C.L. TEST 57-75 Flashcards

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  1. What is an amplifier?
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What is a device that takes a small electrical signal and converts it into a large one?

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57.) What is an amplifier used in?

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What is a stereo system, electric guitars, computer speakers, etc?

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58.) Apollo is what?

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What is a series if space flights undertaken by the U.S.

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58.) when did Apollo successfully land?

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When is “July 20, 1969?”

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59.) Neil Armstrong is known for what?

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What is being the first man to step on the moon?

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59.) what was Neil Armstrong’s occupation?

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What is an astronaut?

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60.) What does the acronym AI Stand for?

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What is Artificial Intelligence?

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What is AI?

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What is duplicating or imitating intelligence in computers?

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62.) what was Alexander Graham Bell’s occupation?

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What is an inventor & scientist?

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61.) What did Bell invent?

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What is the telephone?

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Who was the Bell Telephone Company named after?

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Who is ‘Alexander Graham Bell”?

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62.) The Bell Telephone Company did what?

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What is ‘sell telephones’?

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63.) what is binary?

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What is anything composed of two parts?

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  1. Where is the information stored?
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Where is in the banks of computers?

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64.) What is a bit?

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What is the smallest unit of information?

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64.) what does one bit correspond to?

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What is a yes or no?

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65.) what is a sonic boom?

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What is a sharp, explosive sound by an airplane?

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65.) What causes the airplane to make a sonic boom?

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What is the speed?

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66.) what kind of technology is byte in?

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What is computer technology ?

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66.) what is a byte made of?

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What are bits?

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67.) what is the opposite of Celsius?

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What is Fahrenheit?

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67.) How many degrees does it take for water to boil?

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What is 100 degrees Celsius?

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68.) where is Chernobyl?

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Where is Ukraine?

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68.) What is Chernobyl?

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What is a power plant?

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69.) What is a computer virus?

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What is a program what enters the computer and ruins memory, etc?

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69.) what can you do to protect your computer from viruses?

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What is download a protective program?

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70.) what are cryogenics?

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What is a branch of technology concerned with the behavior of materials at very low temperatures.

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70.) are cryogenics hot or cold?

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What is cold?

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  1. What was Thomas Edison’s occupation?
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What is an inventor?

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71.) what is Thomas Edison most known for?

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What is the light bulb?

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72.) what did Edison originate?

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What is the proverb?

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72.) where is Edison’s home town?

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What is New Jersey?

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73.) what is mass media?

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What is a newspaper, motion pictures, radio, television, and magazines?

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73.) what was the point of mass media?

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What is to deliver information to millions of people?

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74.) what is a meltdown?

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What is the most serious accident that can occur at a nuclear reactor?

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74.) What happens during a meltdown?

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What is the radio active material in the reactor becomes very hot, melting so or all of the fuel in the reactor?

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75.) Is nano a prefix or a suffix?

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What is a prefix?

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75.) what does nano mean?

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What is one billionth?