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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 79 · 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.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) abacus (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  11. 11.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) John Napier (c) Blaise Pascal
  12. 12.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) Difference Engine (d) tablet
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  17. 17.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  18. 18.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) send emails (c) draw pictures (d) multiply numbers
  19. 19.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the smartphone (c) the abacus (d) the laptop
  20. 20.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) desktop computer (d) supercomputer
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) desktop computer (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartwatch (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  27. 27.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) supercomputer (c) tablet (d) slide rule
  28. 28.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) lunch box (b) whole room (c) pencil box (d) pocket
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  32. 32.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartphone (c) tablet (d) tally sticks
  35. 35.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Analytical Engine (d) Pascaline
  36. 36.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  37. 37.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  39. 39.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) abacus
  40. 40.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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