Technology History Quiz

Questions for a Video Quiz on Technology History

• Which of these inventions was NOT developed during the Industrial Revolution?

• Power loom

• Steam engine

• Personal computer

• Spinning jenny

• Early computing devices, like the abacus and slide rule, are examples of:

• Analog computers

• Digital computers

• Quantum computers

• Hybrid computers

• The transistor revolutionized electronics by:

• Increasing power consumption

• Reducing size and power consumption

• Creating bulky, expensive components

• Making devices slower

• Which figure is most closely associated with the development of the internet?

• Nikola Tesla

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

• The invention of the printing press, fundamentally changed:

• Agricultural practices

• Education and communication

• Military strategies

• Medical treatments

• The development of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell is a result of which pressing need/problem?

• Efficiently connecting vast networks of businesses

• A way to communicate across greater distances quickly

• Keeping track of large quantities of information

• Quickly transmitting data to avoid long delays

• The transition from mechanical to electronic computing was marked by:

• The use of complex gears and levers

• The development of the transistor and Integrated Circuits (ICs)

• Greater reliance on human computation

• The widespread adoption of the abacus

• Which technological leap is considered the beginning of the modern digital age?

• The development of the personal computer

• The invention of the printing press

• The mass production of the automobile

• The invention of the lightbulb

• The significant contribution of the microprocessor to modern computing is its ability to:

• Reduce energy consumption

• Store large volumes of information efficiently

• Combine multiple functions into a single device

• Calculate more complex theories

• Which technological marvel is most associated with the automation of tasks and manufacturing processes in the late 19th and 20th centuries?

• The telegraph

• The internal combustion engine

• The steam engine

• The assembly line