The Turing Machine

The Turing Machine

12th Grade

12 Qs

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The Turing Machine

The Turing Machine

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Computers

12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Turing machine?

A theoretical machine that can simulate any computer algorithm

A physical object used for computation

A machine that can only perform simple computations

A machine that can only read and write symbols

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two parts of a Turing machine?

The tape and the controller

The tape and the read-write head

The controller and the read-write head

The tape and the halting state

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

What is the purpose of the read-write head?

To read symbols from the tape

To erase or write symbols on the tape

To move the head left or right

To determine the halting state

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the halting state of a Turing machine?

The state that causes the machine to halt for some inputs

The state that represents a blank symbol

The state that represents the end of the tape

The state that determines the next transition

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What is a transition function?

A way to represent the transition arc between two states on a state transition diagram

A function that determines the next state, output symbol, and head movement

A function that represents the behavior of a Turing machine

A function that defines what is computable

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Universal Turing Machine?

A machine that can simulate the behavior of any Turing machine

A machine that can perform any computation

A machine that can compute anything that is computable

A machine that can store both the program and its data in memory

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

What is the importance of the Universal Turing Machine?

It provides a definition of what is computable

It can simulate the behavior of any Turing machine

It can compute anything that is computable

It led to the idea of the stored program computer

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