cs150: Quiz
Monday, March 19
Name:
Directions
Work alone. You may not discuss these problems or anything related to the material covered by
this exam with anyone except for the course staff between receiving this exam and class Monday.
Closed resources. You may not use anything to answer these questions other than your own
brain.
Answer well. The first 3 questions are simple questions intended to determine whether or not you
have done the reading assignments. The last 2 questions require more thought and remembering
other parts of the course.
1. According to Neil de Grasse Tyson’s Science’s Endless Golden Age, which of the following
are signs that the endless golden age of science will continue (circle zero or more choices):
a. The Airbus 380
b. Four year olds using remote controls
c. Global Warming
d. Multi-core Processors
e. Teenagers with Butt Tatoos
2. In the Typographical Number Theory language defined in GEB, what does SS0 mean?
3. Is MU a theorem of the MIU-system?
4. What is computer science?
5. List all the computer scientists you can (at least 3 for full credit, but more is better), along
with a brief description of what they did.