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Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 68 · 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 “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  2. 2.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) Analytical Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  4. 4.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) smartwatch
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) tally sticks (d) desktop computer
  7. 7.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  10. 10.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) tablet (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) smartwatch
  12. 12.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  13. 13.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  16. 16.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  19. 19.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) Napier’s bones
  20. 20.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) tablet (d) Pascaline
  21. 21.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) slide rule (d) smartphone
  22. 22.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) smartphone (d) Pascaline
  23. 23.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the laptop (c) the abacus (d) the calculator
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) supercomputer (d) Pascaline
  25. 25.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  28. 28.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  31. 31.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) tally sticks (c) laptop (d) desktop computer
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) tally sticks (c) desktop computer (d) smartphone
  34. 34.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  37. 37.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) Napier’s bones (c) laptop (d) Pascaline
  38. 38.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  40. 40.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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