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History of Telecommunication

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What prompted the development of the telegraph

a)

a paper shortage

b)

The idea that messages could be sent electrically

c)

The Civil War

d)

The idea that messages were unnecessary

2.

Who has been given credit for the telephone?

a)

George Washington

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Steve Telephone

3.

In 1884, commercial telegraph service began between what two cities?

a)

Boston and Nashville

b)

Dallas and Seattle

c)

Miami and New York

d)

New York and Boston

4.

What was the original name for radio that is now used for all forms of radio communication?

a)

Wireless connection

b)

Wireless Telegraph

c)

Telepathic communication

d)

Wired landline

5.

What is the invention that put radio into it's modern form?

a)

glass

b)

Copper wire

c)

The Audible Tube

d)

The Audion Tube

6.

What electronics components characterized first, second and third generation computers

a)

1st vacuum tubes

2nd transistors

3rd integrated circuits

b)

1st transistors

2nd integrated circuits

3rd vacuum tubes

c)

1st integrated circuits

2nd transistors

3rd vacuum tubes

d)

1st transistors

2nd integrated circuits

3rd vacuum tubes

7.

What has become the most used communication method today?

a)

The internet

b)

US mail

c)

televison

d)

pagers

8.

A ______________________ _______________________ is a transmission which uses digital code (a 0 or 1) to write code on the signal.

a)

Digital Signal

b)

Web Address

c)

Broadcast Communication

d)

Transmission Medium

9.

_________________ is the name given to a computer directly connected to the internet.

a)

Host

b)

Router

c)

Receiver

d)

Channel

10.

_________________ is a system of connected computers

that allows the sharing of files and equipment.

a)

Network

b)

Router

c)

Transmitter

d)

Modulation

11.

_________________ are communication devices that route data to correct user.

a)

Routers

b)

Transmitter

c)

Tranciever

d)

Receiver

12.

______________________ ___________________ is a transmission by one powerful transmitter and numerous receivers.

a)

Broadcast Communication

b)

Video Conferencing

c)

Digital Signal

d)

Transmission Medium

13.

A ________________is software that is used to locate and view internet resources found on the world wide web.

a)

Browser

b)

Cookie

c)

Host

d)

Network

14.

__________________________ is the act of sending information such as data, text, pictures, voice and video.

a)

Telecommunications

b)

Email

c)

Encode

d)

Transmitter

15.

___________________ is the continuous variation of a transmission signal used to encode the signal.

a)

Modulation

b)

Transmitter

c)

Encode

d)

Transceiver

16.

A _______________ is a division in a transmission medium so that it can be used to send multiple independent streams of data.

a)

Channel

b)

Router

c)

Modulation

d)

Host

17.

__________ __________ __________ ___________ ______________ is a website address.

a)

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Address

b)

Uniform Resource Landscape (URL) Address

c)

United Resource Locator (URL) Address

d)

Uniform Reform Locator (URL) Address

18.
What does URL stand for?
a)
Uniform Resource Locator
b)
Universal Resource Lap
c)
Under Reef Locator
d)
Upper Respiratory Lab
19.

The year Electrical telegraph was invented

a)

1834

b)

1835

c)

1838

d)

1840

20.

The year Telephone was invented

a)

1875

b)

1876

c)

1877

d)

1878

21.

First practical wireless telegraphy systems based on Radio was launched

a)

1896

b)

1897

c)

1898

d)

1899

22.

First working transistor was invented in ______

a)

1941

b)

1943

c)

1945

d)

1947

23.

Semiconductor era begins

a)

1050

b)

1960

c)

1970

d)

1980

24.

Fiber optical telecommunications

a)

1962

b)

1964

c)

1966

d)

1968

25.

1973

a)

First modern-era mobile (cellular) phone

Internet

b)

Internet was launched

c)

INMARSAT ship-to-shore satellite communications

d)

Fiber optics became commercially available