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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 84 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) tablet
  2. 2.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) laptop (d) slide rule
  6. 6.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  7. 7.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) Difference Engine (c) Pascaline (d) smartwatch
  9. 9.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) Difference Engine (c) abacus (d) tablet
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) desktop computer (d) slide rule
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) tablet (c) smartwatch (d) tally sticks
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) vacuum tubes
  14. 14.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the smartphone (c) the laptop (d) the abacus
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) supercomputer (c) smartphone (d) abacus
  16. 16.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  17. 17.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) tally sticks (d) abacus
  20. 20.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  23. 23.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) integrated circuits (d) transistors
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  27. 27.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) John Napier (c) Charles Babbage
  28. 28.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  31. 31.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) laptop (c) smartphone (d) Pascaline
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  33. 33.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) send emails (c) draw pictures (d) play music
  34. 34.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) Analytical Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  35. 35.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) slide rule (c) smartphone (d) Napier’s bones
  38. 38.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool

Answer key

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

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