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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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