Marie Van Brittan Brown and the Home Security System

Marie Van Brittan Brown and the Home Security System

Assessment

Passage

Science

7th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-PS4-3

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is credited with inventing the first home security system?

Albert L. Brown

The New York Times

Marie Van Brittan Brown

An unnamed electronics technician

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What profession did Marie Van Brittan Brown hold?

Electronics technician

Nurse

Patent clerk

Inventor

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Marie Van Brittan Brown feel the need to invent a home security system?

She wanted to create a new product for the market.

She was interested in technology and innovation.

She wanted to feel safer at home due to rising crime rates.

She was assigned the task by her employer.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technology did the home security system invented by the Browns use to allow occupants to see visitors at the door?

Telephone

Closed-circuit television

Radio transmission

Alarm bells

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year was the patent for the home security system filed?

1966

1969

1971

1960

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the outcome of the patent filed for the home security system?

It was never approved.

It was approved three years later.

It was immediately put into production.

It was rejected due to technical issues.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the year when Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown filed the patent for their home security system?

1969

1966

1971

2005

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