The World of Computers

Question 1

Who is known as the father of computers?

Accepted Answer

Charles Babbage

Question 2

Which is a cloud computing platform?

Accepted Answer

Azure

Question 3

Python is named after a snake.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Which computer scientist played a key role in the development of COBOL programming language?

Accepted Answer

Grace Hopper

Question 5

First computer virus is named?

Accepted Answer

Creeper

Question 6

Is Java a type-safe language?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Which company created C++?

Accepted Answer

Bell Labs

Question 8

Which isn't a Linux OS?

Accepted Answer

Windows

Question 9

Which language is oldest?

Accepted Answer

Fortran

Question 10

What does GPU stand for?

Accepted Answer

Graphics Processing Unit

Question 11

Which mathematician and computer scientist calculated trajectories for NASA's Apollo program?

Accepted Answer

Katherine Johnson

Question 12

Is Grace Hopper considered one of the pioneering women computer scientists?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Binary code uses which digits?

Accepted Answer

0 and 1

Question 14

The Internet and WWW are the same.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What year was the first email sent?

Accepted Answer

1971

Question 16

CAPTCHA tests for what?

Accepted Answer

Humanity

Question 17

ENIAC was a type of what?

Accepted Answer

Computer

Question 18

What is the first year the internet became available to the public?

Accepted Answer

1993

Question 19

HTML stands for what?

Accepted Answer

HyperText Markup Language

Question 20

Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Which is not a programming paradigm?

Accepted Answer

Quantum

Question 22

Which device uses CUDA?

Accepted Answer

GPU

Questions 22