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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 58 · 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.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) Difference Engine (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) tally sticks (d) smartwatch
  4. 4.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) send emails (c) multiply numbers (d) play music
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  6. 6.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) smartphone (c) Difference Engine (d) Pascaline
  10. 10.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) tally sticks
  13. 13.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) Napier’s bones
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tally sticks (b) desktop computer (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  17. 17.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  21. 21.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  22. 22.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  23. 23.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Difference Engine (c) abacus (d) desktop computer
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the smartphone (c) the calculator (d) the abacus
  28. 28.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) Napier’s bones (d) supercomputer
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  32. 32.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) slide rule
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks
  35. 35.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) supercomputer (d) slide rule
  38. 38.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) abacus (c) smartwatch (d) laptop
  40. 40.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Pascaline (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) desktop computer

Answer key

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

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