Chapter 12 Review

The underlying physical structure of communication networks

• infrastructure
• common carriers
• the telegraph
• vertical integration

Grants exclusive rights of an invention to the inventor

• common carrier
• infrastructure
• patent
• universal integration

Who invented the telegraph?

• Thomas Edison
• Samuel Morse
• Alexander Graham Bell

When was the Bell Telephone Company established?

• 1912
• 1887
• 1789
• 1877

What does AT&T stand for?

• American Telephone and Tetherball
• American Telephone and Telegraph
• Americans of The Telephone

What year was the Communications Act?

• 1934
• 1931
• 1944
• 1924

When a company owns related businesses in the same infrastructure networks

• vertical integration
• patent
• infrastructure
• telegraph

The principle that everyone should have access to infrastructure networks

• universal integration
• vertical integration
• universal service
• infrastructure

How much does a pay phone cost per minute?

• $3.00
• $1.50
• $2.00
• $2.50

What is the purpose of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act?

• government can't take your phone
• people need to mind their bee's wax
• ensures that calls can't be recorded
• government needs a warrant for your text messages