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KS2 Computing Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the keyboard shortcut CTRL+Z do? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Cut
Copy
Undo
Save
2.

The code in the image is for a Sprite (character) in Scratch. What does the code make the sprite do?

a)

When the right arrow on the keyboard is pressed, it turns and faces the RIGHT and moves forward 5 steps.

b)

When the space bar on the keyboard it pressed, it moves forward 5 steps.

c)

When the green flag is pressed, the sprite turns on the spot.

d)

When the right arrow on the keyboard is pressed, it turns and faces UP and moves forwards 5 steps.

3.

Name this punctuation


,


Netflix, Instagram, Spotify

a)

full stop

b)

comma

c)

exclamation mark

d)

colon

4.

Name this punctuation: '


Joe's toy | can't

a)

colon

b)

comma

c)

dash

d)

apostrophe

5.

Name this punctuation


:


You need 3 things in life: faith, purpose and love.

a)

colon

b)

comma

c)

exclamation mark

d)

semicolon

6.

Name the Computer Programmer who programs the Nasa Apollo space voyages to the moon

a)

Margaret Thatcher

b)

Margaret Atwood

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Margaret Elizabeth

7.

Who is known as The Mother of Computing?

a)

Anne Isabella Noel Byron

b)

Katniss Everdeen

c)

Grace Hopper

d)

Ada Lovelace

8.
a)

Keyboard

b)

Board

c)

Buttons

9.
a)

Router

b)

Wireless

c)

Charger

10.
a)

Laptop

b)

Monitor

c)

Computer

11.

Name the inventor that Ada Lovelace is famous for working with? (NB: Ada was the really smart one)

a)

Charles Cabbage

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Charles Babbage

12.
What is a portable computer that you can carry with you?
a)
desktop
b)
laptop
c)
screen
d)
keyboard
13.

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

14.

What Project is this code from?

a)

My First Game

b)

Sprites

c)

Chase the "Pizza or ??"

d)

It is not from a project

15.

Who created Pac Man

a)

Toru Iwatani

b)

Nolan Bushnell

c)

Ted Dabney

d)

Atari

16.

_______ can be used to represent characters in your game.

a)

Code

b)

Sprites

c)

People

17.

Where would you find the code to design your sprite?

a)
b)
c)
18.

Which of the following is showing part of Arcade coding platform?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Which is the code where you can create/draw your own sprite?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Where can you find codes for Life, Countdown, Score ?

a)

Info

b)

Variables

c)

Game

d)

Controller

21.

which category this block belongs to?

a)

controller

b)

sprites

c)

buttons

d)

scene

22.

which category does this block belongs to?

a)

loops

b)

logic

c)

sprites

d)

scene

23.

What does IP stand for?

a)

Internet Parties

b)

Internet Protocol

c)

Internet Printer

d)

Internet Package

24.

What is a website hosted on?

a)

Web Server

b)

An IP address

c)

Domain Name

d)

The internet

25.

What does the keyboard shortcut CTRL+Z do?

a)

Cut

b)

Copy

c)

Undo

d)

Save

26.

Computer store data as 1's and 0's. This is called?

a)

Numbers

b)

ones and zeros

c)

binary

d)

Fred

27.

What is the primary purpose of an operating system?

a)

A. To manage hardware resources

b)

B. To provide a user interface

c)

C. To store data

d)

D. To process data

28.

What is the most common type of computer virus?

a)

A. Trojan

b)

B. Worm

c)

C. Spyware

d)

D. Adware

29.

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

30.

What is cloud computing?

a)

Cloud computing means that your computer is stored remotely

b)

Cloud computing is the provision of computing services over the internet. These services are accessed by the user locally on the hard drive of the user's computer

c)

Cloud computing is the provision of computing services over the internet. The data and applications provided are accessed by the user remotely from the host company's servers.

d)

Cloud computing is the provision of computing services over the internet. The data is stored remotely on the network of the user.

31.

What is a bug found during computer programming?

a)

Data values that can change.

b)

A list of rules to follow in order to solve a problem.

c)

Finding mistakes and getting rid of them.

d)

Coding mistakes.

32.

What is an algorithm?

a)

Coding mistakes.

b)

A list of rules to follow in order to solve a problem

c)

Finding mistakes and getting rid of them.

d)

Data values that can change.

33.

What is a computer programming variable?

a)

Coding mistakes.

b)

Data values that can change.

c)

Having various printers to select from.

d)

A device which stores lots of data.

34.
What does RAM stand for?
a)
Random All Memory
b)
Read All Memry
c)
Random Access Memory
d)
Read Access Memory
35.
True or False:
RAM is Fast temporary memory
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
36.

Which of these is not an AI technology?

a)

Animation

b)

Facial Recognition

c)

Language Processing

d)

Robotics

37.

Who is this icon of Computing?

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Grace Hopper

e)

Bill Gates

38.
When your workspace background has a checkered pattern, what does this mean?
a)
background is locked
b)
background is transparent
c)
background is missing
d)
background is patterned
39.
Which tool would be best used to cut this image from its background?
a)
rectangular marquee
b)
wand
c)
lasso
d)
crop
40.

Which format should you use when saving a work with transparency?

a)

PXD

b)

PNG

c)

JPEG

d)

PDF