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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 73 · 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 microprocessors?
  2. 2.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  4. 4.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  5. 5.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  6. 6.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) Analytical Engine (d) Pascaline
  7. 7.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  9. 9.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) tablet
  11. 11.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  13. 13.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) Pascaline
  14. 14.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) smartphone
  16. 16.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) smartwatch
  17. 17.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) tally sticks (c) smartphone (d) desktop computer
  19. 19.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) smartwatch (c) Pascaline (d) smartphone
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) laptop (c) slide rule (d) tablet
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  24. 24.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) laptop (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Charles Babbage (c) Blaise Pascal
  27. 27.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  30. 30.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) Pascaline (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the laptop (c) the abacus (d) the calculator
  38. 38.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  39. 39.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) lunch box (c) whole room (d) pencil box
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer

Answer key

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

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