Crash Course
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Crash Course – Computer Science
#1 - Early Computing
Video Duration: 11:53 20 Questions
Let’s take a look at computing’s origins, because even
though our digital computers are relatively new, the need for
computation is not.
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#2 - Electronic Computing
Video Duration: 10:44 22 Questions
Electro-mechanical computers that were prone to errors
helped usher in a new era of computation.
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#3 - Boolean Logic & Logic Gates
Video Duration: 10:07 22 Questions
With just two states, on and off, the flow of electricity can be
used to perform a number of logical operations.
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Crash Course – Computer Science
#4 - Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary
Video Duration: 10:46 24 Questions
Today, we’re going to take a look at how computers use a
stream of 1s and 0s to represent all of our data.
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#5 - How Computers Calculate - the ALU
Video Duration: 11:10 23 Questions
The Arithmetic and Logic Unit (or the ALU) is the
mathematical brain of a computer and is responsible for all
the calculations your computer does.
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Crash Course – Computer Science
#6 - Registers and RAM
Video Duration: 12:17 25 Questions
Random-access memory, or RAM, is a critical component. It
holds the information that is being executed by the computer.
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Crash Course Computer Science
No. Title YouTube Kahoot! Quizizz Date, Notes
#1 Early Computing .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#2 Electronic Computing .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#3 Boolean Logic & Logic Gates ________ ________ ________ _________
#4 Binary .......... .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#5 How Computers Calculate ________ ________ ________ _________
#6 Registers and RAM .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#7 The Central Processing Unit ________ ________ ________ _________
#8 Instructions & Programs ________ ________ ________ _________
#9 Advanced CPU Designs ________ ________ ________ _________
#10 Early Programming .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#11 First Programming Languages ________ ________ ________ _________
#12 Programming Basics .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#13 Intro to Algorithms .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#14 Data Structures .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#15 Alan Turing .......... .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#16 Software Engineering .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#17 Integrated Circuits .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#18 Operating Systems .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#19 Memory & Storage.......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#20 Files & File Systems .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
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#21 Compression .......... .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#22 Keyboards & CLIs .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#23 Screens & 2D Graphics ________ ________ ________ _________
#24 Cold War and Consumerism ________ ________ ________ _________
#25 Personal Computer Revolution ________ ________ ________ _________
#26 Graphical User Interfaces ________ ________ ________ _________
#27 3D Graphics .......... .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#28 Computer Networks .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#29 The Internet .......... .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#30 The World Wide Web .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#31 Cybersecurity .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#32 Hackers & Cyber Attacks ________ ________ ________ _________
#33 Cryptography .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#34 Machine Learning .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#35 Computer Vision .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#36 Natural Language Processing ________ ________ ________ _________
#37 Robots .......... .......... ________ ________ ________ _________
#38 Psychology of Computing ________ ________ ________ _________
#39 Educational Technology ________ ________ ________ _________
#40 The Future of Computing ________ ________ ________ _________
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Crash Course Computer Science Date _________________
