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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 60 · 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.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  2. 2.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  4. 4.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  5. 5.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Blaise Pascal (c) John Napier
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  10. 10.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  15. 15.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tablet (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  16. 16.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) tablet (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  20. 20.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  21. 21.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer
  22. 22.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) draw pictures (c) send emails (d) play music
  24. 24.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  25. 25.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) laptop (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartwatch
  26. 26.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  27. 27.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) smartphone (c) tally sticks (d) desktop computer
  29. 29.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) laptop (c) smartphone (d) slide rule
  31. 31.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) desktop computer
  33. 33.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) abacus (c) smartwatch (d) Pascaline
  37. 37.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartphone
  38. 38.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) smartwatch (c) Napier’s bones (d) tablet
  40. 40.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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