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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 83 · 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.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) slide rule
  2. 2.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) desktop computer (c) slide rule (d) tablet
  3. 3.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Analytical Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  4. 4.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  6. 6.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) tally sticks (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  7. 7.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tablet (c) slide rule (d) tally sticks
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  16. 16.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) abacus (c) tablet (d) slide rule
  17. 17.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Difference Engine (c) tally sticks (d) desktop computer
  22. 22.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  23. 23.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  24. 24.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) smartwatch
  25. 25.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the calculator (c) the abacus (d) the laptop
  26. 26.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) pencil box (c) pocket (d) lunch box
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  29. 29.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  32. 32.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  33. 33.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Charles Babbage (b) John Napier (c) Blaise Pascal
  34. 34.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) tally sticks (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartphone
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) abacus (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  38. 38.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) multiply numbers (c) play music (d) send emails
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Difference Engine (c) smartwatch (d) desktop computer
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) tablet (c) desktop computer (d) tally sticks

Answer key

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

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