View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was difficult for people to accept about telegraph communications?
(a) That it wasn't a fraud.
(b) That electricity was essential in sending the messages.
(c) Why a physical message wasn't necessary.
(d) That people could understand the tapping sounds.

2. What culture grouped characters in categories such as tools, weapons, plants, animals, and buildings?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Inca Culture.
(d) The Egyptians.

3. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?
(a) The computer.
(b) The difference engine.
(c) The difference analyzer.
(d) The calculator.

4. What were the benefits of the early logarithm tables?
(a) Made work easier.
(b) Provided solutions.
(c) Eliminated calculations.
(d) Cut down on errors and allowed for quicker calculations.

5. What was used in the earliest known method of writing language?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Codes.
(c) Zeroes and ones.
(d) Pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Morse code based on?

2. In what field was Charles Babbage an early pioneer?

3. What jobs were created to handle the increasing number of telephone calls?

4. What did a young mathematician named Kurt Gödel conclude about conflicting statements?

5. What was changing language at the time the first English dictionary was developed?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 246 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample