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Grace Hopper

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

  Toronto

  Liverpool

  Sydney

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

  Army Air Corps

  United States Army

  United States Naval Reserve

  United States Air Force

 3. Hopper developed the first compiler.

  FALSE

  TRUE

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

  Harvard Mark I

  Colossus

  Cray I

 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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  TRUE

  FALSE

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

  It was designed for the car industry.

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

  It was a new type of machine code.

  It was very expensive to use.

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

  Combined Brilliant Orbital Layering

  Common Business Orientated Language

  Conneticut Builder of Language

  Common Basic Object Language

 8. What position was Grace Hopper given in 1985?

  Knighthood

  Nobel Prize Winner

  Rear Admiral (United States Navy)

  President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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

  FALSE

  TRUE

 10. Her nickname was _________________________!

  “Amazing Grace”

  "High Flying Hopper"

  "Graceful Coder"

  "Math Champ"


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