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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 66 · 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 generation of computers first used transistors?
  2. 2.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  3. 3.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Difference Engine (d) smartwatch
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  6. 6.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) smartphone (c) Pascaline (d) laptop
  7. 7.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) tablet (d) Pascaline
  9. 9.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Difference Engine (c) tally sticks (d) laptop
  13. 13.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) multiply numbers (c) play music (d) send emails
  14. 14.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) Analytical Engine (d) Napier’s bones
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) tally sticks (d) desktop computer
  20. 20.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  21. 21.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  22. 22.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  23. 23.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  24. 24.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) tablet (c) abacus (d) laptop
  25. 25.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) lunch box (b) pencil box (c) pocket (d) whole room
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) smartwatch
  32. 32.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  35. 35.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the abacus (c) the laptop (d) the smartphone
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) supercomputer (d) Difference Engine
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool

Answer key

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

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