Quiz on the History of Information Transfer

What was the primary method of communication in prehistoric times?

• Telegraph

• Written Language

• Oral Tradition

• Television

Who invented the printing press?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Johannes Gutenberg

What invention allowed for long-distance transmission of information in the 1830s?

• Telephone

• Radio

• Television

• Telegraph

Which invention combined audio and visual information?

• Television

• Smartphones

• Telegraph

• Radio

What technology dramatically increased the speed of information transfer in the late 20th century?

• Television

• Morse Code

• Computers and the Internet

• Paper

Who created the World Wide Web?

• Samuel Morse

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Guglielmo Marconi

What technology allows for real-time sharing and analysis of data?

• Cloud Computing

• Television

• Written Language

• Telegraph

Which of the following is a feature of smartphones?

• Mass printing

• Cuneiform writing

• Instant information transfer

• Oral storytelling

What did the invention of paper facilitate?

• Oral Tradition

• Television broadcasts

• Written communication

• Telegraph messages

What is Morse Code used for?

• Television signals

• Coded messages in telegraphs

• Written language

• Oral storytelling