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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 56 · 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.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) send emails (b) draw pictures (c) play music (d) multiply numbers
  2. 2.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Analytical Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  3. 3.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) slide rule (d) Napier’s bones
  4. 4.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) Napier’s bones (c) slide rule (d) Difference Engine
  8. 8.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  9. 9.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartwatch (b) Napier’s bones (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) smartwatch
  13. 13.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  14. 14.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  16. 16.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) Pascaline
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) supercomputer (c) desktop computer (d) smartwatch
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  22. 22.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the abacus (b) the laptop (c) the smartphone (d) the calculator
  27. 27.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) supercomputer (b) Pascaline (c) tally sticks (d) Napier’s bones
  29. 29.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) Difference Engine (c) smartwatch (d) supercomputer
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) tally sticks (d) tablet
  31. 31.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) smartphone (c) tablet (d) Napier’s bones
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  36. 36.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  38. 38.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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