WorksheetsTechnology and Web Development Worksheet – Grade 10
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: Who invented Morse Code?
Samuel Morse
Alan Turing
Tim Berners-Lee
Charles Babbage
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: What year was Morse Code invented?
1822
1837
1945
1991
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: What is the primary purpose of Morse Code?
Encoding text characters into short and long signals for communication
Encrypting files to demand payment
Rendering web pages in a browser
Ranking websites in search results
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: Who developed the RSA Algorithm?
Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman
Linus Torvalds
Brendan Eich
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: What year was the RSA Algorithm invented?
1971
1977
1984
1996
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: What is the main use of RSA encryption?
Public-key encryption for secure data transmission
Styling web pages with cascading rules
Detecting computer viruses on a device
Compressing images for faster loading
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: Who is credited with the invention of blockchain technology?
Satoshi Nakamoto
Larry Page
Bill Gates
Alan Turing
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: In what year was blockchain technology introduced?
1991
2001
2008
2015
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: Name one application of blockchain technology.
Cryptocurrency transactions
Word processing
Image editing
Physical robotics control
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: What type of malware disguises itself as legitimate software?
Trojan
Worm
Ransomware
Spyware
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: Which type of malware is self-replicating and spreads across networks?
Worm
Trojan
Adware
Rootkit
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: What type of malware encrypts files and demands payment for decryption?
Ransomware
Spyware
Keylogger
Bot
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: Name a cybersecurity tool that protects against unauthorized access.
Firewall
Compiler
Text editor
Web crawler
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: What is the purpose of multi-factor authentication?
Increasing account security by requiring multiple verification methods
Accelerating network download speeds
Formatting documents for printing
Compressing large files
Groundbreaking Inventions in Science and Technology: What technology uses intrusion detection systems (IDS)?
Network security monitoring
Image compression
Word processing
3D printing
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: Who are the founders of Apple Inc.? (Select all that apply.)
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
Ronald Wayne
Tim Cook
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: Name one product developed by Apple.
iPhone
Photoshop
Chrome OS
ThinkPad
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: Who founded Microsoft? (Select all that apply.)
Bill Gates
Paul Allen
Steve Ballmer
Satya Nadella
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: What is a key product of Microsoft?
Windows
Android
Safari
Final Cut Pro
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: Who founded Google (Alphabet Inc.)? (Select all that apply.)
Larry Page
Sergey Brin
Eric Schmidt
Elon Musk
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: What is a major innovation by Google?
PageRank search algorithm
Mechanical calculators
Vacuum tube memory
Analog television
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: Who is the founder of Amazon?
Jeff Bezos
Jack Ma
Reed Hastings
Michael Dell
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: Name one key contribution of Amazon.
Building AWS cloud computing services
Inventing the microprocessor
Creating the first web browser
Developing the RSA algorithm
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: Who is the CEO of Tesla?
Elon Musk
Sundar Pichai
Mark Zuckerberg
Tim Cook
The Rise of Big Tech Companies: What is one renewable energy solution offered by Tesla?
Solar Roof
Coal-fired generators
Diesel turbines
Hydraulic typewriters
Notable CEOs in the Tech Industry: Who is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla?
Elon Musk
Larry Page
Bill Gates
Satya Nadella
Notable CEOs in the Tech Industry: Name the CEO of Google.
Sundar Pichai
Sergey Brin
Larry Page
Susan Wojcicki
Notable CEOs in the Tech Industry: Who is the CEO of Meta Platforms?
Mark Zuckerberg
Tim Cook
Reed Hastings
Jensen Huang
Notable CEOs in the Tech Industry: Who leads Microsoft as CEO?
Satya Nadella
Steve Ballmer
Bill Gates
Nadella Satya
Notable CEOs in the Tech Industry: Who is the current CEO of Apple Inc.?
Tim Cook
Steve Jobs
Sundar Pichai
Sheryl Sandberg
Key Inventors in Science and Technology: Who invented the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
Vint Cerf
Linus Torvalds
Håkon Wium Lie
Key Inventors in Science and Technology: Who created Bitcoin and blockchain technology?
Satoshi Nakamoto
Vitalik Buterin
Jesse James Garrett
Ron Rivest
Key Inventors in Science and Technology: Who invented Morse Code?
