Technology & IT quiz for grades 5 to 13

248 Technology & IT questions across three grade bands. In the game you pick the subject and the band, and every duel draws questions you haven't had yet. Here are six examples, two from each band.

Play Technology & ITGrades 5–7: 100 · Grades 8–10: 98 · Grades 11–13: 50

Sample questions

Grades 5–7 · Aeroplanes

What creates the lift that an aeroplane’s wings need?

  1. AThe colour of the plane
  2. BThe weight of the passengers
  3. CThe airflow around the wings
  4. DThe noise of the engines
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C: The airflow around the wings

Grades 5–7 · Batteries

How does an empty phone battery become ready to use again?

  1. AIt is recharged
  2. BIt is frozen
  3. CIt is shaken hard
  4. DIt is polished
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A: It is recharged

Grades 8–10 · Binary system

How many different values can a single bit take?

  1. A2
  2. B1
  3. C8
  4. D10
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A: 2

Grades 8–10 · Data types

Which data type can only hold the values true or false?

  1. AInteger
  2. BBoolean
  3. CString
  4. DArray
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B: Boolean

Grades 11–13 · Encryption

What does it mean when a chat is end-to-end encrypted?

  1. AMessages vanish immediately
  2. BMessages are displayed louder
  3. COnly the provider can read
  4. DOnly chat partners can read
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D: Only chat partners can read

Grades 11–13 · Ada Lovelace

Who is regarded as the first programmer in history, for Babbage’s calculating machine?

  1. AMarie Curie
  2. BHedy Lamarr
  3. CAda Lovelace
  4. DGrace Hopper
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C: Ada Lovelace