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Who was Grace Hopper?

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Grace Hopper's nickname because of her work with computers?

a)

The Incredible Grace

b)

The Queen of Code

c)

The Grandmother of Software

d)

All of the above

2.

What did Grace Hopper do as a child that showed her curiosity about how things work?

a)

She built a small robot.

b)

She took apart seven alarm clocks.

c)

She wrote her first computer program.

d)

She invented a new type of toy.

3.

Which college did Grace Hopper attend first, where she studied mathematics and physics?

a)

Yale University

b)

Harvard University

c)

Vassar College

d)

Smith College

4.

What was the name of the first American programmable computer that Grace Hopper worked on?

a)

ENIAC

b)

UNIVAC

c)

Mark I

d)

COBOL

5.

What did Grace Hopper invent in 1952 that helped computers understand human-friendly language?

a)

The internet

b)

A compiler

c)

A new type of keyboard

d)

A faster processor

6.

What was the name of the first programming language that used verbal commands, which later became the basis for COBOL?

a)

BASIC

b)

FORTRAN

c)

Flow-Matic

d)

Python

7.

How did the term "debugging" become popular in computer science?

a)

It came from a famous detective story.

b)

Grace Hopper found a moth causing problems in a computer.

c)

It was a term used by early computer engineers.

d)

It was named after a type of computer virus.

8.

What was one of the highest honors Grace Hopper received after she passed away?

a)

The Nobel Prize

b)

The Congressional Gold Medal

c)

The Presidential Medal of Freedom

d)

The Turing Award