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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 78 · 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 of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) slide rule (c) supercomputer (d) laptop
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  4. 4.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  6. 6.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the abacus (b) the calculator (c) the laptop (d) the smartphone
  8. 8.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) abacus (d) supercomputer
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) abacus (c) smartphone (d) smartwatch
  11. 11.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) desktop computer (c) smartwatch (d) Napier’s bones
  12. 12.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  14. 14.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) supercomputer (c) tablet (d) laptop
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) tally sticks
  23. 23.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) supercomputer (c) Difference Engine (d) smartwatch
  25. 25.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) supercomputer (c) abacus (d) Difference Engine
  30. 30.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “tablet” 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) smartphone (b) tablet (c) laptop (d) Pascaline
  33. 33.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  35. 35.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pencil box (b) whole room (c) lunch box (d) pocket
  36. 36.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  39. 39.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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