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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 62 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) tablet
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) tally sticks (d) smartphone
  7. 7.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  8. 8.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tablet (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  9. 9.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  11. 11.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) pencil box (c) lunch box (d) whole room
  13. 13.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) draw pictures (c) multiply numbers (d) send emails
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) smartphone (c) desktop computer (d) Difference Engine
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Difference Engine (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the abacus (b) the laptop (c) the calculator (d) the smartphone
  22. 22.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Analytical Engine
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  24. 24.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) desktop computer (c) slide rule (d) Napier’s bones
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  27. 27.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) Pascaline (d) supercomputer
  29. 29.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartwatch (b) abacus (c) tally sticks (d) slide rule
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” 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) laptop (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) tablet
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  34. 34.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Difference Engine (c) tally sticks (d) slide rule
  36. 36.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  37. 37.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) supercomputer (d) Napier’s bones
  39. 39.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) laptop (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule

Answer key

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

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