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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 54 · 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 “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  2. 2.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) smartphone (c) tally sticks (d) smartwatch
  3. 3.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  8. 8.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the smartphone (c) the abacus (d) the calculator
  9. 9.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) play music (c) send emails (d) multiply numbers
  11. 11.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  12. 12.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) laptop (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) Napier’s bones
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) abacus (d) laptop
  15. 15.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  17. 17.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Analytical Engine
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) supercomputer
  19. 19.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  24. 24.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) Difference Engine (d) smartphone
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) desktop computer
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  32. 32.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Difference Engine (b) tablet (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  33. 33.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  37. 37.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Charles Babbage (c) Blaise Pascal
  38. 38.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) desktop computer (c) Napier’s bones (d) laptop
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) Difference Engine (d) supercomputer

Answer key

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

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