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BBC Microbit 20 Qs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which device on the back of the Microbit lets you detect movement?
a)
Compass
b)
Bluetooth
c)
RAM
d)
Accelerometer
2.
Which of these is the brain of the Microbit?
a)
RAM
b)
CPU
c)
Accelerometer
d)
Compass
3.

A BBC Microbit is a Microcontroller

a)

True

b)

False

4.

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

5.

Who is the Computer Programming who invented the term software engineering?

(a)  

6.

Who is known as the mother of computing?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Margaret Hamilton

d)

Ada Lovelace

7.

How many buttons does a BBC Microbit have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

What programming language are we currently using with the BBC Microbit?

a)

Python

b)

Javascript

c)

CSS

d)

COBOL

9.

Who is this famous computer scientist and mathematician?

a)

Alan Turnip

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Dr Who

d)

Mark Zuckerberg

10.
How many programmable LEDs does the Microbit have?
a)
30
b)
20
c)
25
d)
10
11.
There are four ways to write code for the Microbit. Which of these is NOT one of them
a)
Scratch
b)
Blocks
c)
Touch Develop
d)
Javascript
12.
Blocks and TouchDevelop were made by
a)
Google
b)
Microsoft
c)
Matalan
d)
TK Maxx
13.
When you practice work with a "virtual" Microbit on-screen it is called
a)
An emulator
b)
A Starbucks latte
c)
A blueberry muffin
d)
A ham&cheese toastie
14.
The LED lights on the Microbit are for
a)
Input
b)
Output
c)
Both input and output
15.
Which of these does the Microbit NOT have
a)
A temperature sensor
b)
A compass (magnetometer)
c)
Motion detector (accelerometer)
d)
A lie detector
16.
How many times will the image fade in and out?
a)
Once
b)
20 times
c)
700 times
d)
Continues forever
17.

Which of the following is an input for the microbit?

a)

Press button C

b)

On shake

c)

Drop it on the desk

d)

Show a string

18.

Which of the following is an output for the microbit?

a)

Press button C

b)

On shake

c)

Drop it on the desk

d)

Show a string

19.

On a microbit which menu do you use to 'create a new variable'?

a)

Basic (blue)

b)

Input (pink)

c)

Logic (taupe)

d)

Variables (red)

20.

On a microbit which menu do you use to 'pick random'?

a)

Basic (blue)

b)

Input (pink)

c)

Math (purple)

d)

Variables (red)