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Black History Month Tech Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This African American programmer was instrumental in the development of COBOL, one of the first programming languages.

a)

Mark E. Dean

b)

Robert N. Taylor

c)

Grace Murray Hopper

d)

Edwin Catmull

2.

Graduate of Tuskegee University, this inventor, aerospace engineer and entrepreneur did a 12 year stint at NASA in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His most notable invention was the Super Soaker Water Gun

a)

Lonnie G. Johnson

b)

Percy Johnson

c)

Andre Johnson

d)

Magic Johnson

3.

Who co-founded Black Data Processing Associates, the first Black-owned computer company in the United States

a)

Earl Dowell

b)

Gladys West

c)

Alvin Green

d)

Alex F. Williams

4.

Who was the first African American female engineer at NASA and worked on the agency's SCOUT Launch Vehicle Program

a)

Miriam Mann

b)

Grace Hopper

c)

Katherine Johnson

d)

Mae Jemison

5.

Who is the founder and CEO of Black Girls Code?

a)

Tracy Chou

b)

Kimbery Bryant

c)

Thelma Green

d)

Tristan Walker

6.

Who are the two newest BEYA Award Winners in the Office

a)

Rashad Santos & Robert Johnson

b)

Jabari Johnson & Robert Carrington

c)

Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre

d)

Jabari Carrington & Robert Johnson

7.

Scientist who created inventions, such as the ultraviolet camera, or spectrograph, which was used by NASA in the 1972 Apollo 16 flight, revealing the mysteries of space and the Earth's atmosphere

a)

Alice Ball

b)

Charles Turner

c)

Percy Julian

d)

George Carruthers

8.

American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor on September 12, 1992

a)

Mae C. Jemison

b)

Marie Maynard Daly

c)

Katherine Johnson

d)

Annie Jones

9.

This HBCU (Historically Black College or University) tops all colleges in graduating the most African American engineering students

a)

Morgan State University

b)

North Carolina A&T University

c)

Howard University

d)

Florida A&M University

10.

According to US Census Bureau data, what percentage of engineers in the US are African American?

a)

~7%

b)

~2%

c)

~4%

d)

~12%