.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) desktop computer (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  18. 18.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Difference Engine (c) tally sticks (d) abacus
  21. 21.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) smartwatch (c) tally sticks (d) abacus
  23. 23.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) play music (c) draw pictures (d) send emails
  25. 25.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) tablet (c) Pascaline (d) Difference Engine
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  30. 30.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  32. 32.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  33. 33.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) Difference Engine
  34. 34.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  36. 36.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) desktop computer (c) supercomputer (d) slide rule
  37. 37.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Pascaline (c) smartwatch (d) Napier’s bones
  38. 38.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) supercomputer (c) desktop computer (d) laptop
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer

Answer key

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

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