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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 98 · 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 transistors?
  2. 2.True or false: “smartwatch” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  5. 5.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used transistors. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🕰️ Is “laptop” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  7. 7.True or false: “supercomputer” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) abacus (c) slide rule (d) smartphone
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laptop (b) abacus (c) Napier’s bones (d) slide rule
  11. 11.What did computers of generation 4 first use? (a) transistors (b) microprocessors (c) vacuum tubes (d) integrated circuits
  12. 12.🦴 Napier’s bones were used to ___. (a) play music (b) draw pictures (c) multiply numbers (d) send emails
  13. 13.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) slide rule (c) abacus (d) Pascaline
  14. 14.🏢 The first electronic computers were so big that they filled a ___. (a) lunch box (b) whole room (c) pencil box (d) pocket
  15. 15.👴 Who is called the father of the computer? (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Charles Babbage
  16. 16.True or false: “tally sticks” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) tablet (c) supercomputer (d) Difference Engine
  18. 18.🕰️ Is “tablet” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tally sticks (b) desktop computer (c) Pascaline (d) Difference Engine
  21. 21.🕰️ Is “tally sticks” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Pascaline (b) desktop computer (c) laptop (d) supercomputer
  23. 23.True or false: “Pascaline” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  25. 25.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  27. 27.🕰️ Is “smartwatch” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  28. 28.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the smartphone (b) the calculator (c) the laptop (d) the abacus
  29. 29.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Pascaline (b) Analytical Engine (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  30. 30.🕰️ Is “smartphone” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  31. 31.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  32. 32.True or false: “Difference Engine” is a modern computer. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slide rule (b) Pascaline (c) Difference Engine (d) smartwatch
  34. 34.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “laptop” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) laptop (b) smartwatch (c) smartphone (d) Difference Engine
  37. 37.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) smartwatch (b) Napier’s bones (c) smartphone (d) tablet
  38. 38.True or false: “supercomputer” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Difference Engine (b) Napier’s bones (c) slide rule (d) laptop

Answer key

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

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