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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 71 · 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: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) desktop computer (c) smartphone (d) slide rule
  4. 4.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) abacus
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) supercomputer (d) smartwatch
  6. 6.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  8. 8.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) John Napier (c) Blaise Pascal
  9. 9.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) tablet (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  10. 10.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) tablet (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  12. 12.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the laptop (c) the smartphone (d) the abacus
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) desktop computer (d) laptop
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  23. 23.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  26. 26.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  27. 27.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) supercomputer
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) tally sticks (d) smartphone
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) supercomputer (d) slide rule
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  32. 32.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Difference Engine (b) tablet (c) laptop (d) desktop computer
  33. 33.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  34. 34.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) abacus (c) smartphone (d) tablet
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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