WorksheetsChapter 24: A Highway for Ideas
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What did David Clark help design?
Cars
Light bulbs
Computers
The Internet
What is David Clark's Occupation
Chemical Engineer
Physicist
Medical Doctor
Computer Scientist
What types of computers existed in the 1960s?
Macbooks
HP
Station
Mainframe
What provided the inspiration for the creation of the internet?
Basketball
The human body
The telephone
Interstate highway system
What is a transistor?
Electrical wires
Device used in welding
On/Off switches that control electricity
What two states can a computer recognize?
left or right
up or down
inside or outside
on or off
What numbers are used in binary code?
only 1
only 0
1 and 0
1 though 9
This type of signal is not continuous, but is made up of a discrete, limited set of elements.
analog
standard
basic
digital
This type of signal is continuous and vary within
some range, rather than using an on and off pattern. The graph of this signal is a continuous wave, with peaks and valleys.
analog
standard
basic
digital
Who created the World Wide Web?
Al Gore
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Tim Berner-Lees
These are discrete packets of information.
data packets
IP addresses
Transistors
Semiconductors
Which of the following is one the "Ground Rules" for the internet?
Information must be digital
Every computer on the network must have an address
Packets must be sequenced
All of these are ground rules
Units to measure Voltage
Volts
Ohms
Amps
Coulombs
Units to measure Current
Volts
Ohms
Amps
Coulombs
Units to measure Resistance
Volts
Ohms
Amps
Coulombs
