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Grace Hopper

 1. In which city was Grace Hopper born?
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  New York

  Sydney

  Toronto

  Liverpool

 2. What branch of the United States armed forces did Grace Hopper volunteer for during WW2?

  United States Naval Reserve

  Army Air Corps

  United States Army

  United States Air Force

 3. Hopper developed the first compiler.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 4. She was one of the first programmers of which computer during WW2?
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  Cray I

  Colossus

  Harvard Mark I

  MESM

 5. A moth was found by her team in the Mark II computer in 1947. 
The operator joked in the log book that this was the first actual computer 'bug' to be found.
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  FALSE

  TRUE

 6. What was special about the FLOW-MATIC data processing language developed by Grace Hopper?

  It was the first data processing language to use ordinary English words.

  It was designed for the car industry.

  It was very expensive to use.

  It was a new type of machine code.

 7. Hopper also helped to develop COBOL. What does COBOL stand for?

  Common Basic Object Language

  Conneticut Builder of Language

  Combined Brilliant Orbital Layering

  Common Business Orientated Language

 8. What position was Grace Hopper given in 1985?

  Nobel Prize Winner

  Knighthood

  President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  Rear Admiral (United States Navy)

 9. Did Grace Hopper say? 
"The most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler, is training young people."

  TRUE

  FALSE

 10. Her nickname was _________________________!

  "Graceful Coder"

  “Amazing Grace”

  "High Flying Hopper"

  "Math Champ"


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