# Student Handout — Computers Was Once a Job Title & Turing Machines / Turing Test

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- Published: 2026-10-18T12:25:02-04:00
- Author: matthew.leffler@jefferson.kyschools.us

Course 1: Computer Literacy / Unit 2: PC Hardware & System Architecture / Lesson
4: Computers Was Once a Job Title & Turing Machines / Turing Test

## History of Computing & Turing Test Analysis Handout.

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________

## Explore and practice

Historical documentary snippet, class discussion on Alan Turing, and Turing test
simulation activity.

## Record your work

Describe what you tried, show your work or attach your artifact, and explain what
your evidence demonstrates.

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## Use the vocabulary

Human Computer, Turing Machine, Turing Test, Artificial Intelligence, Computation,
Punch Card, Vacuum Tube, Babbage Engine, Decryption, Binary Code

Use relevant terms above to explain one part of your work.

## Check and reflect

 * I completed the assigned activity and recorded my work.
 * I used lesson vocabulary accurately.
 * I can explain one thing I learned and one question I still have.