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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 93 · 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.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  2. 2.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) desktop computer (d) Pascaline
  3. 3.True or false: “tally sticks” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  7. 7.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  8. 8.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) vacuum tubes
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartphone (c) smartwatch (d) slide rule
  11. 11.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) multiply numbers (b) play music (c) send emails (d) draw pictures
  12. 12.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) pocket (b) lunch box (c) whole room (d) pencil box
  13. 13.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  16. 16.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) Difference Engine (c) laptop (d) tablet
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) supercomputer (b) tally sticks (c) laptop (d) smartphone
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) Pascaline (c) abacus (d) Difference Engine
  20. 20.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  21. 21.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  23. 23.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tally sticks (c) slide rule (d) smartwatch
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) laptop (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  27. 27.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  28. 28.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the abacus (c) the smartphone (d) the calculator
  29. 29.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) smartphone
  30. 30.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  31. 31.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) desktop computer (d) Difference Engine
  32. 32.True or false: “laptop” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) desktop computer (d) tablet
  39. 39.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) Analytical Engine (d) abacus
  40. 40.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool

Answer key

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

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