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Worksheetswomen in Stem Trivia
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. Who was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in the U.S.?
A. Edith Clarke
B. Beulah Louise Henry
C. Grace Murray Hopper
D. Yvonne Brill
2. Which woman is known as the "mother of Wi-Fi" due to her invention of frequency-hopping technology?
A. Marie Curie
B. Hedy Lamarr
C. Ada Lovelace
D. Radia Perlman
3. Who is credited as the first computer programmer?
A. Katherine Johnson
B. Ada Lovelace
C. Grace Hopper
D. Karen Spärck Jones
4. Which woman helped develop the software for NASA’s Apollo space missions?
A. Mae Jemison
B. Margaret Hamilton
C. Sally Ride
D. Kalpana Chawla
5. True or False: Grace Hopper invented the term “debugging” after removing an actual moth from a computer.
True
False
6. What did Radia Perlman contribute to the field of computer science?
A. Development of COBOL
B. Invention of spanning tree protocol
C. Creation of the first web browser
D. Development of the ENIAC
7. Who was the first African-American woman in space?
A. Mae Jemison
Joan Higginbotham
C. Stephanie Wilson
D. Katherine Johnson
8. Who was the first female engineer hired by General Electric?
A. Mary Barra
B. Elsie MacGill
C. Edith Clarke
D. Beulah Louise Henry
9. Which woman developed important algorithms used in modern cryptography and telecommunications?
A. Shafi Goldwasser
B. Mary Kenneth Keller
C. Grace Hopper
D. Radia Perlman
10. Who was the first woman to head the MIT School of Engineering?
A. Sheila Widnall
B. Evelyn Boyd Granville
C. Donna Shirley
D. Frances Allen
1. Who is known as the 'Mother of the Internet' for her contributions to network protocols?
A. Ada Lovelace
B. Radia Perlman
C. Grace Hopper
D. Margaret Hamilton
2. True or False: Ada Lovelace is credited with writing the first algorithm intended for implementation on a computer.
True
False
3. Which of the following did Grace Hopper help to develop?
A. The first compiler for a computer programming language
B. The first graphical user interface
C. The first computer mouse
D. The first search engine
1. True or False: Margaret Hamilton coined the term 'software engineering' while working on the Apollo program.
True
False
