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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 97 · 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.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits (c) transistors (d) microprocessors
  2. 2.True or false: “smartphone” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Napier’s bones (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) laptop
  5. 5.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  7. 7.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) slide rule (c) supercomputer (d) smartwatch
  8. 8.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) desktop computer (c) smartwatch (d) tablet
  9. 9.True or false: “tablet” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) draw pictures (c) multiply numbers (d) send emails
  11. 11.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  12. 12.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) microprocessors
  13. 13.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  15. 15.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  18. 18.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) desktop computer (b) Napier’s bones (c) supercomputer (d) tablet
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) tablet (c) Pascaline (d) smartphone
  20. 20.True or false: “slide rule” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “tablet” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) transistors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  25. 25.🕰️ Is “slide rule” 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 integrated circuits?
  27. 27.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) tally sticks (c) desktop computer (d) Difference Engine
  28. 28.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used transistors. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) laptop (d) abacus
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) Difference Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  33. 33.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) tablet (c) tally sticks (d) supercomputer
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartwatch (b) laptop (c) Napier’s bones (d) smartphone
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) supercomputer (c) Difference Engine (d) abacus
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tablet (b) tally sticks (c) smartphone (d) smartwatch
  40. 40.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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