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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 65 · 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: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the abacus (c) the smartphone (d) the laptop
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  5. 5.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tally sticks (b) supercomputer (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  6. 6.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) Analytical Engine (d) Pascaline
  7. 7.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  8. 8.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Blaise Pascal (c) John Napier
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) desktop computer
  10. 10.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) smartphone (c) slide rule (d) smartwatch
  15. 15.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) send emails (c) multiply numbers (d) play music
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) smartphone (d) Pascaline
  17. 17.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer
  19. 19.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  20. 20.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  23. 23.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) tablet (c) smartphone (d) Napier’s bones
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) tablet (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) smartwatch (d) Pascaline
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) abacus (c) smartwatch (d) smartphone
  29. 29.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) pocket (c) pencil box (d) lunch box
  30. 30.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  32. 32.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) desktop computer (c) tablet (d) laptop
  35. 35.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) desktop computer (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) laptop
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  38. 38.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool

Answer key

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

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