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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 80 · 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 transistors?
  2. 2.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Difference Engine (c) abacus (d) smartphone
  4. 4.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) supercomputer (c) smartphone (d) desktop computer
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  7. 7.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  10. 10.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) slide rule
  12. 12.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  15. 15.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) send emails (c) play music (d) draw pictures
  16. 16.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) desktop computer
  18. 18.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  19. 19.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) Analytical Engine (d) abacus
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  21. 21.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) smartwatch (d) Pascaline
  22. 22.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the abacus (c) the calculator (d) the laptop
  23. 23.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) slide rule (c) desktop computer (d) smartphone
  24. 24.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) smartphone (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  26. 26.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  27. 27.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) tally sticks
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  30. 30.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) tally sticks (c) smartwatch (d) supercomputer
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) tablet (c) tally sticks (d) supercomputer
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  35. 35.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) supercomputer (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) smartwatch (c) tablet (d) desktop computer
  38. 38.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) desktop computer (c) smartphone (d) laptop
  39. 39.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer

Answer key

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

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