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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 74 · 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 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  5. 5.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  7. 7.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  8. 8.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) desktop computer (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartphone
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  10. 10.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  11. 11.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) Difference Engine
  13. 13.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) Napier’s bones
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  16. 16.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  17. 17.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Difference Engine (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  19. 19.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) desktop computer (d) Difference Engine
  20. 20.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) Pascaline (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  21. 21.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) draw pictures (c) send emails (d) multiply numbers
  22. 22.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) laptop (d) abacus
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  28. 28.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  29. 29.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) Difference Engine (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) supercomputer (c) slide rule (d) Difference Engine
  31. 31.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) smartphone (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Napier’s bones (c) desktop computer (d) supercomputer
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) tally sticks (c) smartwatch (d) slide rule
  37. 37.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) slide rule (b) supercomputer (c) smartphone (d) smartwatch
  38. 38.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) slide rule (c) laptop (d) Napier’s bones
  40. 40.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) pencil box (c) pocket (d) lunch box

Answer key

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

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