WorksheetsWomen in Computing
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
This woman was an analyst of Charles Babbage's analytical engine and is considered "the first computer programmer" by many. She is:
Jean E. Stammet
Ada Lovelace
Roberta Williams
Grace Hopper
What percentage of women in tech say they love their job?
38%
73%
55%
85%
When is Ada Lovelace Day?
The second Tuesday of October
The first Monday in June
October 13
The last Saturday of March
In 1944, Grace Hopper created a Manual of Operations for the Automatic Sequence-Controlled Calculator for the computer. How many pages was this manual?
800
500
750
321
In 2006, who became the first female recipient of ACM's Turing Award?
Deb Richardson
Marissa Mayor
Mary Lou Jepsen
Frances E. Allen
Whose work with spread spectrum technology led to the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi?
Hedy Lamarr
Katherine Johnson
Sophie Wilson
Ellen Pao
Dr. Nicki Washington, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D in computer science from North Carolina State University, has worked at which of the following? Select as many as apply.
The Aerospace Corporation in Chantilly, Virginia
Howard University
Vicarious Visions
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Mabel Addis Mergardt was the first...
person to create dating websites
female video game designer
coder to calculate missile trajectories
woman to earn her Ph.D in computer science
The term "Internet 2.0" was coined by
Ruth Porat
Jen Taylor
Susan Bennett
Darcy DiNucci
Who was the first woman to head IBM?
Virginia Rometty
Dr. Nicki Washington
Reshma Saujani
Vanessa Hurst
