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Information Transfer Practice

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 6hrs 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two things are used to form patterns representing letters and numbers in Morse code?

a)

dots

b)

dashes

c)

colors

d)

sounds

2.

What two symbols do computers use to form patterns and code information?

a)

0's

b)

100's

c)

1's

d)

A's

e)

B's

3.

What are the THREE colors of light that make up pixels on a screen to create colors?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Yellow

d)

Red

e)

Puple

4.

Information is stored on CD's using holes burned with lasers.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

How does a 3-D printer know what to print?

a)

Instructions from the computer are sent to the printer as patterns of 1's and 0's

b)

a photo is sent to the printer and the printer prints a picture that matches that photo

c)

you upload a blueprint, the computer reads the blueprint then uses those instructions to print whatever was in the blueprint

6.

What does a TV remote control send to the TV?

a)

the channel you want to watch

b)

dots and dashes that tell the TV what to do

c)

patterns of light pulses

d)

sound waves

7.

Information is sent directly from one cell phone to another.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

What was a key discovery in the advancement of early information transfer?

a)

morse code

b)

light bulb

c)

newspapers

d)

telephone

9.

If you want to have a higher definition image, you need more of what?

a)

dots

b)

1's

c)

electricity

d)

pixels

10.

Before information was transferred electronically, how did people share information? (Select all that apply)

a)

Books

b)

computers

c)

newspapers

d)

telephone

11.

How does a television remote control send information to a television?

a)

through a wire

b)

light waves

c)

microwaves

d)

sound waves

12.

Which camera would provide the highest quality image?

a)

one with a large eyepiece

b)

one with lots of pixels

c)

one with a large screen

d)

one with lots of storage

13.

Emily sends a coded message by knocking on the wall. Jacob sends his coded message by turning a flashlight on and off. Their messages are shown in the table. Which statement describes the messages Emily and Jacob sent?

a)

They sent different messages using different types of energy.

b)

They sent the same message using the same type of energy.

c)

They sent the same message using different types of energy.

d)

They sent different messages using the same type of energy.

14.

Kallie and DeAngelo are neighbors. At night they send messages to each other through their windows. Kallie uses her lamp, and DeAngelo uses a laser pointer. How are they communicating?

a)

using binary code

b)

using radio waves

c)

using light waves

d)

using sound waves

15.

Crewless spaceships travel into deep space and send their findings back to Earth. Many carry cameras that take pictures. How are these pictures sent back to Earth?

a)

Radio waves travel through space and are decoded into pixels.

b)

The pictures are transmitted by sound wave.

c)

The pictures are sent back on a spaceship to Earth.

d)

Information is encoded and sent by electromagnetic waves.

16.

Morse code is an alphabet where letters are represented by short and long signals of light or sound in a certain pattern. 

Identify one strength and one weakness of using light to send Morse code. 

Identify one strength and one weakness of using sound to send Morse code.

Enter your answers in the space below.

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17.

To use the Internet, computers have to be connected using either a cable or a wireless router. 

Explain how information is transferred differently in these two technologies.

Enter your answers in the space below.

4 lines
18.

_______________ is the process of information being turned into a code and being moved from one place to another.

a)

Binary code

b)

Morse code

c)

Information transfer

d)

QR code

19.

______________ is a code used to transfer information using only the digits 0 and 1 to represent a letter, number, or special character.

a)

Bar code

b)

Binary code

c)

Morse code

d)

QR code

20.

____________ is a code used to transfer information using dots and dashes (long and short signals) to represent a letter, number or special character.

a)

Bar code

b)

Binary code

c)

Morse code

d)

QR code

21.

___________ is a code that transfers information by using a pattern created in black squares on white background that is machine readable.

a)

Binary code

b)

Morse code

c)

Bar code

d)

QR code

22.

________________ is a code that transfers information by using a machine to read widths and spacing of parallel lines.

a)

Bar code

b)

Binary code

c)

Morse code

d)

QR code

23.

What is this a model of?

a)

radio

b)

doorbell

c)

Morse code machine

d)

ancient video game

24.

Which two symbols do computers and other devices use today?

a)

dots and dashes

b)

1 and 2

c)

A and B

d)

0 and 1

25.

The more pixels you have, the more ______ the image is.

a)

clear

b)

blurry

c)

bright

d)

dark

26.

How are patterns of information stored on CDs?

a)

lines

b)

holes

c)

magnets

d)

colors

27.

What component in a computer reads 1s and 0s?

a)

screen

b)

microchips

c)

keyboard

d)

touchpad

28.

Which of these devices does NOT transfer information using patterns?

a)

3D printer

b)

toaster

c)

remote control

d)

phone

29.