#1 - Early Computing
1. What was the earliest recognized device for computing? ________________
2. Where and when was the abacus invented? ________________________________
3. Which device enabled sailors to calculate their latitude at sea? ________________
4. The earliest documented use of the word “computer” is from a book written in the year ____
5. In the early days, a "computer" was ________________
6. The gear-based calculating device, built by Gottfried Leibniz in 1694, was known as ________
7. Before the 20th century, most people experienced computing through ________________
8. Militaries were among the first to apply computing to complex problems, such as _________
9. In 1822, Charles Babbage proposed a mechanical device called ________________
10. Unlike all other computational devices before it, the Analytical Engine was a ____________
11. Which English mathematician is often considered the world’s first programmer? _________
12. The Analytical Engine would inspire, arguably, the first generation of ________________
13. Which English polymath is often considered the "father of computing"? ________________
14. Hollerith's “electro-mechanical” tabulating machine was used during the census of _______
15. Hollerith’s machine stored data on a series of ________________
16. To meet demand for his tabulating machines, Hollerith founded ________________
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#1 - Early Computing
1. What was the earliest recognized device for computing?
A. the abacus
2. Where and when was the abacus invented?
A. in Mesopotamia around 2500 BCE
3. Which device enabled sailors to calculate their latitude at sea?
A. an astrolabe
4. The earliest documented use of the word “computer” is from a book written in the year ___
A. 1613
5. In the early days, a "computer" was ___
A. a person who did calculations
6. The gear-based calculating device, built by Gottfried Leibniz in 1694, was known as ___
A. the step reckoner
7. Before the 20th century, most people experienced computing through ___
A. pre-computed tables
8. Militaries were among the first to apply computing to complex problems, such as ___
A. calculating range tables
9. In 1822, Charles Babbage proposed a mechanical device called ___
A. the difference engine
10. Unlike all other computational devices before it, the Analytical Engine was a ___
A. “general purpose computer”
11. Which English mathematician is often considered the world’s first programmer?
A. Ada Lovelace
12. The Analytical Engine would inspire, arguably, the first generation of ___
A. computer scientists
13. Which English polymath is often considered the "father of computing"?
A. Charles Babbage
14. Hollerith's “electro-mechanical” tabulating machine was used during the census of ___
A. 1890
15. Hollerith’s machine stored data on a series of ___
A. punched cards
16. To meet demand for his tabulating machines, Hollerith founded ___
A. The Tabulating Machine Company
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Crash Course Computer Science Date _________________
#2 - Electronic Computing
1. Completed in 1944, it was one of the largest electro-mechanical computers ever built: _____
2. The electrically-controlled mechanical switches used in early computers were called _______
3. You can think of a relay like a water faucet. The control wire is like the ________________
4. A good relay in the 1940’s might be able to flick back and forth ________________
5. For the Harvard Mark I, complex operations, like a trigonometric function, could take ______
6. On average, one faulty relay on the Harvard Mark I would need replacing every __________
7. What type of "bug" was pulled from the Harvard Mark II in September 1947? ___________
8. Who said, "When anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it."? _______
9. In 1904, English physicist John Ambrose Fleming developed the first ________________
10. An electronic component that permits the one-way flow of current is called ____________
11. In 1906, what did Lee de Forest add to the Fleming valve? ________________
12. The first large-scale use of vacuum tubes for computing was ________________
13. Who built an electro-mechanical machine, called the Bombe, at Bletchley Park? __________
14. How was programming done on the Colossus Mark 1? ______________________________
15. In 1947, what new electronic switch was built by Bell Laboratory scientists? _____________
16. A material that can sometimes conduct electricity and other times resist it is called _______
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Crash Course Computer Science Date _________________
#2 - Electronic Computing
1. Completed in 1944, it was one of the largest electro-mechanical computers ever built:
A. the Harvard Mark I
2. The electrically-controlled mechanical switches used in early computers were called ___
A. mechanical relays
3. You can think of a relay like a water faucet. The control wire is like the ___
A. faucet handle
4. A good relay in the 1940’s might be able to flick back and forth ___
A. fifty times in a second
5. For the Harvard Mark I, complex operations, like a trigonometric function, could take ___
A. over a minute
6. On average, one faulty relay on the Harvard Mark I would need replacing every ___
A. day
7. What type of "bug" was pulled from the Harvard Mark II in September 1947?
A. a moth
8. Who said, "When anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it."?
A. Grace Hopper
9. In 1904, English physicist John Ambrose Fleming developed the first ___
A. vacuum tube
10. An electronic component that permits the one-way flow of current is called ___
A. a diode
11. In 1906, what did Lee de Forest add to the Fleming valve?
A. a third “control” electrode
12. The first large-scale use of vacuum tubes for computing was ___
A. the Colossus Mark 1
13. Who built an electro-mechanical machine, called the Bombe, at Bletchley Park in the UK?
A. Alan Turing
14. How was programming done on the Colossus Mark 1?
A. by plugging wires into plugboards
15. In 1947, what radical new electronic switch was built by Bell Laboratory scientists?
A. the transistor
16. A material that can sometimes conduct electricity and other times resist it is called ___
A. a semiconductor
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#3 - Boolean Logic & Logic Gates
1. What is the system of notation that represents information using two states? ___________
2. In computers, an “on” state, when electricity is flowing, represents ____________
3. What is the branch of mathematics that deals with true and false values? ________________
4. In 1847, who formalized a "Mathematical Analysis of Logic”? ________________
5. What are the three fundamental operations in Boolean Algebra? ________________
6. A NOT takes a single Boolean value, either true or false, and ________________
7. Current flows through a transistor when electricity is applied to the ________________
8. With a single transistor, if we turn the input on, ________________
9. For the AND Boolean operation, the output is only true if ________________
10. Two transistors connected in series, with two inputs and one output, act like ____________
11. The only time this statement is false is if both inputs are false: ________________
12. Which Boolean operator is built from two transistors in parallel? ________________
13. Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "triangle with a dot"? ________________
14. Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "Letter D" symbol? ________________
15. Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "spaceship" symbol? ________________
16. When we use symbols for logic gates, rather than transistors, we are moving up _________
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#3 - Boolean Logic & Logic Gates
1. What is the system of notation that represents information using two states?
A. binary
2. In computers, an “on” state, when electricity is flowing, represents ___
A. true
3. What is the branch of mathematics that deals exclusively with true and false values?
A. Boolean algebra
4. In 1847, who formalized a "Mathematical Analysis of Logic”?
A. George Boole
5. What are the three fundamental operations in Boolean Algebra? ___
A. NOT, AND, and OR
6. A NOT takes a single Boolean value, either true or false, and ___
A. negates it
7. Current flows through a transistor when electricity is applied to the ___
A. control wire
8. With a single transistor, if we turn the input on, ___
A. the output is also on
9. For the AND Boolean operation, the output is only true if ___
A. both inputs are true
10. Two transistors connected in series, with two inputs and one output, act like ___
A. an AND gate
11. The only time this statement is false is if both inputs are false:.
A. an OR statement
12. Which Boolean operator is built from two transistors in parallel?
A. OR
13. Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "triangle with a dot"?
A. NOT
14. Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "Letter D" symbol?
A. AND
15. Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "spaceship" symbol?
A. OR
16. When we use symbols for logic gates, rather than transistors, we are moving up ___
A. a layer of abstraction
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#4 - Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary
1. Which number system uses "1" and "0" to represent "true" and "false", respectively? ______
2. Which number system has ten possible values, 0 through 9, for a single digit? ____________
3. The decimal system is also known as _____________ __________
4. The binary number 101, when converted to base-10 is _______
5. When adding 1 + 1 in binary, you need to ____________ ____________________
6. Each of the binary digits 1 or 0 is called ______________
7. For 8-bit numbers, the lowest value is 0 and highest value is ______________
8. A unit of digital information that consists of eight bits is called ________________
9. The metric prefix for a million is mega (M). What is the prefix for a billion? ______________
10. Numbers that are not whole numbers, like 12.7 and 3.14, are called ________________
11. In a 32-bit floating-point number, what is the first bit is used for? ________________
12. Which 7-bit code, invented in 1963, was developed to represent characters? ___________
13. The ability of computer systems to universally exchange information is called ____________
14. What was the major limitation of the 7-bit ASCII system? ____________________________
15. ASCII was expanded to 8 bits, allowing codes 128-255 to be used for ________________
16. What encoding scheme, devised in 1992, included many languages? ___________________
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