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Evolution of the Mobile Phone

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the first mobile phone created?

a)

1973

b)

1983

c)

1993

2.

What were the first words spoken on a mobile?

a)

‘’Can you hear me?’’

b)

‘’I’m on the train’’

c)

‘’Guess where I’m calling from?’’

3.

How many phone numbers could the first mobile phones hold in their memory?

a)

10

b)

30

c)

100

4.

Which country has the most mobile phones in use?

a)

The USA

b)

India

c)

China

5.

How many mobile phone subscriptions are there in the world?

a)

3.5 billion

b)

6.8 billion

c)

7.2 billion

6.

How many messages are sent by mobile phone per minute?

a)

1.7 million

b)

3.6 million

c)

14.6 million

7.

What is the universal emergency number for all mobile phones in the EU?

a)

112

b)

999

c)

911

8.

Who invented the mobile phone?

a)

Martin Cooper

b)

Donal Cox

c)

W. Rae Young

d)

Eric Tigerstedt

e)

All of the above

9.
A description of the services a mobile phone company will give you, what they will charge you and how you will pay.
a)
Plan
b)
Data
c)
Roaming charges
d)
Excluded value
10.

When was the camera phone invented? (3 pts)

a)

A. 1973

b)

B. 1986

c)

C. 2000

d)

D. 1997

11.

What was added to the mobile phone in 1986? (3 pts)

a)

A. Camera phone

b)

B. Internet access

c)

C. Voice mail

12.

Choose the correct answer (5 pts)

The first text message ............................. in ................... .

a)

A. is sent - December 1992.

b)

B. was sent - November 1992.

c)

C. was sent - December 1992.

d)

D. was send - November 1992.

13.

Who invented the camera phone? (3 pts)

a)

A. Philippe Kahn

b)

B. Phillip Kan

c)

C. Martin Cooper

d)

D. Cooper Martin

14.
______ invented the cell phone.
a)
Martin Short
b)
Martin Cooper
c)
Martin Lawrence
d)
Martin Luther King
15.
What was the nickname of the first cell phone?
a)
The Brick
b)
The Stove
c)
The One
d)
The Galaxy
16.
What decade did the first flip phone come out?
a)
1980s
b)
1990s
c)
2000s
d)
1970s
17.

These are the mobile phones that manufactured in China except..

a)

Oppo

b)

Xiaomi

c)

Huawei

d)

Samsung

18.

Samsung mobile phone is made in __________________.

a)

Europe

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

India

19.
Back in the early days, a phone call had to go through...
a)
A machine that connected you.
b)
Airwaves that carried the signal.
c)
a human operator at a central office.
d)
know one knows, it was too long ago.
20.
Operators used a _____________ to make a connection between callers.
a)
switchboard
b)
party line
c)
airwaves 
d)
magic
21.
What replaced the need for operators?
a)
Better magic
b)
automatic dial switching
c)
wireless communication
22.
Instead of buttons, telephones used to have ________ _________.
a)
voice dialing
b)
finger holes
c)
circular plates
23.
Who invented the telephone in 1876?
a)
Gwen Thurston
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Abraham Lincoln
24.
When a line was tied up, the caller heard what?
a)
Nothing.
b)
A fun song
c)
A busy sign
25.
What "malfunction" often happened with early telephones?
a)
They blew up, much like batteries do today.
b)
Wires were "crossed" and you could hear other conversations.
c)
Calls were dropped due to too many happening at once.

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