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History of Computing KS3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the Difference Engine?

a)

Charles Blubber

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Charles Baggage

d)

Charles Blagger

2.

Who is this icon of Computing?

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Grace Hopper

e)

Bill Gates

3.

Who is this icon of Computing?

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Grace Hopper

e)

Bill Gates

4.

Who is this icon of Computing?

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Grace Hopper

e)

Bill Gates

5.

Grace Hopper found a moth stuck in a relay responsible for a malfunction, and removed it, calling it _______.

a)

Operating

b)

Cleaning

c)

Hacking

d)

Debugging

6.

Name the person.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Al-Khwarizmi

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Charles Babbage

7.

Who was known for building the first programmable mechanical computer in the year 1820?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Herman Hollerith

8.

a two-digit system of 0's and 1's that computers use to store and transfer information on computers is known as:

a)

base 10 numbers

b)

hexadecimals

c)

decimal numbers

d)

binary numbers

9.

This woman was an important contributor to computer programming in the early days of high level computer languages.

a)

Ada Byron

b)

J. Kilby

c)

Francis Holberton

d)

Grace Hopper

10.

What does the 'PC' stand for?

a)

Personal Computer

b)

Private Computer

c)

Posh Computer

d)

Petite Computer

11.

Who is this icon of Computing?

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Grace Hopper

e)

Bill Gates

12.

Name the person.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Al-Khwarizmi

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Charles Babbage

13.

Name the person.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Al-Khwarizmi

c)

Tim Berners

d)

Charles Babbage

14.
What machine was used during WWII to encrypt and decrypt German messages?
a)
Enigma
b)
Atbash
c)
Secret
d)
Puzzler
15.

When did Facebook go live?

a)

January 4, 2003

b)

February 4 2004

c)

March 4, 2005

d)

April 4, 2006