Communication Technology trivia
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Communication Technology Mini Quiz
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Question 1
Who is credited with inventing the first practical telegraph?
Samuel Morse, primarily a portrait painter, developed the telegraph after receiving news of his wife's death too late to attend her funeral.
Question 2
What does 'BCC' stand for in email terminology?
BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) digitally replicates using carbon paper to create copies where some recipients remained hidden from others.
Question 3
Which infrastructure project completed in 1861 revolutionized communication in the United States?
The 1861 Transcontinental Telegraph Line instantly reduced coast-to-coast communication from weeks to minutes, rendering the Pony Express obsolete.
Question 4
Which civilization developed movable type printing centuries before it appeared in Europe?
China invented movable type printing with clay and porcelain characters around 1040 CE, nearly 400 years before Gutenberg.
Question 5
What technological advancement replaced the rotary dial on telephones?
Touch-tone keypads (DTMF) introduced in 1963 create two simultaneous tones for each button, enabling faster dialing than rotary phones.