CCE#4 Electrical Engineering

What field focuses on the application of electricity and electromagnetism?

• Mechanical Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

• Civil Engineering

• Chemical Engineering

Who is often considered the father of electrical studies?

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• William Gilbert

• Thomas Edison

What was the title of William Gilbert's principal work?

• De Electricita

• Principia Magnetica

• On Electromagnetism

• De Magnete

Who discovered electrical conduction in 1729?

• Samuel Morse

• Stephen Gray

• Charles Wheatstone

• Heinrich Hertz

What experiment did Stephen Gray conduct to discover electrical conduction?

• Connecting a glass tube to objects using wire or string

• Rubbing two magnets together

• Electrifying metal rods

• Measuring lightning strikes

What invention patented in 1837 was used to send long-distance messages using magnetic needles?

• Radio

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• Television

Who was arrested after a telegraph message was sent to London in 1845?

• Stephen Gray

• William Kemmler

• John Tawell

• Thomas Edison

Who developed the system of dots and dashes known as Morse code?

• Samuel Morse

• Charles Wheatstone

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Heinrich Hertz

In what year was the first telegraph line built in the United States?

• 1854

• 1844

• 1837

• 1866

What major event allowed for the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph line in 1866?

• The discovery of electricity

• The invention of the telephone

• The success of the ship Great Eastern

• Morse code development