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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 95 · 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) abacus (b) supercomputer (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  2. 2.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  4. 4.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) Napier’s bones (c) tally sticks (d) Pascaline
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “desktop computer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  7. 7.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  9. 9.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the calculator (b) the smartphone (c) the laptop (d) the abacus
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) Analytical Engine
  13. 13.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) laptop
  16. 16.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) transistors
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) tablet (c) smartphone (d) Difference Engine
  18. 18.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) slide rule (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) Pascaline
  20. 20.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) slide rule (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  25. 25.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) laptop (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) tally sticks
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) slide rule (c) desktop computer (d) abacus
  27. 27.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) tally sticks (b) supercomputer (c) abacus (d) Difference Engine
  28. 28.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  30. 30.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  31. 31.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) slide rule (b) supercomputer (c) tablet (d) laptop
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) Pascaline (c) slide rule (d) tablet
  33. 33.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) Napier’s bones
  35. 35.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  37. 37.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartwatch (d) supercomputer
  38. 38.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) vacuum tubes (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  39. 39.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) slide rule (c) tablet (d) tally sticks

Answer key

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

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