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1
What mathematician has given name to a branch of algebra dealing with logic?
George Boole
David A. Huffman
Jack Elton Bresenham
Maurice Karnaugh
42% got this right
2
Which of the following is NOT an algorithms for sorting?
Kruskal sort
Bubble sort
Bucket sort
Quicksort
37% got this right
3
How many different values can a byte take?
256
2
8
Infinite
  31% got this right
4
Which of the following is the basis of most modern character-encoding schemes?
ASCII
ANSI
ISO
UTF
54% got this right
5
What Polish-French-American mathematician has given name to this fractal set?
Benoit Mandelbrot
Gaston Julia
Helge von Koch
Wacław Sierpiński
  34% got this right
6
48 random squares
What was the first machine to be programatically controlled by punch-cards?
Loom
Calculator
Lathe
Printing press
  19% got this right
The programmable loom was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804.
7
Which of the following is NOT a hash function?
RSA
CRC-32
MD5
SHA-1
  34% got this right
8
What was the name of the famous German WW2 encryption machine?
Enigma
Conundrum
Paradox
Riddle
45% got this right
9
For what was British computer science pioneer Turing prosecuted in 1952?
Homosexual acts
High treason
Murder
Petty theft
61% got this right
10
Who is NOT credited for inventing the integrated circuit?
William Shockley
Geoffrey Dummer
Jack Kilby
Robert Noyce
