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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 91 · 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) smartphone (b) abacus (c) tally sticks (d) Difference Engine
  2. 2.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) Difference Engine
  3. 3.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  5. 5.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the abacus (b) the laptop (c) the smartphone (d) the calculator
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  7. 7.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  8. 8.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  9. 9.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  10. 10.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Analytical Engine (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) slide rule (c) tally sticks (d) tablet
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) smartwatch (d) Napier’s bones
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) smartphone (c) Difference Engine (d) Napier’s bones
  18. 18.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) tablet (d) abacus
  24. 24.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  26. 26.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  27. 27.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer
  30. 30.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) Napier’s bones (c) laptop (d) abacus
  33. 33.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Charles Babbage (c) Blaise Pascal
  36. 36.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  37. 37.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) slide rule (c) Difference Engine (d) desktop computer
  38. 38.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) supercomputer (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline

Answer key

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

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