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WorksheetsKS3 Computing Quiz
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
A BBC Microbit is a Microcontroller
True
False
BBC stands for the (a) Broadcasting Corporation. Fill in the blank
Who is the Computer Programming who invented the term software engineering?
(a)
Who is known as the mother of computing?
Alan Turing
Bill Gates
Margaret Hamilton
Ada Lovelace
Who did Ada Lovelace work with?
Charles Cabbage
Charles Babbage
Sylvia Pankhurst
Malala
How many LEDs does a BBC Microbit have?
10
20
23
25
How many buttons does a BBC Microbit have?
1
2
3
4
Margaret Hamilton worked on the Apollo Space Program. What was the destination of the spaceship that she programmed?
The Sun
Jupiter
Mercury
The Moon
An autonomous vehicle is also known as a self- (a) car. Fill in the blank
What programming language are we currently using with the BBC Microbit?
Python
Javascript
CSS
COBOL
Who is this famous computer scientist and mathematician?
Alan Turnip
Alan Turing
Dr Who
Mark Zuckerberg
Which of these does NOT use machine learning or AI?
Siri/Alexa
Driverless Car
Face recognition on your phone
Wireless Speaker
Which of these is a tool used in Artificial Intelligence?
Design
Neural Networks
Input
Art
If someone hacks into your email, which law have they broken?
The Data Protection Act
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
Freedom of information Act
Computer Misuse Act
When was the Computer Misuse Act legislated?
1998
2000
1990
2018
When was the first robot invented
1950's
2000's
1987
1996
How do robots make decisions?
They follow directions written in a computer program
They think and think until they come up with a decision
They consult with the mother board
Why did Guido van Rossum call his programming language Python?
He thinks Pythons were cool
He couldn't think of anything else
A friend suggested it
He loves Monty Python
When was Facebook created?
2009
2004
2008
2022
What's the origin of the name Instagram?
"Insta" derives from camera and "gram" from telegram
"Insta" derives from instant camera and "gram" from telegram
"Insta" derives from television and "gram" from telephone
I'm gonna take my horse to the...
hotel room
old town road
you have a horse!!!
stable
what country made tik tok ?
China
England
America
Thailand
Which is not a Marvel Character
Loki
Hulk
Thor
Wonder Woman
Who is Peter Parker
Wasp
Ant Man
Spiderman
Thor
Who is this?
Scarlett J
Gamora
Wanda Maximoff
Nebula
Who saw a penalty saved in the FA Cup final semi-final replay in 1999, before Ryan Giggs went on to score that winner?
Dennis Bergkamp
Marc Overmars
Nicolas Anelka
Nwankwo Kanu
Which team?
Liverpool
Arsenal
Sheffield United
Southampton
Which team?
Burnley
West Ham
West Brom
Aston Villa
what is the second ingredient of Jollof Rice
Oil
Tomato
Tomato Paste
Onions
what is the second ingredient of Jollof Rice
Oil
Tomato
Tomato Paste
Onions
What is a pixel?
A tiny square of colour
A tiny circle of colour
A tiny piece of music
A tiny triangle of colour.
What is pixel an abbreviation for?
Piece of colour
Picture Element
Picture Colour
Precise Element
Each pixel has its own number, what does this tell the computer?
Where the pixel is located.
Which user can see the pixel.
What colour the pixel should be.
How much storage is in the pixel.
How does the rule 1 + 1 + 1 work?
0 carry 1
1 carry both 0s
1 carry 1
0 carry 1
What is 0011 in denary (base 10)?
(a)
Which layer adds its own header and becomes a packet
Layer 3 - Network layer
Layer 1 - Physical Layer
Layer 4 - Transport Layer
Layer 2 - Data Link Layer
During WW2, codebreakers assembled here to work at cracking encrypted Nazi communication systems. Name the place
(a)
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.
Network
Algorithm
Sally
Search Engine
Who invented the WWW?
John Logie Baird
Tim Berners Lee
Alan Turing
John Boyd Dunlop
What is a pixel?
A tiny square of colour
A tiny circle of colour
A tiny piece of music
A tiny triangle of colour.
