THE INFORMATION AGE

Question 1

Communicating or exchanging information is important for humans due to wide array o reasons, However, it can be limited by: (Give 3)

Answer 1

Distance
Time
Location

Question 2

The attempt of humans to address the three limitations of communication or exchange of information led to new technologies. These technologies affected the social, political, and economic role of information leading to the so-called_.

Answer 2

Information Revolutions

Question 3

The start of the information revolution was made possible by the invention of?

From these, early and primitive forms of information and communication technology were developed.

Answer 3

Language
Writing
Printing

Question 4

Give the 6 ways of exchanging information in the past. Many of them are still in use today. However, they remain to have limitations.

Answer 4

Drum rolls 
Fire signals
Hand signals 
Use of pigeons
Use of flags
Papyrus

Question 5

The first information revolution began in the _______ with the invention of the telegraph, the telephone, and the radio. It lasted until the 1950s.

Answer 5

Mid-nineteenth century.

Question 6

He is an American Inventor that was credited for developing the first operational model of the telegraph. His prototype was patented in 1940 but was first used in 1945.

Widespread in America and then in Europe. It increased the connection between people separated by great distances.

Answer 6

Samuel Morse

Question 7

The telegraph played an important role during ________. It was used by the US government to communicate military information, command, and Intelligence reports to its troops.

Answer 7

American Civil War

Question 8

Also used by diplomatic offices in Europe to communicate with other countries. This enabled easier communication and linkage among countries.

Answer 8

Telegraphs

Question 9

The first telephonic device was developed by _______, However, Alexander Graham Bell was credited for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Unlike telegraphs, telephones can send sound waves.

Answer 9

Johann Philip Reis

Question 10

Who invented and patented the first radio?

his radio can only send Morse codes

Answer 10

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 11

Who discovered how to send voice and music through the radio?

Answer 11

Reginald Fessenden

Question 12

Were eventually established in the US and in Europe. Radios were used by the military during the world wars.

Answer 12

Radio networks and stations

Question 13

The second information revolution began ____

Answer 13

1950s until 1980s

Question 14

The Revolution made the world smaller

The Second Information Revolution, Give the 3 inventions that improved communication.

Answer 14

Television
Early Generations Computers
Satellites

Question 15

Television was developed in the _____ based on the work of 3 inventors.

Answer 15

1920s

Question 16

Who invented the process of image scanning?

Answer 16

Farnsworth

Question 17

Who Invented the iconoscope tube and the kinescope tube?

Answer 17

Zworykin

Question 18

Who invented the receiver picture tube?

Answer 18

Dumont

Question 19

Who was credited for developing the first electronic digital computer in 1939?

Answer 19

John Vincent Atanasoff

Question 20

Who developed the first working digital computer,? The Colossus. was during WW II to decode Nazi war codes.

Answer 20

Alan Turing

Question 21

In 1946, ___and ___ developed ENIAC or Electronic Numerical Integrator and calculator.

Answer 21

J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly

Question 22

Who developed the transistor?

second generation computers

Answer 22

William Shockley
Walter Brattain
John Bardeen

Question 23

The invention of integrated circuits led to the development of the ____.

Answer 23

Third-generation computers

Question 24

To transmit telephone and television signals on a global scale, ____ were developed. enabled global communication.

Answer 24

Satellites

Question 25

Was the first artificial Satellite?. it was developed by the Soviet Union and was launched in 1957. this marked the beginning of the so-called ___.

In the US, the military launched its first satellite, the SCORE or SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS by ORBITING RELAY EQUIPMENT, IN 1958.

Answer 25

Sputnik 1

Space Age

Question 26

Was the first civilian telecommunications satellite. it was launched into orbit in 1964. It was developed by NASA and was used to broadcast the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Answer 26

Syncom III