WSC 1003 Quiz

In which of the following scenarios, would you most likely need to hire a font forensic expert?

• Your friend asked you to cheat for them so you need to fake your friend's handwriting

• You got really bad grades and try to fake your parents' signature for your report card

• Your friend printed a fake copy of homework and mixed it with the real ones, you need to find out which one is the one you need to do

• Your dog ate your homework, and you need to replicate one that looks exactly the same before the holiday ends

• You have got an assignment to recreate a news article from the 1940s

What has Thomas Phinney done before?

• A printer

• A product manager in Adobe Systems' fonts group

• A designer at Apple's fonts group

• A detective

• A crime scene investigator

Which of following is the key for cracking "the Case of the Reprehensible Rabbi"?

• The colour of the ink

• The type of ink

• The model of inkjet printer

• The texture of the paper

• The font of his name

Which of the following will not make it harder for font detectives to check the validity of the document?

• Send them a screenshot of the document

• Send them a fax copy of the document

• Print with a high-quality printer

• Send them the true copy of the document

• Use old fonts

According to his interview with BerkeleyHaas, what is most likely the reason why Phinney quit his job at Google to be a font detective?

• He could earn more as a font detective

• He thinks it's more fun

• He hates working in the Google office

• He wants to start his own business

• He thinks it's more meaningful

Which of the following statements about Morse Code is false?

• There is only one type of morse code

• Samuel Morse invented it

• Letters are encoded with signals of 2 lengths

• Alfred Vail developed a simpler system

• Each letter has a unique corresponding code

What is most likely the reason why we mainly use the Internet, instead of telegraph?

• It is cooler

• It is faster

• You will less likely to be hacked

• There are less inappropriate information

• It is healthier

When would paper maps be definitely better than maps on app?

• When you are hiking

• When you are diving

• When you are shopping in a mall

• When you are visiting a new country

• When you are driving

Which of the following projection is based on a cylinder?

• Stereogrphic projection

• Mercator projection

• Authagraph projection

• Lambert projection

• Kulidros projection

Where is the reference point for the time zone?

• Greenwich

• Brighton

• Cornwall

• Gloucestershire

• Hampshire