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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 69 · 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: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) tally sticks
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  6. 6.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  7. 7.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) slide rule
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the smartphone (c) the laptop (d) the abacus
  14. 14.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  15. 15.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) abacus (c) laptop (d) Napier’s bones
  17. 17.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) supercomputer (b) Napier’s bones (c) tally sticks (d) Pascaline
  18. 18.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  19. 19.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartphone (b) Difference Engine (c) Pascaline (d) slide rule
  20. 20.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) tally sticks
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) smartphone (c) abacus (d) smartwatch
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  24. 24.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) Difference Engine (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) Difference Engine
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) tally sticks (d) supercomputer
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) slide rule (b) desktop computer (c) smartphone (d) tablet
  29. 29.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) Analytical Engine (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Difference Engine (c) desktop computer (d) Napier’s bones
  31. 31.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) supercomputer (c) tablet (d) laptop
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  35. 35.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  36. 36.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) Pascaline (d) smartwatch
  39. 39.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool

Answer key

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

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