Samuel Morse
Alan Turing
Claude Shannon
Charles Babbage
Key Inventors in Science and Technology: Name one contribution by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Founding Microsoft
Inventing the transistor
Creating PageRank
Developing CSS
Key Inventors in Science and Technology: Who co-founded Apple Inc.? (Select all that apply.)
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
Ronald Wayne
Tim Cook
Key Inventors in Science and Technology: Who is known as the father of modern computer science?
Alan Turing
John von Neumann
Grace Hopper
Claude Shannon
Key Inventors in Science and Technology: What did Alan Turing develop?
The concept of the Turing machine
The PageRank algorithm
The CSS specification
The Git version control system
Key Dates and Technologies: In what year was Morse Code invented?
1837
1914
1945
1995
Key Dates and Technologies: What year was the RSA encryption algorithm developed?
1977
1989
1995
2001
Key Dates and Technologies: When was blockchain technology first introduced?
2008
1998
2012
2018
Key Dates and Technologies: Who developed HTML?
Tim Berners-Lee
Brendan Eich
Linus Torvalds
Vint Cerf
Key Dates and Technologies: In what year was HTML introduced?
1989
1991
1995
1998
Key Dates and Technologies: Who developed CSS?
Håkon Wium Lie
Jesse James Garrett
Bjarne Stroustrup
Ken Thompson
Key Dates and Technologies: What year was CSS introduced?
1994
1996
1999
2001
Key Dates and Technologies: Who invented JavaScript?
Brendan Eich
Guido van Rossum
James Gosling
Anders Hejlsberg
Key Dates and Technologies: What year was JavaScript invented?
1993
1995
1997
2001
Key Dates and Technologies: Who coined the term AJAX?
Jesse James Garrett
Tim Berners-Lee
Larry Page
Håkon Wium Lie
Key Dates and Technologies: What year was AJAX introduced?
2005
1998
2001
2010
Key Dates and Technologies: Who developed Git?
Linus Torvalds
Ken Thompson
Dennis Ritchie
Brian Kernighan
Key Dates and Technologies: In what year was Git introduced?
2001
2005
2008
2012
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: Who is credited with creating the first web browser?
Tim Berners-Lee
Marc Andreessen
Vint Cerf
John Carmack
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: What is the purpose of HTML?
Structuring content on web pages
Running operating system kernels
Encrypting network traffic
Compiling native applications
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: What is the primary function of CSS?
Styling and layout of web pages
Managing databases
Rendering 3D graphics hardware
Scheduling operating system tasks
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: Name a feature enabled by JavaScript.
Interactive and dynamic page behavior
Printing documents automatically
Static layout with fixed widths
Low-level disk formatting
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: What does AJAX stand for?
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
Automated JSON and Kotlin
Advanced Java and XHTML
Adaptive JavaScript for X86
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: Name one example of a Content Management System (CMS).
WordPress
MySQL
TensorFlow
Docker
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: Who introduced responsive web design?
Ethan Marcotte
Tim Berners-Lee
Marc Andreessen
Brendan Eich
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: What is one technique used in responsive web design?
CSS media queries
Magnetic tape storage
Fiber-optic cabling
Binary search algorithms
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: What is the purpose of version control systems?
Tracking changes to code and enabling collaboration
Rendering images in the browser
Streaming multimedia content
Compacting files for email attachments
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: Name one backend web framework.
Django
React
Bootstrap
Svelte
Inventions and Innovations in Web Development: Name one frontend web framework.
React
Django
Flask
Laravel
What is the purpose of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)?
Provide app-like experiences on the web with reliability and offline support
Increase screen resolution beyond device limits
Replace HTML with proprietary markup
Limit mobile access to desktop-only sites
Name one company that uses Progressive Web Apps.
ExxonMobil
Nokia
General Electric
What does API stand for?
Application Programming Interface
Advanced Programmed Internet
Applied Protocol Integration
Automated Process Interaction
What year was Web Assembly (Wasm) introduced?
2015
2017
2019
2021
What does Web Assembly enable on the web?
Near‑native performance for compiled code in browsers
Automatic generation of graphic design assets
Unlimited local file system access by any site
Replacement of JavaScript for all page scripting
Name one blockchain feature used in web development.
Smart contracts
Cascading Style Sheets
SQL joins
Browser cookies
Name one example of a cloud computing platform.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Apache HTTP Server
MySQL
jQuery
What does HTTPS secure?
