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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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