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Innovations Multiple-Choice Questions

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 1) The development of the Hydrogen Bomb did each of the following except:

            a) Raise tensions between the US and Russia   

            b) Led to the development and testing of an even more powerful bomb

            c) Made the prospect of a US-Russia war even more frightening

            d) Built off of the successes of the Manhattan Project

2) The launch of Sputnik:

            a) Was a failure

            b) Marked the first successful communications satellite

            c) Worried President Eisenhower

            d) Encouraged the development of a similar satellite by the US

3) What first-time feat did Dr. Christiaan Bernard perform on a patient in 1967?

            a) The first heart bypass surgery

            b) Wasn’t sued for medical malpractice

            c) Cured lung cancer

            d) The first heart transplant

4) What famous quote came from the expedition of Apollo 11?

            a) “In the beginning...”

            b) “That’s one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind”

            c) “Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me.”

            d) “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”

5) Telecommunications has been revolutionized by all of the following except:

            a) The work of Dr. David Warren

            b) Satellites

            c) Fiber optic cables

            d) Internet

6) Digital Video Discs are replacing which of the following in today’s society:

                        I. Cassette tapes

                        II. Compact discs

                        III. Camcorders

            a) I only

            b) I and II only

            c) II and III only

            d) I, II, and III

 7) Today, the World Wide Web serves as a medium for

            a) Entertainment

            b) Business

            c) Instant communication

            d) All of the above

8) In 1980, the World Health Organization declared what disease to be fully eradicated?

            a) Pertussis (whooping cough)

            b) Bubonic Plague

            c) Smallpox

            d) Measles

9) The developments of Al Alcorn, the co-founder of Atari, led to what?

            a) The market of video games

            b) Digital telephone switching

            c) Improved methods of transporting information

            d) The Hydrogen Bomb

10) The Birth Control Pill led to each of the following except:

            a) Increased sexual freedom for women

            b) The Humanae Vitae, which stated that birth control is illicit

            c) Decreased population growth rate in the US

            d) Denunciation of the Church’s authority

11) The Video Cassette Recorder plays which of the following:

            a) Video House System

            b) Video Homework System

            c) Video Home System

            d) Video Home Setup

12) Test Tube Babies refer to children created through which process:

            a) In vitro Fertilization

            b) Cloning

            c) Use of fertility drugs

            d) Artificial Insemination

13) Home Box Office is credited with:

            a) First cable TV network

            b) First satellite TV programming

            c) Breaking the monopoly of COX communications

            d) First playing of “Gilligan’s Island”

 14) Which of these is possible without the use of superconductors?

            a) Maglev trains

            b) Particle accelerators

            c) Power electromagnets

            d) Nuclear Reactor

15) Which of these was designed while the inventor was singing in a choir?

            a) LED

            b) Post-It note

            c) Velcro

            d) Internet

16) What was the predecessor of today’s internet?

            a) ARPANET

            b) Outernet

            c) Al Gore’s brain

            d) ISDN

17) Which is the correct order of inventions/innovations/discoveries from oldest to most recent?

            a) Structure of DNA, Genetic Fingerprinting, Walkman, Word Processor

            b) Walkman, Word Processor, Genetic Fingerprinting, Structure of DNA

            c) Structure of DNA, Walkman, Word Processor, Genetic Fingerprinting

            d) Structure of DNA, Word Processor, Walkman, Genetic Fingerprinting

18) What was the name of the first reusable space shuttle?

            a) Challenger

            b) Columbia

            c) Apollo 21

            d) Discovery

19) Who else was on the Apollo 11 mission besides Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?

            a) Gerard Stevens

            b) Michael Collins

            c) John Glenn

            d) Sally Ride

20) Which best describes Velcro?

            a) Glue and paper

            b) Pins and fur

            c) Hooks and hair

            d) Springs and sprockets

 21) How many years between the launch of the first satellite and the first communications satellite?

a) 1 year

            b) 10 years

            c) 5 years

            d) 2 years

22) What made the World Wide Web so popular?

            a) The fame of the inventor

             b) The price

            c) The complexity

            d) Everyone was doing it

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