Computer Science Quiz

Who is credited with inventing the term "software engineer"?

• Grace Hopper

• Evelyn Granville

• Tommy Flowers

• Margaret Hamilton

What was the name of the chess-playing computer that made history when it defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1996?

• Deep Blue

• Rybka

• Deep Thought

• Chiptest

What operating system did Google develop?

• Android

• iOS

• Windows

• BlackBerry OS

Who is known for his patent for the computer mouse?

• Ray Kurzweil

• Reynold Johnson

• Gary Kildall

• Douglas Engelbart

Which of these is not a kind of computer?

• Lenovo

• Apple

• Dell

• Lada

When was Microsoft founded?

• 1969

• 1975

• 1986

• 1980

Which of these was the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer?

• Acorn Network Computer

• BINAC

• EDVAC

• ENIAC

What device converts digital signals to analog signals?

• central processing unit (CPU)

• modem

• transistor

• motherboard

Who is known as the first computer programmer?

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage

• Steve Jobs

• Ada Lovelace

Which of these was the world's first business computer?

• Apple II

• IBM 1401

• HP-85

• LEO