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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 85 · 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: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) tally sticks (c) smartphone (d) Pascaline
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) laptop (d) Difference Engine
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  6. 6.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the calculator (c) the laptop (d) the abacus
  7. 7.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tablet (b) Pascaline (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  8. 8.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) Analytical Engine
  9. 9.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Charles Babbage (c) Blaise Pascal
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) tablet (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  13. 13.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  15. 15.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  18. 18.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  22. 22.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) Napier’s bones (c) supercomputer (d) laptop
  23. 23.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) tally sticks (c) smartphone (d) smartwatch
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) tally sticks
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tally sticks (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  27. 27.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) slide rule (c) smartwatch (d) desktop computer
  29. 29.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) vacuum tubes
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Difference Engine (c) supercomputer (d) Pascaline
  31. 31.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) laptop (d) desktop computer
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) smartphone (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  34. 34.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  36. 36.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  37. 37.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  39. 39.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) smartwatch (b) tally sticks (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus

Answer key

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

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