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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 57 · 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) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  2. 2.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) supercomputer (d) tally sticks
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  6. 6.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) abacus
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) laptop (d) Pascaline
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) Difference Engine
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) smartphone (d) Pascaline
  12. 12.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  13. 13.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Difference Engine (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) laptop
  17. 17.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  18. 18.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tally sticks (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) desktop computer
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) tally sticks
  20. 20.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  23. 23.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  24. 24.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  25. 25.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  28. 28.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  29. 29.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  32. 32.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) tablet
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) tablet (c) tally sticks (d) laptop
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  39. 39.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the abacus (c) the smartphone (d) the laptop
  40. 40.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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