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Computer Science Week 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What devices do microprocessors contain?

a)

calculators

b)

transistors

c)

gears

d)

tubes

2.

How was the Apple one computer different than the computers that came before it?

a)

It was designed for big businesses

b)

It was designed for homes

c)

It allowed online communication

d)

It performed more complex mathematical calculations

3.

Which is faster? (processing speed)

a)

The Apollo space craft that traveled to the moon

b)

My cell phone

4.

The CPU (central processing unit) is the case of the computer.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The Internet of things (IoT) describes items such as cars, doorbells, and lights because

a)

They are sitting on the kitchen counter

b)

They fit in your pocket

c)

They can communicate with other devices

6.

First person to "debug" a computer

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Margaret Hamilton

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Grace Hopper

7.

Worked for NASA writing code for Apollo missions.

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Grace Hopper

8.

Choose all the answers that describe ways you might use coding today

a)

watch a Youtube video on your phone

b)

hanging your backpack in your locker

c)

pour cereal into a bowl

d)

buy a book on the internet

9.

How big were computers in the 1960's used by large businesses

a)

as big as my watch

b)

as big as my school laptop

c)

as big as our school building

d)

as big as refrigerators sitting side by side

10.

The visual programing program you use in Code.org is called

a)

Blockly

b)

Python

c)

C+

d)

Java

11.

Which of the following would NOT be a loop In the poem, Where is Thumbkin?,

a)

Where is Thumbkin

b)

Here I am

c)

Run away

d)

Very Well, I thank you

12.

A list of steps to finish a task with or without a computer

a)

blockly

b)

algorithm

c)

run program

d)

event

13.

To have the computer execute the commands you have written in your program

a)

run program

b)

persistence

c)

command

d)

computer science

14.

Computer science is a field in which people use computers to solve big problems

a)

True

b)

False

15.

An action that causes something to happen

a)

algorithm

b)

program

c)

event

d)

code