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Margaret Hamilton

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Margaret Hamilton created the term _____.

a)

software developer

b)

computer engineer

c)

software engineer

d)

space engineer

2.

Which space program was Margaret Hamilton involved in?

a)

Sputnik

b)

Gemini

c)

Mercury

d)

Apollo

3.

After graduating in 1958, she taught _____ for a short time.

a)

high-school mathematics

b)

high-school physics

c)

high-school chemistry

d)

high-school biology

4.

Instead of studying at Brandeis University, what did Margaret do?

a)

Take a job at Harvard.

b)

Take a job at MIT.

c)

Take a job with the US government.

d)

Take a job at Tesla.

5.

What type of software did Margaret Hamilton develop while at MIT?

a)

Weather predicting software

b)

Weather describing software

c)

Stock predicting software

d)

Flight path predicting software

6.

While at the SAGE project, what did Margaret Hamilton develop?

a)

A program to identify unknown spaceships.

b)

A program to identify meteors.

c)

A program to land on the moon.

d)

A program to identify enemy aircraft.

7.

What was not taught in schools when Margaret Hamilton began working at NASA?

a)

Software engineering

b)

Computer engineering

c)

Software coding

d)

Rocket engineering

8.

What did Margaret Hamilton develop for the Apollo space program?

a)

System error detection

b)

Life support analysis

c)

Impact detection

d)

Lunar surface analysis

9.

What did Margaret Hamilton establish after leaving NASA?

a)

Hamilton Technologies

b)

Highest Order Software

c)

Hamilton Aerotech

d)

First Order Software

10.

What was Margaret Hamilton awarded in 2016?

a)

The Presidential Medal of Awesomeness

b)

The Royal Medal of Freedom

c)

The Presidential Medal of Freedom

d)

The Nobel Prize for Innovation