Computer Science Quiz

Who was the first recipient of the A.M. Turing Award?

• John McCarthy

• Marvin Minsky

• Maurice Wilkes

• Alan Jay Perlis

What device, released in 1993, gave rise to the term personal digital assistant?

• Palm Pilot

• Newton Message Pad

• Microsoft Surface

• iPhone

Which of these is not an example of malware?

• Worms

• Virus

• Cookies

• Trojans

What feature is often used to identify whether a visitor to a Web site is human or not?

• CYC

• General Problem Solver

• CAPTCHA

• DENDRAL

Which of these was the first cell phone to use the Android operating system?

• Samsung Rant

• LG Voyager

• T-Mobile G1

• Blackberry Storm

Which of these was the first large-scale electronic computer?

• Colossus

• Leo

• Cray 1

• Osborsne

What coding issue was projected to create havoc in computer networks around the world in 2000?

• Crypto Locker

• Year 2038 problem

• Y2K bug

• Storm Worm

What was the first interactive computer-graphics program?

• Sketchpad

• CorelDRAW

• Adobe Photoshop

• Notepad

Who invented the distributed network as well as data packet switching across distributed networks?

• Steven Ballmer

• Jean Bartik

• Manuel Blum

• Paul Baran

What blogging site was founded by David Karp in 2007?

• Tumblr

• Lifehacker

• WordPress

• Medium