Social Studies - End of Term Test

The policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life or a purposely frail design, so that it becomes obsolete after a certain pre-determined period of time is called:

(a)  

Which company was sued by France for planned obsolescence?

• Dell

• Apple

• Samsung

• Huawei

What name is given to the lightbulb that has been on for >100 years?

• longest-lasting-lightbulb

• Bulby Baggins

• centennial bulb

• 100-year bulb

• century bulb

What was the original definition of 'nonplussed'?

• unfazed / indifferent

• perplexed / disconcerted

• not adding up

• community / togetherness

What is the modern definition of 'nonplussed'?

• unfazed / indifferent

• perplexed / disconcerted

• not adding up

• logical / sensical

Etymology is ....

• the study of Etty

• the study of translation

• the study of word origins and history

• the study of evolution

Saying 'suit' for 'business executive', and 'the track' when talking about horse racing is an example of ...

• synonymy

• eytmology

• hyperbole

• metonymy

How many words is Shakespeare credited with inventing?

• 2,000

• 1,700

• 1,000

• 400

According to an informal study from Spotify, at what age do people stop listening to new music?

• 50

• 27

• 22

• 33

If enough people in a community start misusing (or repurposing) a word in the same way, eventually the dictionary catches up: the word develops a new accepted meaning. This is known as ...

• semantic drift

• definition drift

• fluid Definity

• word repurposing