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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 87 · 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: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) smartphone (c) Difference Engine (d) Pascaline
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) smartphone (c) slide rule (d) Napier’s bones
  5. 5.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  6. 6.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) Napier’s bones (c) desktop computer (d) smartphone
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) abacus
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) slide rule (c) smartphone (d) tablet
  11. 11.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the abacus (c) the smartphone (d) the calculator
  12. 12.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) abacus
  14. 14.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) Pascaline
  17. 17.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  21. 21.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) supercomputer (c) Napier’s bones (d) tally sticks
  22. 22.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) desktop computer (c) Pascaline (d) laptop
  27. 27.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) tablet (c) tally sticks (d) supercomputer
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  30. 30.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  31. 31.True or false: “smartphone” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) whole room (b) lunch box (c) pocket (d) pencil box
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) smartphone (c) Difference Engine (d) tablet
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  38. 38.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) desktop computer (c) Difference Engine (d) laptop
  39. 39.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  40. 40.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) draw pictures (c) send emails (d) multiply numbers

Answer key

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

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