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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 72 · 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 generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  2. 2.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) smartwatch (c) Difference Engine (d) supercomputer
  6. 6.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  9. 9.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  10. 10.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) laptop (c) slide rule (d) tally sticks
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) laptop (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) supercomputer (c) Difference Engine (d) Napier’s bones
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  19. 19.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) Difference Engine (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  20. 20.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  21. 21.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) Difference Engine (d) smartphone
  22. 22.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  23. 23.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  27. 27.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  28. 28.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  29. 29.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) pocket (c) lunch box (d) pencil box
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) abacus (c) laptop (d) tablet
  31. 31.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) abacus
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) Pascaline
  35. 35.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  37. 37.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) laptop (c) smartwatch (d) tally sticks
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) abacus (d) tally sticks
  39. 39.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the smartphone (c) the calculator (d) the abacus
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks

Answer key

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

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