Quiz 1

What year was the telegraph invented?

• a) 1825

• b) 1837

• c) 1845

• d) 1850

Which technology was developed after the telephone to enhance communication?

• a) Internet

• b) Wireless telegraphy

• c) Television

• d) Fax machine

What significant change occurred in the 21st century regarding communication technologies?

• Introduction of the fax machine

• Merging of voice, data, and TV into a unified platform

• Decline of mobile devices

• Return to postal services

Which sector has NOT been significantly transformed by ICT advancements?

• a) Banking

• b) Education

• c) Agriculture

• d) Healthcare

What has become the dominant method of communication since the 1980s?

• a) Landline telephones

• b) Postal mail

• c) Smartphones

• d) Pagers

What method did early humans use for communication before 3000 BC?

• a) Writing

• b) Grunts and gestures

• c) Telephone

• d) Printing

Which of the following was introduced by the Sumerians around 3000 BC?

• a) Hieroglyphs

• b) Pictographs

• c) Papyrus

• d) The printing press

What significant development occurred around 2900 BC in ancient Egypt?

• a) The invention of the telephone

• b) The creation of hieroglyphs

• c) The use of smoke signals

• d) The first email program

When did papyrus emerge as a writing medium?

• a) 3000 BC

• b) 2900 BC

• c) 500 BC

• d) 1455 AD

Who invented the printing press and in what year?

• a) Raymond Tomlinson, 1972

• b) Johann Gutenberg, 1455

• c) Augusta Ada Byron, 1830

• d) CERN, 1991