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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 77 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) desktop computer (c) tablet (d) smartwatch
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Difference Engine (c) abacus (d) tablet
  6. 6.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  8. 8.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  9. 9.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  12. 12.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) tally sticks (c) smartwatch (d) abacus
  14. 14.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Pascaline (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) tablet
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  16. 16.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  17. 17.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) supercomputer (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  20. 20.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) multiply numbers (c) play music (d) send emails
  22. 22.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  23. 23.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  24. 24.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  29. 29.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) smartphone
  31. 31.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) laptop (d) Napier’s bones
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  34. 34.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) Difference Engine
  35. 35.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) smartphone (c) Pascaline (d) laptop
  38. 38.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors

Answer key

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

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