Communication Technology

How does technology affect the way people communicate?

• it allows people to communicate with others quickly and at a low cost

• it makes people less motivated to communicate with others

• it does not affect the ways people communicate

• it makes it difficult to maintain privacy when communicating with others

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Information that is sent as a pattern in a controlled flow of current through a circuit is called?

• wave pulses

• electronic signal

• binary code

• electromagnetic signals

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How can you get a higher quality digital signal from an analog recording?

• lower the amplitude of the analog signal

• raise the amplitude of the analog signal

• lower the sampling rate of the analog signal

• raise the sampling rate of the analog signal

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If you spent time before class talking to a friend, texted a friend last night after you finished your homework, emailed your sister in another city, snap chatted with your best friend, and by reading this question on Quizizz, you are doing this.

• transportating

• speaking

• communicating

• dreaming

What type of communication device relies on a network of towers to transmit signals?

• Telephone

• Radio

• Satellite

• Cell phone

To pass something from one place to another.

• digitized information

• transmit

• decode

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The invention of ________ allowed people to communicate over long distances using Morse code.

• paper

• trains

• electricity

• boats

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Fiber-optic cables are better than copper cables because...

• they carry less information

• they carry about a thousand times more information per second.

• they take up less space

• they take up more space

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"Noise" in information technology is considered

• small and large tubes

• a coded message like morse code

• random signals that alter information signals

What is the main purpose of encoding and decoding signals?

• To convert analog signals into digital formats only.

• To compress data for storage purposes.

• To enhance the visual quality of images during transmission.

• The main purpose of encoding and decoding signals is to facilitate efficient communication and ensure data integrity.

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