Historical Figures of Computer Science (2021)

Question 1

Who was responsible for laying the groundwork for much of the theory in computer science?

Accepted Answer

Alan Turing

Question 2

Who is generally considered to be the father of computer science?

Accepted Answer

Alan Turing

Question 3

Who foresaw that computers could one day be used for “practical and scientific purpose of any complexity or extent?”

Accepted Answer

Ada Lovelace

Question 4

Who is generally considered the father of the computer and the grandfather of computer science?

Accepted Answer

Charles Babbage

Question 5

Who invented the Bombe?

Accepted Answer

Alan Turing

Question 6

Are Modern day computers examples of Turing Machines?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 7

Who was widely considered to be the writer of the first computer program?

Accepted Answer

Ada Lovelace

Question 8

The Analytical Engine was a(n) …

Accepted Answer

Digital mechanical computer

Question 9

Who organized a “gathering of minds” to begin the building of general-purpose computers?

Accepted Answer

John Von Neumann

Question 10

Do Modern day computers use the Von Neumann architecture?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 11

Who proposed the theoretical concept of a general purpose computer which could compute “anything that is computable?”

Accepted Answer

Alan Turing

Question 12

Which computers were built in their inventor’s lifetime?

Accepted Answer

Bombe

Question 13

Was the Analytical Engine a fixed program or stored program computer?

Accepted Answer

Stored Program

Question 14

Who invented the Analytical Engine and the Difference Engine?

Accepted Answer

Charles Babbage

Question 15

Who was a gifted mathematician that showed promise at an early age?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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