Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 70 · 40 questions

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.

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

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