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Types of Media

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which media age is characterized by the rise of web browsers, social networks, and smartphones shown in the timeline image?

a)

Electronic Age dominated by radio and television

b)

Industrial Age with mass mechanized printing

c)

Pre-Industrial Age focused on oral traditions

d)

Information Age driven by internet and mobile

2.

Portable computers labeled as laptops (1980) appear on the timeline. Which media age best aligns with this development?

a)

Information Age centered on cloud services

b)

Electronic Age with early personal computing

c)

Industrial Age featuring steam-powered presses

d)

Pre-Industrial Age emphasizing hand-copied texts

3.

Wearable technology is depicted along the timeline. Considering the sequence toward smartphones and web platforms, what age does this most likely represent?

a)

Pre-Industrial Age with stone and clay tablets

b)

Industrial Age with telegraph and newspapers

c)

Electronic Age with broadcast-only devices

d)

Information Age integrating networked smart devices

4.

Which pair best represents Milestones from the Pre-Industrial Age followed by the Industrial Age?

a)

Typewriter then newspaper The London Gazette

b)

Cave paintings then clay tablets in Mesopotamia

c)

Printing press using wood blocks then Telegraph

d)

Papyrus in Egypt then motion picture with sound

5.

A company posts job updates on a social network via smartphone app. Into which media category does this activity primarily fall?

a)

Analog film projection

b)

New Media interaction

c)

Print Media distribution

d)

Broadcast Media transmission

6.

Television programs are primarily categorized under which media?

a)

Out-of-home classification

b)

New media classification

c)

Broadcast media classification

d)

Print media classification

7.

A YouTube live stream fits best under which media classification?

a)

Analog archival media

b)

New media type

c)

Broadcast media type

d)

Print media type

8.

Which item is least appropriate to classify as broadcast media?

a)

Radio station programming

b)

Printed weekly magazine

c)

Television channel content

d)

Cable news network shows

9.

A recorded TV show watched on cable is categorized as:

a)

Print information source

b)

New media information source

c)

Broadcast information source

d)

Public signage information source

10.

Which classification applies to a YouTube channel posting daily videos?

a)

New media category

b)

Broadcast category classification

c)

Out-of-home category

d)

Print category classification

11.

Which example is most representative of broadcast media?

a)

Mimeographed handouts

b)

Social networking apps

c)

Printed newsletters

d)

Radio station programming

12.

Mimeography is best described as which type of communication technology?

a)

Cloud-based streaming

b)

Real-time broadcast network

c)

Analog duplication method

d)

Digital social platform

13.

Which example aligns with broadcast media due to real-time transmission over airwaves?

a)

Digital blogs

b)

Video-on-demand sites

c)

FM radio shows

d)

Printed pamphlets

14.

Choose the pair where both items belong to print media.

a)

Magazines and newspapers

b)

YouTube and podcasts

c)

Blogs and social networks

d)

Radio and television

15.

Which classification correctly groups magazines, radio, and YouTube?

a)

Print, broadcast, new media

b)

New media, print, broadcast

c)

Broadcast, new media, print

d)

Print, new media, broadcast