Grace Hopper — Questions and answers

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What groundbreaking language did Grace Hopper help present in 1959?

Choices

  1. A. FLOW-MATIC
  2. B. BASIC
  3. C. COBOL ✓
  4. D. Fortran

Answer: C. COBOL

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What did young Grace Hopper love to take apart and put back together to understand how they worked?

Choices

  1. A. Toy cars
  2. B. Alarm clocks ✓
  3. C. Sewing machines
  4. D. Radios

Answer: B. Alarm clocks

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What was the name of the first large computer Grace Hopper worked on during World War II?

Choices

  1. A. UNIVAC
  2. B. ENIAC
  3. C. Mark I ✓
  4. D. Apple I

Answer: C. Mark I

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What did Grace Hopper find causing an error in the Mark II computer?

Choices

  1. A. A loose wire
  2. B. A software glitch
  3. C. A trapped moth ✓
  4. D. A power outage

Answer: C. A trapped moth

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What was the A-0 System that Grace Hopper developed?

Choices

  1. A. The first computer game
  2. B. The world's first compiler ✓
  3. C. A new type of computer hardware
  4. D. An early internet browser

Answer: B. The world's first compiler

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What was a special feature of FLOW-MATIC, developed by Grace Hopper?

Choices

  1. A. It was the first computer that could talk.
  2. B. It was the first compiler to use English-language commands. ✓
  3. C. It was the first computer small enough for a desk.
  4. D. It could translate any spoken language into machine instructions.

Answer: B. It was the first compiler to use English-language commands.

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What did Grace Hopper passionately argue for at a big conference in 1959?

Choices

  1. A. More money for her research
  2. B. A universal, standardized programming language for business ✓
  3. C. The need for smaller computers
  4. D. The importance of computer graphics

Answer: B. A universal, standardized programming language for business

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By the mid-1960s, what had COBOL become for business, government, and military computing?

Choices

  1. A. A temporary fad
  2. B. A niche programming language
  3. C. The undisputed global standard ✓
  4. D. An experimental project

Answer: C. The undisputed global standard

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What happened to Grace Hopper after she formally retired from the Navy in 1966?

Choices

  1. A. She started a new company.
  2. B. She traveled the world.
  3. C. She was recalled to active duty. ✓
  4. D. She became a full-time professor.

Answer: C. She was recalled to active duty.

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What did Grace Hopper's belief in user-friendly programming languages help to do?

Choices

  1. A. Make computers bigger and slower.
  2. B. Make computing accessible to millions of people. ✓
  3. C. Make programming harder for everyone.
  4. D. Stop innovation in computer science.

Answer: B. Make computing accessible to millions of people.

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