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Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 96 · 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 generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  2. 2.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) integrated circuits (b) microprocessors (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  3. 3.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) abacus (b) Napier’s bones (c) Pascaline (d) desktop computer
  4. 4.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) tablet (c) abacus (d) tally sticks
  5. 5.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) supercomputer (d) abacus
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) tally sticks (c) Pascaline (d) Difference Engine
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  10. 10.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  11. 11.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) desktop computer (d) slide rule
  13. 13.True or false: “desktop computer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Analytical Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  15. 15.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  18. 18.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) tablet (b) laptop (c) supercomputer (d) tally sticks
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  21. 21.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) abacus (d) laptop
  22. 22.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) desktop computer (c) smartwatch (d) abacus
  23. 23.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “abacus” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartphone
  28. 28.🕰️ Is “Napier’s bones” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  29. 29.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the laptop (b) the calculator (c) the smartphone (d) the abacus
  30. 30.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  31. 31.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  32. 32.True or false: “slide rule” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) Difference Engine (c) tablet (d) Napier’s bones
  34. 34.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  35. 35.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) abacus (c) smartphone (d) tablet
  37. 37.What did computers of generation 2 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) microprocessors (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) desktop computer (c) tally sticks (d) smartwatch
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Difference Engine (b) desktop computer (c) Pascaline (d) tally sticks
  40. 40.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartphone (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) Pascaline

Answer key

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

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