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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 61 · 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 “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  2. 2.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  3. 3.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” 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 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Pascaline (c) Napier’s bones (d) Difference Engine
  11. 11.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  12. 12.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  15. 15.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  17. 17.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) Difference Engine
  18. 18.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  20. 20.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) laptop (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) slide rule (c) laptop (d) smartwatch
  22. 22.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartwatch (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  23. 23.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) smartphone
  27. 27.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  28. 28.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) Analytical Engine (d) abacus
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the calculator (c) the abacus (d) the smartphone
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) tally sticks (d) desktop computer
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  35. 35.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) laptop (c) Napier’s bones (d) supercomputer
  36. 36.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) desktop computer (c) smartphone (d) smartwatch
  39. 39.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  40. 40.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors

Answer key

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

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