Alan Turing

Alan Turing

9th - 12th Grade

20 Qs

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Alan Turing

Alan Turing

9th - 12th Grade

22 Qs

Alan Turing

Alan Turing

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9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Turing's first brush with computer science came in 1935 while he was a masters student at ___

the University of Manchester

Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire

the University of Oxford

King's College in Cambridge

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A Turing Machine is a theoretical computing device equipped with an infinitely long ___

set of read-write heads

set of rules

list of state variables

memory tape which stores symbols

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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After the war, Turing contributed to the creation of which early and influential stored program computer?

the Turing Machine

the Enigma

the Bombe

the Manchester Mark 1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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During World War II, Turing worked with the British code-breaking group based out of ___

King's College

Cambridge University

Bletchley Park

Manchester University

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the method by which information is converted into secret code that hides the information's true meaning?

encryption

imprinting

corrupting

CAPTCHA creation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Turing postulated that a computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive ___

a human into believing that it was human

a computer into believing that it was human

a human into believing that it was a computer

a computer into believing that it was a computer

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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From 1936 through 1938, Turing completed a PhD at Princeton University under the guidance of ___

David Hilbert

Alonzo Church

Alan Mathison

Paul Bletchley

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