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1. On September 9th, 1945, Grace Hopper recounts the story of an operator debugging a MARK II Aiken Relay Calculator. What was found?

   A. Moth

   B. Virus

   C. Insect

   D. Paper

2. The Colossus was the 1st programmable computer that was developed by Tommy Flowers in 1943 that did what?

   A. Played the 1st pong game

   B. Was the 1st modern calculator

   C. Mass produced by IBM

   D. Decoded German messages

3. What was the 1st personal computer? This was first described in a book named “Giant Brains, or Machines That Think”

   A. Simon

   B. GENIAC

   C. Apple ][

   D. Xerox Alto

4. The temporary storage area of a computer is called?

   A. Flash Drive

   B. Hard Drive

   C. Tape Drive

   D. RAM

5. The permanent storage area of a computer is called?

   A. Flash Drive

   B. Hard Drive

   C. Tape Drive

   D. RAM

6. The speed of a computer is measured in?

   A. Hertz

   B. Mega Bits

   C. Mega Bytes

   D. Mile Per Hour

7. Binary describes a numbering system in which there are only two possible values for each digit: 0 and 1. This is referred to as?

   A. base-2 positional notation

   B. base-8 positional notation

   C. base-10 positional notation

   D. base-16 positional notation

8. What is a bit?

   A. A part belonging to a drill

   B. A mouthpiece, typically made of metal, that is attached to a bridle and used to control a horse

   C. A small piece, part, or quantity of something

   D. A unit of information expressed as either a 0 or 1 in binary notation

9. Computes count memory in bytes. How large is a byte?

   A. 1 mouth full

   B. 16 bits

   C. 8 bits

   D. 32 bits

10. The term nibble refers to:

    A. Something a mouse does to cheese

    B. A half a byte

    C. A really old computer game

    D. Something a fish does to a worm

11. The following truth table represents what kind of logic gate?

    A	B	Result
    0	0	0
    0	1	1
    1	0	1
    1	1	0

    A. AND gate

    B. OR gate

    C. XOR gate

    D. NOT gate

12. Dec stands for Decimal notation which refers to:

    A. base-2 positional notation

    B. base-8 positional notation

    C. base-10 positional notation

    D. base-16 positional notation

13. The ASCII character code was developed

    A. by IBM

    B. from WWII code breakers

    C. from telegraphic codes

    D. by computer scientists

14. Hex number: F and Octal number: 017 represent the Decimal value:

    A. 255

    B. 15

    C. -1

    D. I hate Binarymayhem’s puzzle

15. The following ASCII code written in decimal notation “73 32 108 111 118 101 32 103 101 111 99 97 99 104 105 110 103” reads

    A. I love geocaching

    B. I hate computers

    C. Thank captinmath

    D. Geocaching is fun

A = Answer to Question 1 XOR 69
B = Answer to Question 2 XOR 69
C = Answer to Question 3 XOR 66
D = Answer to Question 4 XOR 64
E = Answer to Question 5 XOR 66
F = Answer to Question 6 XOR 72
G = Answer to Question 7 XOR 72
H = Answer to Question 8 XOR 68
I = Answer to Question 9 XOR 68
J = Answer to Question 10 XOR 70
K = Answer to Question 11 XOR 66
L = Answer to Question 12 XOR 66
M = Answer to Question 13 XOR 71
N = Answer to Question 14 XOR 66
O = Answer to Question 15 XOR 71

Final: North AB CD.EFG West HIJ KL.MNO

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