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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 89 · 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.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  2. 2.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) tablet (c) smartwatch (d) slide rule
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) lunch box (c) pencil box (d) whole room
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) supercomputer (c) desktop computer (d) smartphone
  7. 7.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage (c) John Napier
  8. 8.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  11. 11.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  12. 12.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) tablet (d) slide rule
  13. 13.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  14. 14.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  15. 15.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) abacus (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  16. 16.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) tablet
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  22. 22.True or false: “desktop computer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) send emails (c) draw pictures (d) multiply numbers
  24. 24.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the calculator (c) the laptop (d) the abacus
  27. 27.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) Pascaline (c) tally sticks (d) Difference Engine
  30. 30.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  31. 31.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) Difference Engine (c) laptop (d) Pascaline
  33. 33.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) smartphone (c) supercomputer (d) Napier’s bones
  34. 34.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) abacus (c) smartwatch (d) slide rule
  38. 38.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Pascaline (c) desktop computer (d) slide rule

Answer key

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

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