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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 55 · 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.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) smartwatch
  6. 6.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  7. 7.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) desktop computer (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  10. 10.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) smartphone
  11. 11.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Analytical Engine (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  13. 13.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) laptop
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  15. 15.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  24. 24.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  25. 25.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pencil box (b) pocket (c) lunch box (d) whole room
  27. 27.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tablet (c) abacus (d) Difference Engine
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) abacus (d) smartphone
  32. 32.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  33. 33.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  35. 35.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) supercomputer (c) laptop (d) Difference Engine
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  37. 37.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the calculator (c) the abacus (d) the laptop
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) tally sticks
  40. 40.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) Pascaline (c) smartwatch (d) laptop

Answer key

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

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