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1
Innovation or Invention?
Invention
Innovation
2
The Binary Number system uses what numbers?
0 and 1
1-10
1-100
0-infinite
3
How much federal money has been earmarked to develop highly qualified STEM teachers?
20 Million
40 Million
2 Million
100 Million
4
Gottfried Leibniz made the Stepped Reckoner, which was a calculator that could do what?
Multiply and divide only
Print on paper
Add, subtract, multiply, divide
Add and subtract only
5
This word means "one who computes."
calculator
computer
antikythera
robot
6
Paul Otlet was the creator of the universal "what" classification system?
Decibel
Hacker
Computer Language
Decimal
7
Hero of Alexandria created the world's first what?
Robot
Fountain
Vending Machine
Pizzaria
8
For scientific data to be considered accurate and reliable, most experiments should be:
Conducted only 1 time
Repeated no more than 2 times
Conducted 3 times
Conducted as many times as possible
9
Which is the highest projected increase in STEM jobs in 2020?
Computer Systems Analysts
Biomedical Engineers
Medical Scientists
Systems Software Developers
10
Which of these is responsible for helping to maintain flight?
Force
Wind
Lift
Drag
11
The first computer systems created by Charles Babbage were called what?
Difference Engine and Analog Engine
Difference Engine and Analytical Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy the Steam Engine
Analytical Engine and Analog Engine
12
The part of the robot that stimulates it to complete an activity.
Battery
Brain
Action
Sensor
13
A loom was a mechanical device that could be programmed to make patterns for what industry?
Computer
Meat-Packing
Shipping
Textile
14
What do we call a counting frame used for calculating processes of arithmetic?
loom
abacus
calculator
computer
15
This man is known as the father of computers.
Ada Byron
Charlie Brown
Charles Babbage
Charles Xavier Thomas
16
Women make up 47% of the total U.S. workforce, but represent less than _____ in all STEM fields
43%
25%
18%
37%
17
What was the first widely used programming language?
Fortran
Python
C++
JavaScript
18
While they did not build true robots, the first autonomous devices were created by who?
Egyptians
Greeks
Cavemen
Chinese
19
What does PD & I mean in STEM Education?
Purposeful Design & Inquiry
Physics Design & Installation
Product Design & Integration
Peggy Drinks Ink
20
An aerospace engineer might work on....
A faster car
Plastic that breaks down
A rover for mars
A lighter spaceshuttle
21
What historical event gave rise to STEM Education?
Internet
Google
No Child Left Behind
Sputnick
22
A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically is called what?
computer
robot
transmitter
cell phone
23
True or False: The Victorian Internet was connected with computers and wireless networks.
True
False
24
George Boole created Boolean Logic, which was the basis for what?
Modern Digital Computer Logic
Binary Code
Tally Sticks
The IPad Touch Screen
25
Which hypothesis from an experiment is investigating a positive human impact on an ecosystem?
If we grow extra crops, then the cost of food will increase.
If we use more gas, then the cost of gas will increase.
If we manage the regrowth of a forest, it will grow faster.
If we hunt more deer, then deer will have more food.
26
Measuring a living room floor for carpet is using which part of STEM?
Technology
Math
Engineering
Science
27
Invention or Innovation?
Invention
Innovation
28
How long has the internet been in existence?
500 years
10,000 years
100 years
1,000,000 years
29
In what decade were the first microwave ovens created?
1940's
1950's
1960's
1930's
30
Who was the man that created the first steam engine?
Hero of Alexandria
James Watts
Isaac Newton
King Solomon
31
How many bits are in one byte?
21
8
2
32
32
Herman Hollerith was the founder of the company that would later go on to become what?
IBM
Microsoft
Apple
Spanky's
33
This woman was a friend of Babbage's and was said to be the world's first computer programmer.
Marie Curie
Ms. Stacie
Ada Byron
Blaise Pascal
34
Tertiary/Intermediate colors are made by combining what two kinds of colors?
Black and white
A PRIMARY and a SECONDARY color
Cool Colors
Complementary Colors
35
Which three colors are known as the COOL COLORS?
Blue, Violet, Green
Blue, Brown, Black
Green, Yellow, Orange
Red, Violet, Yellow
36
This man is said to be the greatest experimenter in all of antiquity.
Aristotle
Julius Cesar
Michaelangelo
Hero of Alexandria
37
A person who designs apps for a cell phone would study which of the following?
Technology
Math
Science
English
38
The US D of Commerce plans that by 2018, our country will have ___ unfilled jobs in STEM fields
1.2 Million
52,000
2.4 Million
3.6 Million
39
This deals with a change in condition and then self-correction.
principle of feedback
robotic laws of existence
automaton cutaways
laws of gravity