How can you tell a computer what to do?

a)

computer coding

b)

computer talking

c)

computation

d)

none of these

30.

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

a)

paper

b)

trains

c)

electricity

d)

boats

31.

a pattern of dots and dashes, each one making up a letter or number

a)

Morse code

b)

binary code

c)

pixels

d)

bits

32.

How does a cell phone send a picture to another cell phone?

a)

It changes the picture into text.

b)

It sends the picture through sound waves.

c)

It downloads the picture into light waves.

d)

It codes the picture into digital information.

33.

Digital devices use _____ to send and transmit information.

a)

binary code

b)

Morse code

c)

pixels

d)

bits

34.

A remote (also called a transmitter) uses light to carry signals from the remote to the device it controls. It emits pulses of invisible infrared light that correspond to specific binary codes. These codes represent commands, such as power on, volume up, or channel down.

A remote control sends signals to a television through:

a)

sound waves

b)

wires

c)

light waves

d)

binary code

35.

A clear, bright image has:

a)

lots of pixels

b)

very few pixels

c)

lots of data

d)

binary code

36.

What invention made it possible to communicate across long distances with electricity and Morse code?

a)

telephone

b)

telegraph

c)

television

d)

email

37.

Images are made of millions of tiny dots called:

a)

Morse code

b)

binary

c)

bits

d)

pixels

38.

Cell phones convert sound waves into ____, which are sent from tower to tower.

a)

light waves

b)

sound waves

c)

radio waves

d)

Morse code

39.

Which of the following graphs represents a digital wave?

a)
b)
40.

Which of the following is an analog technology?

a)
b)
c)
d)
41.

Which type of wave is best described as smooth and continuous?

a)

analog

b)

digital

c)

both analog and digital

d)

neither

42.

When you send a text message to the friend, what happens first after you have typed your message?

a)

the phone encodes the letters of your message using ones and zeros

b)

the phone sends an analog wave representing your message to another phone

c)

the phone produces an electromagnetic wave with constant amplitude and frequency

d)

the phone decodes the zeros and ones and converts them into letters

43.

Which of the following graphs represents an analog wave?

a)
b)
44.
The signal above is an example of a(n)
a)
Digital Signal
b)
Analog Signal
45.
Which is an example of an analog signal?
a)
Record Player
b)
CD Player
46.
Which is an example of an analog signal?
a)
Blu-Ray DVD
b)
VHS Tape
47.

The picture shows an example of what kind of signal?

a)

Analog

b)

Digital

48.
The picture shows an example of what kind of signal?
a)
Analog
b)
Digital
49.

How do Fiber Optics work?

a)

By connecting and transferring energy

b)

By remitting and subtracting power from other fiber optics

c)

By using light pulses to transfer data

d)

By converting sound waves in to binary code

50.
What is the most prominent use of Fiber Optics today?
a)
Phones
b)
Television Screens
c)
The Internet
d)
MRI imaging
51.
For what are Fiber Optics mainly used?
a)
Long distance communication
b)
Imaging
c)
Phones
d)
Downloading Apps
52.

Which of these helps provide faster Internet connections?

a)

mirrors

b)

fiber optics

c)

electricity

d)

vision

53.
a pattern of dots and dashes, each one making up a letter or number
a)
Morse code
b)
binary code
c)
pixels
d)
bits
54.
How does a cell phone send a picture to another cell phone?
a)
It changes the picture into text.
b)
It sends the picture through sound waves.
c)
It downloads the picture into light waves.
d)
It codes the picture into digital information.
55.
Digital devices use _____ to send and transmit information.
a)
binary code
b)
Morse code
c)
pixels
d)
bits
56.
A remote control sends signals to a television through:
a)
sound waves
b)
wires
c)
light waves
d)
binary code
57.
A clear, bright image has:
a)
lots of pixels
b)
very few pixels
c)
lots of data
d)
binary code
58.
What invention made it possible to communicate across long distances with electricity and Morse code?
a)
telephone
b)
telegraph
c)
television
d)
email
59.
Images are made of millions of tiny dots called:
a)
Morse code
b)
binary
c)
bits
d)
pixels
60.
Cell phones convert sound waves into ____, which are sent from tower to tower.
a)
light waves
b)
sound waves
c)
radio waves
d)
Morse code
61.
A device used by computers to send and receive information.
a)
modem
b)
tower
c)
telegraph
d)
telephone
62.
a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
Morse code
c)
pixels
d)
programs
63.
The telegraph became less useful when what was invented?
a)
telephone
b)
binary code
c)
computer
d)
email
64.
A form of communication over long distances used by Native Americans and Chinese soldiers.
a)
Morse code
b)
hieroglyphics
c)
smoke signals
d)
drums