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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 64 · 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.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  4. 4.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  8. 8.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) tablet
  11. 11.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartwatch (d) desktop computer
  14. 14.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  17. 17.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  18. 18.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) smartphone (c) slide rule (d) tally sticks
  19. 19.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  21. 21.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  22. 22.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  23. 23.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) Analytical Engine (d) Napier’s bones
  24. 24.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) tablet (c) tally sticks (d) desktop computer
  27. 27.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  28. 28.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) supercomputer (c) Difference Engine (d) tally sticks
  30. 30.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) tablet (c) abacus (d) slide rule
  33. 33.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  35. 35.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) slide rule (c) smartphone (d) Pascaline
  38. 38.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) multiply numbers (c) send emails (d) draw pictures
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes

Answer key

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

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