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Telecom quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year was the telephone invented?

a)

1786

b)

1867

c)

1876

d)

1927

2.

The largest telecommunications carrier in the world by revenue is...

a)

Softbank (Japan)

b)

Vodafone (Europe)

c)

AT&T (US)

d)

China Mobile (China...of course)

3.

The most downloaded smartphone app of 2018 is...

a)

YouTube

b)

Instagram

c)

Tik Tok

d)

Facebook Messenger

4.

The fastest broadband internet in the world can be found in ___________ with average download speeds in excess of 60 Mbps.

a)

Sweden

b)

Japan

c)

Canada

d)

Singapore

5.

The top-selling smartphone of all time was...

a)

Blackberry 7280

b)

iPhone 6/6+

c)

Galaxy S3

d)

Huawei P20

6.

The first 'mobile' phone was made by _____________ in 1973 and weighed 2 pounds. The first call on it was made by one of their VPs to a competitor, from the sidewalk outside their building, just to let them know they had been beaten to inventing it.

a)

IBM

b)

Bell Labs

c)

Motorola

d)

Nokia

7.

The most telephone calls ever made in a day occurred on...

a)

November 11, 1918 (end of WWI)

b)

September 11, 2001

c)

December 31, 1999 (Y2K)

d)

December 7, 1941 (Pearl Harbor attack in WWII)

8.

The original greeting to be used when answering a telephone wasn't 'hello' - it was...

a)

Yes?

b)

State your name and business

c)

Ahoy?

d)

Whassup?

9.

U.S. politician _______________ was the subject of significant mockery for allegedly suggesting that he/she invented (or helped to invent) the Internet.

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Al Gore

d)

George W. Bush

10.

Netflix accounts for almost ____% of the world's internet bandwidth, globally.

a)

5%

b)

15%

c)

25%

d)

50%

11.

TELUS was formed in _________ following the privatization of telecommunications services in Canada, replacing the artistically named Alberta Government Telephones Commission (AGT).

a)

1985

b)

1990

c)

1994

d)

1997