Marie Van Brittan Brown and the Home Security System

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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
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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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