Python's History and Development Quiz

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Who initially designed Python?

  • ABC Programming Language
  • Python Software Foundation
  • Guido van Rossum (correct)
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus

When did Guido van Rossum start working on Python?

  • 1991
  • 1980s (correct)
  • 1998
  • 1989

What was the inspiration for the name 'Python'?

  • Python Software Foundation
  • ABC Programming Language
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus (correct)
  • Guido van Rossum's hobby project

Which programming language is known for its code readability and advanced developer productivity?

<p>Python (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which two versions of Python are the most commonly used?

<p>Python 2.x and Python 3.x (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which top technology organizations have implemented Python?

<p>Dropbox, Google, Quora, Mozilla (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Python was developed in the late 1980s

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Guido van Rossum created Python as a successor to the ABC Programming Language

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Guido van Rossum is no longer the leader of the Python community

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Python was released with a lot fewer codes compared to Java, C++ & C.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Python 2.x and Python 3.x are the two most commonly used versions of Python.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Python can now be written and run in the browser like JavaScript.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT true about the human brain?

<p>It contains copies of Beethoven's 5th Symphony (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has caused confusion about the functioning of the human brain?

<p>The invention of computers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a reflex that a healthy newborn is equipped with?

<p>Supporting its own weight (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following design elements are humans not born with?

<p>Information (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do computers use to represent information?

<p>Patterns of ones and zeroes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a set of rules that computers follow called?

<p>Algorithm (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which metaphor for human intelligence was popularized by the invention of hydraulic engineering?

<p>Flow of fluids (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist compared the brain to a telegraph in the mid-1800s?

<p>Hermann von Helmholtz (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed that the mental world could be studied using concepts from information theory, computation, and linguistics?

<p>George Miller (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which book by John von Neumann stated that the function of the human nervous system is 'prima facie digital'?

<p>The Computer and the Brain (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the IP metaphor in the context of human intelligence stand for?

<p>Information Processing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the estimated number of neurons in the human brain?

<p>86 million (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main issue with the $1.3 billion Human Brain Project launched by the European Union?

<p>It failed to create a simulation of the entire human brain (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the author suggest about the IP metaphor in understanding the brain?

<p>It is unnecessary intellectual baggage (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the problem with the idea that memories are stored in individual neurons?

<p>Memories are not stored in individual neurons (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between visualizing something and seeing something?

<p>Visualizing is less accurate than seeing (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the brain when a person visualizes something they have seen before?

<p>The brain changes to allow the person to visualize the object (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main point the text is making about the idea of a 'representation' of a dollar bill stored in the brain?

<p>There is no representation of a dollar bill stored in the brain (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main problem with the metaphor of the brain as a computer?

<p>The brain changes in a unique way for each individual (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which prediction about human consciousness is mentioned in the text?

<p>Human minds can be downloaded to a computer (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the uniqueness problem mentioned in the text?

<p>The inability to repeat a story the same way (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main reason why the metaphor of the brain as a computer is not valid?

<p>The brain cannot store exact copies of data (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the experiences that can change our behavior?

<p>Observing what is happening around us, being exposed to unimportant stimuli, and being punished or rewarded for certain behaviors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the brain change after learning a song or poem?

<p>The brain changes in an orderly way that allows us to perform the song or recite the poem under certain conditions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mainstream view of how humans make sense of the world?

<p>Humans make sense of the world by performing computations on mental representations of it (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a baseball player catch a fly ball according to the IP perspective?

<p>The player formulates an estimate of various initial conditions of the ball's flight, creates an internal model, and guides motor movements to intercept the ball (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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