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Where was the first abacus used?
What does 'debugging' refer to?
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What does 'debugging' refer to?
Creating programs
Fixing computer errors
Testing software
Designing hardware
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Where was the first abacus used?
Greece
Egypt
China
Babylon
3
What could the Stepped Reckoner do?
Only add
Multiply and divide
Calculate taxes
Add and subtract
4
When was the Apple 1 computer first sold?
1980
1975
1985
1976
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What did John Napier invent?
Computers
Calculators
Logarithms
Abacus
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Who invented the Colossus computer?
Tommy Flowers
Grace Hopper
Alan Turing
John Atanasoff
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What was the problem with using valves in computers?
Not enough power
Too expensive to produce
Large and unreliable
Too small and fragile
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Who is known as the first programmer?
Ada Lovelace
Tommy Flowers
Charles Babbage
Blaise Pascal
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Where did the codebreakers work during World War 2?
Paris
Bletchley Park
Washington D.C.
London
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Along with the Apple 2, what invention did Steve Jobs revolutionise the computer industry with?
Email System
Integrated Circuit
Operating System
GUI - Graphical User Interface
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What did Ada Lovelace document?
Pascal's inventions
Turing's theories
Colossus design
Babbage's work
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Can you name FIVE Google apps or devices?
Gmail, Google Maps, Google Books, YouTube, Android
Amazon, eBay, Alibaba, Etsy, Shopify
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok
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In what type of device were the first integrated circuits used?
Computers
Radios
Televisions
Calculators
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True or False: The Difference Engine was fully built.
True
False
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Who did Bill Gates talk into letting him create their operating system?
IBM
Apple
Google
Microsoft
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What was the purpose of the Bombe?
To decrypt messages
To store data
To create codes
To calculate taxes
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Who were the ‘Hidden Figures’?
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper
Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson
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Who designed the “Difference engine”?
Bill Gates
Alan Turing
Charles Babbage
Steve Jobs
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Who started the company BackRub?
Mark Zuckerberg
Bill Gates
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Steve Jobs
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What is encryption used for?
Game design
Web development
Data protection
Hardware security
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What did Alan Turing prove?
Machines can solve problems
Machines can create art
Machines can play chess
Machines can think
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What did Bletchley Park focus on during WWII?
Computer manufacturing
Software development
Network security
Code breaking
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Who invented the first calculator?
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
Blaise Pascal
Ada Lovelace
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What is the impact of AI?
Job displacement
Better communication
Job creation
Increased privacy
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Who thought the USA needed only 6 computers?
Grace Hopper
Tommy Flowers
Howard Aiken
Alan Turing
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What was the ABC invented for?
Data processing
Game development
Graphic design
Web browsing
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What is one key ethical issue in computing?
Software updates
User interface
Data privacy
Hardware design
