Test 25 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 25 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 25 is a free 24-question practice test for British citizenship naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR / settlement) applicants in the United Kingdom. Every question is written directly from the official Home Office handbook, Life in the UK: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition), covering British values, UK history, society, and government. To pass the official Life in the UK Test (booking fee £50 at gov.uk), candidates must answer at least 18 out of 24 multiple-choice questions correctly (75% pass mark) within 45 minutes.
Life in the UK Test 25
What British discovery was influential in the development of computer science and the modern-day computer?
Correct Answer: The Turing machine
The Turing machine is a theoretical mathematical device invented by Alan Turing (1912–1954), a British mathematician, in the 1930s.
Turing's concept of a universal computing machine laid the theoretical groundwork for modern computer science and the development of the digital computer.
Turing is widely regarded as the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.