Influential Computing Individuals Quiz

When was Charles Babbage born?

• 26th of December 1790

• 26th of December 1791

• 26th of December 1792

• 26th of December 1793

Which of the following is an achievement of Charles Babbage?

• Inventing the steam engine

• Establishing the modern postal system in England

• Writing the first computer program

• Developing the first electronic computer

What did Charles Babbage's work on the calculus of functions contribute to?

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Mathematics

• Literature

What is the name of the machine that laid the foundation for modern computers, developed by Charles Babbage?

• Difference Engine

• Analytical Engine

• Arithmetic Engine

• Calculation Engine

Who was inspired by Charles Babbage's work?

• Isaac Newton

• Ada Lovelace

• Albert Einstein

• Thomas Edison

What is Claude Shannon known as?

• Father of modern computing

• Father of information theory

• Father of the internet

• Father of cryptography

Where was Claude Shannon born?

• New York City, New York

• Petoskey, Michigan

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Chicago, Illinois

What inspired much of Claude Shannon's subsequent research interests?

• A summer internship at American telephone and telegraph's bell laboratories in New York City

• A course he took at the University of Michigan

• His work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• A conference he attended on communication technology

What additional impact has Shannon's work had beyond communications technology?

• It has had little to no impact on other fields.

• It has impacted computer science, engineering, and artificial intelligence only.

• It has had a tremendous impact on computer science, engineering, artificial intelligence, probability, and statistics.

• It has only affected the field of statistics.

What year was Ada Lovelace born?

• 1810

• 1815

• 1820

• 1825