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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 92 · 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) smartwatch (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  2. 2.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) laptop
  7. 7.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) tablet (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  9. 9.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) laptop (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) smartwatch (c) laptop (d) Pascaline
  11. 11.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  12. 12.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  15. 15.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  16. 16.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) slide rule (d) Pascaline
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) slide rule (b) supercomputer (c) tablet (d) smartphone
  23. 23.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Charles Babbage (c) Blaise Pascal
  24. 24.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) draw pictures (b) play music (c) send emails (d) multiply numbers
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) tablet (c) smartphone (d) tally sticks
  27. 27.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) smartphone
  28. 28.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) smartphone (c) laptop (d) tablet
  29. 29.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) Analytical Engine (d) abacus
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) supercomputer (d) laptop
  31. 31.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  32. 32.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) tablet (d) tally sticks
  35. 35.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  38. 38.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) smartphone

Answer key

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

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