WorksheetsAlan Turing CC Review #15 alternative
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Where and when was Alan Turing born?
in Manchester in 1901
in London in 1912
in Oxford in 1924
in Cambridge in 1935
Turing's first brush with computer science came in 1935 while he was a masters student at ___
the University of Manchester
Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire
the University of Oxford
King's College in Cambridge
Turing set out to solve a problem posed by German mathematician David Hilbert known as ___
The Twin Prime Conjecture
The Riemann Hypothesis
the Decision Problem
The Large Cardinal Project
Alonzo Church, while solving the Decision Problem, developed a system of math expressions called ___
Omega Geometry
Lambda Calculus
Alpha Trigonometry
Delta Algebra
Turing, while solving the Decision Problem, proposed a hypothetical computing machine, which we now call ___
the Bombe
Church's Computer
a Turing Machine
the Manchester Mach I
A Turing Machine is a theoretical computing device equipped with an infinitely long ___
set of read-write heads
set of rules
list of state variables
memory tape which stores symbols
Turing showed that his hypothetical machine can perform any computation if given ___
a graphical output device
enough memory
enough time
enough time and memory
Modern computing systems, that can be used to solve any computation problem, are said to be ___
Engima Machines
Hilbert Decision Compatible
Haltable Computers
Turing Complete
By implementing a theoretical model, Turing reasoned that the Halting Problem is ___
unsolvable
solvable with enough memory
solvable with enough time
solvable with enough time and memory
The concurrent efforts to determine the limits of computation are now called the ___
Princeton Hypothesis
Church-Turing Thesis
Halting Machine Paradox
Enigma
From 1936 through 1938, Turing completed a PhD at Princeton University under the guidance of ___
David Hilbert
Alonzo Church
Alan Mathison
Paul Bletchley
During World War II, Turing worked with the British code-breaking group based out of ___
King's College
Cambridge University
Bletchley Park
Manchester University
Turing worked to figure out how to decrypt German communications, especially those that used ___
the two-rotor encryptor
the Manchester Mark 1
Bombe electro-mechanical devices
the Engima Machine
What is the method by which information is converted into secret code that hides the information's true meaning?
encryption
imprinting
corrupting
CAPTCHA creation
Which special-purpose electromechanical computer was used to help break Enigma codes?
the Turing Machine
the Bombe
the Church-Turing Machine
the Manchester Mark 1
After the war, Turing contributed to the creation of which early and influential stored program computer?
the Turing Machine
the Enigma
the Bombe
the Manchester Mark 1
Turing's most famous post-war contribution was to the new field of ___
encryption
boolean logic
electromechanical computing
artificial intelligence
Turing postulated that a computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive ___
a human into believing that it was human
a computer into believing that it was human
a human into believing that it was a computer
a computer into believing that it was a computer
The method of determining whether or not a computer is capable of thinking like a human being is called ___
the Turing Test
the Enigma method
the Manchester analysis
CAPTCHA
The modern Turing test to tell computers and humans apart, is commonly abbreviated as ___
APTCHA
PACTCHA
CAPTCHA
CACPHAT
It's most widely-accepted that Alan Turing took his own life by poison in 1954. How old was he?
36
41
46
51
The Turing Award, the highest distinction in the field of computer science, is similar to which award in the sciences?
an Oscar
a Nobel Prize
The Fields Medal
a Grammy award
What was the significance of breaking the Enigma code?
Breaking the Enigma code allowed the Allies to intercept and decode Soviet military communications.
Breaking the Enigma code allowed the Allies to decrypt German military communications and gain an advantage in World War II.
Breaking the Enigma code helped the Allies to decipher Italian diplomatic messages.
Breaking the Enigma code enabled the Allies to track the movements of Japanese naval forces.
