Chapter 3 lesson 1

Question 1

According to Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged
Dictionary, information is?

Answer 1

Is knowledge communicated or obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance.

Question 2

The Information Age is defined as?

Answer 2

The period in the last quarter of the 20th century where information is effortlessly accessible through publications and computers.

Question 3

The Information Age is also called?

Answer 3

Digital Age or New Media Age

Question 4

Who proposed the Theory of the Information
Age in 1982

Answer 4

James R. Messenger

Question 5

Theory of the Information
Age

Answer 5

The Information Age is a new era where computers are connected through telecommunications. These systems work in real-time or whenever needed. What makes this age grow are the ease of use and convenience, which will make people rely more on them.

Question 6

Sumerian writing system used pictographs to represent words

Answer 6

3000 BC

Question 7

Beginnings of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing

Answer 7

2900 BC

Question 8

Tortoise shell and oracle bone writing were used

Answer 8

1300 BC

Question 9

Papyrus roll was used

Answer 9

500 BC

Question 10

Chinese small seal writing was developed

Answer 10

220 BC

Question 11

Book (parchment codex)

Answer 11

100 AD

Question 12

Woodblock printing and paper was invented by the Chinese

Answer 12

105 AD

Question 13

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press using movable metal
type

Answer 13

1455

Question 14

Samuel Johnson’s dictionary standardized English spelling

Answer 14

1755

Question 15

• The Library of Congress was established
• Invention of the carbon arc lamp

Answer 15

1802

Question 16

Research on the persistence of Vision published

Answer 16

1824

Question 17

First viable design for a digital computer (ENIAC)

Answer 17

1830’s

Question 18

Who writes the world’s first computer program

Answer 18

Augusta Lady Byron

Question 19

Invention of the telegraph in Great Britain and the United States

Answer 19

1837

Question 20

Motion pictures were projected onto a screen

Answer 20

1861

Question 21

Dewey Decimal system was introduced

Answer 21

1876

Question 22

Eadweard Muybridge demonstrated high-speed photography

Answer 22

1877

Question 23

First magnetic recordings were released

Answer 23

1899

Question 24

Motion picture special effects were used

Answer 24

1902

Question 25

Lee DeForest invented the electronic amplifying tube (triode)

Answer 25

1906

Question 26

Television camera tube was invented by Zvorkyn

Answer 26

1923

Question 27

First practical sound movie

Answer 27

1926

Question 28

ENIAC computer was developed

Answer 28

1946

Question 29

Intel introduced the first microprocessor chip

Answer 29

1971

Question 30

Artificial intelligence was separated from information science

Answer 30

mid 1980's

Question 31

Four hundred fifty complete works of literature on one CDROM were released

Answer 31

1991

Question 32

RSA (encryption and network security software) Internet security code cracked for a 48-bit number

Answer 32

January 1997

Question 33

Who introduce Information Anxiety

Answer 33

Richard Wurman

Question 34

Truths of the Information Age (Robert Harris)

Answer 34

1. Information must compete 2. Newer is equated with truer 3. Selection is a viewpoint 4. The media sells what the culture buys 5. The early word gets the perm 6. You are what you eat and so is your brain 7. Anything in great demand will be counterfeited 8. Ideas are seen as controversial 9. Undead information walks ever on 10. Media presence creates the story 11. The medium selects the message 12. The whole truth is a pursuit

Question 35

The most important contributions of advances in the Information Age to society

Answer 35

Computers

Question 36

What is computer

Answer 36

computer is an electronic device that stores and processes data (information). It runs on a program that contains the exact, step-by-step directions to solve a problem.

Question 37

It is a single-user instrument. PCs were first known as microcomputers since they were complete computers but built on a smaller scale than the enormous systems operated by most businesses

Answer 37

Personal Computer (PC)

Question 38

It is described as a PC that is not designed for portability. The assumption with a desktop is that it will be set up in a permanent spot

Answer 38

Desktop Computer

Question 39

These are portable computers that integrate the essentials of a desktop computer in a battery-powered package, which are somewhat larger than a typical hardcover book.

Answer 39

Laptops

Question 40

These are tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but rely on a touch screen for user input. PDAs are typically smaller than a paperback, lightweight, and battery-powered

Answer 40

Personal Digital Assistants

Question 41

It refers to a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other computers

Answer 41

Server.

Question 42

These are huge computer systems that can fill an entire room. They are used especially by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that process millions of transactions every day

Answer 42

Mainframe

Question 43

They involve materials that are usually integrated into cell phones, watches, and other small objects or places. T

Answer 43

Wearable devices

Question 44

An American Mathematician who was considered as the "Father of Information Theory

Answer 44

Claude Shannon

Question 45

Internet

Answer 45

is a worldwide system of interconnected networks that facilitate data transmission among innumerable computers. It was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense

Question 46

Sergey Brin and Larry Page

Answer 46

directors of a Stanford research project, built a search engine (Google) that listed results to reflect page popularity when they determined that the most popular result would frequently be the most usable

Question 46

Electronic mail, or emai

Answer 46

was a suitable way to send a message to fellow workers, business partners, or friends. Messages could be sent and received at the convenience of the individual.

Question 47

Bioinformatics

Answer 47

Is the application of information technology to store, organize, and analyze vast amounts of biological data which is available in the form of sequences and structures of proteins--the building blocks of organisms and nucleic acids-the information carrier

Question 48

How to Check Web Source Reliability

Answer 48

1. Who is the Author - Check credentials, expertise, affiliations. Use "About the Author" or search the author’s name. 2. Who published or the Publisher - Check domain (e.g., .edu, .gov). Use whois.sc to find domain owner. 3. What is the purpose of the site - Is it commercial, educational, persuasive, or for public service? 4. Who is intended audience - Determine age group, profession, or demographic. 5. Information Quality - Is it updated? Are sources cited? Are links reputable?

Question 49

Examples of Reliable Web Sources

Answer 49

1. AFA e-Newsletter (Alzheimer's Foundation of America newsletter) 2. American Memory - the Library of Congress historical digital collection. 3. Bartleby.com Great Books Online - a collection of free e-books including fiction, nonfiction, references, and verses. 4. Chronicling America - search and view pages from American newspapers from 1880- 1922. 5. Cyber Bullying - a free collection of e-books from ebrary plus additional reports and documents to help better understand, prevent and take action against this growing concern.