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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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