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Class 4 Computer Worksheet: History of Computers

Computer lesson 23: History of computers · Set 99 · 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 4 first use? (a) microprocessors (b) integrated circuits (c) vacuum tubes (d) transistors
  2. 2.🧮 Which is one of the oldest counting tools? (a) the abacus (b) the smartphone (c) the laptop (d) the calculator
  3. 3.⚡ Which generation of computers first used vacuum tubes?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) laptop (c) Napier’s bones (d) supercomputer
  5. 5.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) supercomputer (b) tally sticks (c) tablet (d) smartwatch
  6. 6.True or false: “Difference Engine” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.⚙️ Which planned machine of Charles Babbage could be programmed? (a) Analytical Engine (b) abacus (c) Pascaline (d) Napier’s bones
  8. 8.🕰️ Is “Pascaline” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  9. 9.🕰️ Is “Difference Engine” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  10. 10.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) abacus (b) tablet (c) smartwatch (d) supercomputer
  11. 11.⚙️ Blaise Pascal built an early adding machine. What is it called? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Pascaline (c) slide rule (d) abacus
  12. 12.🕰️ Is “slide rule” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  13. 13.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What did computers of generation 3 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) integrated circuits (d) microprocessors
  15. 15.⚡ Which generation of computers first used microprocessors?
  16. 16.True or false: computers of generation 1 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What did computers of generation 1 first use? (a) transistors (b) vacuum tubes (c) microprocessors (d) integrated circuits
  18. 18.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) Difference Engine (c) Pascaline (d) laptop
  19. 19.True or false: computers of generation 3 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “abacus” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) slide rule (c) Napier’s bones (d) abacus
  22. 22.⚡ Which generation of computers first used transistors?
  23. 23.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Napier’s bones (b) tablet (c) abacus (d) slide rule
  24. 24.True or false: “Pascaline” is an old counting tool. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) slide rule (b) Napier’s bones (c) Difference Engine (d) smartwatch
  26. 26.True or false: “smartwatch” is a modern computer. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.⚡ Which generation of computers first used integrated circuits?
  28. 28.True or false: computers of generation 4 first used microprocessors. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Napier’s bones (b) smartphone (c) desktop computer (d) smartwatch
  30. 30.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used vacuum tubes. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) smartphone (b) Napier’s bones (c) abacus (d) slide rule
  32. 32.True or false: computers of generation 2 first used integrated circuits. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) abacus (b) slide rule (c) smartwatch (d) tally sticks
  34. 34.🕰️ Is “abacus” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) an old counting tool (b) a modern computer
  35. 35.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) slide rule (b) tablet (c) desktop computer (d) laptop
  36. 36.True or false: “Napier’s bones” is an old counting tool. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🕰️ Is “supercomputer” an old counting tool or a modern computer? (a) a modern computer (b) an old counting tool
  38. 38.Which of these is a modern computer? (a) Pascaline (b) Napier’s bones (c) desktop computer (d) slide rule
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) desktop computer (b) tablet (c) smartphone (d) slide rule
  40. 40.Which of these is an old counting tool? (a) Difference Engine (b) laptop (c) smartphone (d) supercomputer

Answer key

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

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