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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

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

Answer key

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

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