Data transmitted between a browser and a server
Only images stored on a website
Local files on a user’s hard drive
Software licenses on a device
What is the purpose of a Content Security Policy (CSP)?
Restrict which resources a page can load to mitigate cross‑site scripting
Compress all network traffic to save bandwidth
Control user permissions on the operating system
Select the strongest Wi‑Fi channel automatically
What does MS‑DOS stand for?
Microsoft Disk Operating System
Modular Desktop Operating Suite
Multi‑System Data Operations Service
Managed DOS Option Set
In what year was MS‑DOS introduced?
1979
1981
1985
1988
What was the first graphical user interface (GUI) from Microsoft?
Windows 1.0
Microsoft Bob
Windows NT
MS‑DOS Shell
In what year was Windows 1.0 introduced?
1983
1985
1987
1989
Name one feature introduced in Windows 95.
Start Menu
Aero Glass interface
Metro/Modern UI tiles
Windows Defender built‑in
In what year was Windows 95 released?
1993
1994
1995
1996
Name one advancement in Windows 98.
Improved USB support
Windows Store integration
Cortana digital assistant
Touch‑first Start screen
What is one feature of Windows ME?
System Restore
NTFS file system by default
Live Tiles
Aero Snap
What year was Windows 2000 released?
1999
2000
2001
2002
Name one highlight of Windows XP.
Improved stability from the NT kernel
Full touch interface by default
Live Tiles Start screen
Built‑in Windows Store
What year was Windows Vista introduced?
2004
2006
2008
2010
Name one feature of Windows Vista.
Aero Glass interface
Start Menu introduced
Metro UI tiles
DirectX 12 only
What year was Windows 7 released?
2007
2008
2009
2010
Name one feature introduced in Windows 7.
Redesigned taskbar with pinning and Jump Lists
Classic Program Manager interface
Charms bar
Integrated Windows Store
What year was Windows 8 introduced?
2010
2011
2012
2013
Name one change introduced in Windows 8.
Start screen with tiles replacing the traditional Start Menu
Return to DOS command‑line as default
Removal of the taskbar in desktop mode
Exclusive support for floppy‑disk booting
What year was the term "Progressive Web Apps" coined?
2013
2015
2017
2019
Name one modern web security measure.
Content Security Policy (CSP)
Auto‑playing media by default
Open directory listings
Unsigned scripts from any origin
Who developed Windows 3.x?
Microsoft
IBM
Apple
Sun Microsystems
What year was Windows 3.x released?
1988
1990
1992
1994
What is the impact of the Start Menu introduced in Windows 95?
Centralized access to programs and settings that improved usability
Removed access to system settings entirely
Forced all apps to run full‑screen only
Eliminated the desktop interface
Name one criticism of Windows Vista.
High resource usage and performance issues
Lack of any graphical effects
No support for USB devices
Mandatory command‑line configuration
Name one significant improvement in Windows 7.
Better performance and stability over Vista
Removal of the taskbar
Elimination of device drivers
Mandatory touch input
What is one feature of Web Assembly?
Portable, low‑level binary format that runs in a browser sandbox
Direct unrestricted access to hardware devices
Automatic UI generation for webpages
Built‑in database management engine
What does Web Assembly expand in terms of capabilities?
Ability to run compiled languages on the web at near‑native speed
Global DNS management from the browser
Unlimited local storage quotas
Support for proprietary file systems
Name one significant feature of Git.
Distributed version control with fast branching and merging
Centralized single‑server commit model only
Mandatory binary‑only repositories
Automatic code compilation on commit
What is the role of Ethereum in blockchain technology?
Platform for smart contracts and decentralized applications
Exclusive payment network for credit cards
Operating system for desktop computers
Protocol for email attachments
Name one application of cloud computing in web development.
Hosting scalable web applications
Increasing monitor refresh rates
Editing photos locally
Formatting external hard drives
What is the impact of HTTPS on web security?
Encrypts and authenticates traffic to prevent tampering and eavesdropping
Speeds up hard‑drive performance
Blocks all pop‑up windows
Eliminates JavaScript
What does API integration enable?
Communication between different systems to share data and functionality
Offline browsing without any network
Automatic upgrade of device hardware
Direct editing of a site’s source code by visitors
