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KS3 Computing Quiz

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A BBC Microbit is a Microcontroller

a)

True

b)

False

2.

BBC stands for the (a)   Broadcasting Corporation. Fill in the blank

3.

Who is the Computer Programming who invented the term software engineering?

(a)  

4.

Who is known as the mother of computing?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Ada Lovelace

5.

Who did Ada Lovelace work with?

a)

Charles Cabbage

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Sylvia Pankhurst

d)

Malala

6.

How many LEDs does a BBC Microbit have?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

23

d)

25

7.

How many buttons does a BBC Microbit have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

Margaret Hamilton worked on the Apollo Space Program. What was the destination of the spaceship that she programmed?

a)

The Sun

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mercury

d)

The Moon

9.

An autonomous vehicle is also known as a self- (a)   car. Fill in the blank

10.

What programming language are we currently using with the BBC Microbit?

a)

Python

b)

Javascript

c)

CSS

d)

COBOL

11.

Who is this famous computer scientist and mathematician?

a)

Alan Turnip

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Dr Who

d)

Mark Zuckerberg

12.

Which of these does NOT use machine learning or AI?

a)

Siri/Alexa

b)

Driverless Car

c)

Face recognition on your phone

d)

Wireless Speaker

13.

Which of these is a tool used in Artificial Intelligence?

a)

Design

b)

Neural Networks

c)

Input

d)

Art

14.

If someone hacks into your email, which law have they broken?

a)

The Data Protection Act

b)

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act

c)

Freedom of information Act

d)

Computer Misuse Act

15.

When was the Computer Misuse Act legislated?

a)

1998

b)

2000

c)

1990

d)

2018

16.

When was the first robot invented

a)

1950's

b)

2000's

c)

1987

d)

1996

17.

How do robots make decisions?

a)

They follow directions written in a computer program

b)

They think and think until they come up with a decision

c)

They consult with the mother board

18.
What are the programs which run on a computer?
a)
hardware
b)
software
c)
word
d)
spreadsheet
19.
What are the parts of a computer which you can pick up and move?
a)
hardware
b)
software
c)
presentation
d)
images
20.

Why did Guido van Rossum call his programming language Python?

a)

He thinks Pythons were cool

b)

He couldn't think of anything else

c)

A friend suggested it

d)

He loves Monty Python

21.

When was Facebook created?

a)

2009

b)

2004

c)

2008

d)

2022

22.

What's the origin of the name Instagram?

a)

"Insta" derives from camera and "gram" from telegram

b)

"Insta" derives from instant camera and "gram" from telegram

c)

"Insta" derives from television and "gram" from telephone

23.

I'm gonna take my horse to the...

a)

hotel room

b)

old town road

c)

you have a horse!!!

d)

stable

24.

what country made tik tok ?

a)

China

b)

England

c)

America

d)

Thailand

25.

Which is not a Marvel Character

a)

Loki

b)

Hulk

c)

Thor

d)

Wonder Woman

26.

Who is Peter Parker

a)

Wasp

b)

Ant Man

c)

Spiderman

d)

Thor

27.

Who is this?

a)

Scarlett J

b)

Gamora

c)

Wanda Maximoff

d)

Nebula

28.

Who saw a penalty saved in the FA Cup final semi-final replay in 1999, before Ryan Giggs went on to score that winner?

a)

Dennis Bergkamp

b)

Marc Overmars

c)

Nicolas Anelka

d)

Nwankwo Kanu

29.

Which team?

a)

Liverpool

b)

Arsenal

c)

Sheffield United

d)

Southampton

30.

Which team?

a)

Burnley

b)

West Ham

c)

West Brom

d)

Aston Villa

31.

what is the second ingredient of Jollof Rice

a)

Oil

b)

Tomato

c)

Tomato Paste

d)

Onions

32.

what is the second ingredient of Jollof Rice

a)

Oil

b)

Tomato

c)

Tomato Paste

d)

Onions

33.
Finish the song...When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's...
a)
Amore'
b)
Adore'
c)
Agore'
34.

What is a pixel?

a)

A tiny square of colour

b)

A tiny circle of colour

c)

A tiny piece of music

d)

A tiny triangle of colour.

35.

What is pixel an abbreviation for?

a)

Piece of colour

b)

Picture Element

c)

Picture Colour

d)

Precise Element

36.

Each pixel has its own number, what does this tell the computer?

a)

Where the pixel is located.

b)

Which user can see the pixel.

c)

What colour the pixel should be.

d)

How much storage is in the pixel.

37.

How does the rule 1 + 1 + 1 work?

a)

0 carry 1

b)

1 carry both 0s

c)

1 carry 1

d)

0 carry 1

38.

What is 0011 in denary (base 10)?

(a)  

39.

Which layer adds its own header and becomes a packet

a)

Layer 3 - Network layer

b)

Layer 1 - Physical Layer

c)

Layer 4 - Transport Layer

d)

Layer 2 - Data Link Layer

40.

During WW2, codebreakers assembled here to work at cracking encrypted Nazi communication systems. Name the place

(a)  

41.

What is a program called that searches for and identifies items in a database, used especially for finding particular sites on the World Wide Web.

a)

Network

b)

Algorithm

c)

Sally

d)

Search Engine

42.
What are the parts of a computer which you can pick up and move?
a)
hardware
b)
software
c)
presentation
d)
images
43.

Who invented the WWW?

a)

John Logie Baird

b)

Tim Berners Lee

c)

Alan Turing

d)

John Boyd Dunlop

44.

What is a pixel?

a)

A tiny square of colour

b)

A tiny circle of colour

c)

A tiny piece of music

d)

A tiny triangle of colour.