Tsa Tech Bowl - Communications

Front 1

___ is a device for receiving and transmitting radio waves.

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antenna

Front 2

What refracts light and focuses it to a point?

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lens

Front 3

A 64, 32, 24, 16, or 8 page section bound in a book is a(n):

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signature

Front 4

In the 1960s, the electronics industry was revolutionized be the invention of the:

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integrated circuit

Front 5

What is the height of a wave?

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amplitude

Front 6

Which of the following f-stops has the largest aperture?

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f2

Front 7

Printing from a depressed or sunken surface is:

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Intaglio printing

Front 8

The American inventor of xerography in the 1930s is:

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Chester Carlson

Front 9

___ is sound waves traveling through a liquid to detect objects.

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sonar

Front 10

What type of system relays television programming along a wire system instead of along radio waves.

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cable TV

Front 11

What is type of the same style and size called?

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font

Front 12

The inventor of the negative-positive photography process is:

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William Talbot

Front 13

What is a wave created from the interaction of two waves with the same properties traveling in opposite directions?

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standing wave

Front 14

Light of one wavelength is:

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monochromatic

Front 15

A ream of paper is equal to ____ sheets.

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500

Front 16

What country is the first to use a HDTV system?

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Japan

Front 17

What is the lowest resonant frequency for a wave in a column or string?

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fundamental

Front 18

___ is the process of automatic recognition or reading machine printed or handwritten text.

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character recognition

Front 19

What is the closing up of space between certain letters of the alphabet?

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kerning

Front 20

What Italian developed the radio in the 1890s?

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Guglielmo Marconi

Front 21

In the telecommunications industry, the emphasis of ___ over copper wire is because it has greater information capacity and more freedom from electrical interference.

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fiber optics

Front 22

Images good enough to be used in printing are said to be:

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camera ready

Front 23

___ is achieved when all elements on a page are equal weight and are placed symmetrically on the page.

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formal balance

Front 24

Who were the first two people to construct a telephone exchange?

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Bell and Edison

Front 25

Electromagnetic radiation used in broadcasting, radar, and cooking is:

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microwaves

Front 26

What step in the photo developing process neutralizes the photo from continued developing?

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stop bath

Front 27

When elements are properly placed to create movement and direction, the resulting graphic has good:

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rhythm

Front 28

The first group to develop a functional radar system was the:

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US Navy

Front 29

The detection and location of remote objects by the reflection of radio waves is

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radar

Front 30

Monochromatic light is light of

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one frequency

Front 31

The reducing or enlarging of artworks to fit in a desired space is

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scaling

Front 32

What federal agency did the Communications Act of 1934 establish to regulate interstate wire and radio frequency communications?

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Federal Communication Commission

Front 33

What is the process of mixing wave signals together?

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hetrodyning

Front 34

Which of the following devices converts sound energy into electrical energy?

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microphone

Front 35

Forcing ink through an image stencil is ___ printing.

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silk screen

Front 36

Which of the following inventors developed an electromechanical counting machine used for the US Census Bureau in the late 1800s?

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Herman Hollerith

Front 37

In telephone switching equipment, a PBX is a(n)

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Private Branch Exchange

Front 38

The ___ of a transmission is the number of frequencies that a channel is capable of carrying as well as the maximum size of the frequency that a channel is capable of carrying.

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bandwidth

Front 39

Placing droplets of liquid into tiny capsules is

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microencapsulation

Front 40

What was the first company to broadcast television signals?

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BBC

Front 41

A(n) ___ is an incoming frequency received by a satellite.

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uplink

Front 42

What is the light sensitive material on film?

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emulsion

Front 43

What type of coordinate system uses three axes (X, Y, Z)?

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Cartesian

Front 44

What was the first camera?

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camera obscura

Front 45

___ is a transmission process allowing two or more messages to simultaneously use a single communication channel.

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multiplexing

Front 46

An equal mixture of the primary colors of light yields

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white light

Front 47

What is the relation of the size of objects to that of another?

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proportion

Front 48

"What hath God wrought," was the first message heard over the ___ in 1844.

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telegraph

Front 49

What does the DTE stand for in data communications?

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Data Terminal Equipment

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What is a system of two or more devices linked together for the purpose of sharing information?

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network

Front 51

Substances in film that react to light are:

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silver halides

Front 52

Who invented the Polaroid camera?

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Edwin Land

Front 53

In audio and data communications, what is DAT stand for?

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Digital Audio tape

Front 54

Which of the following communications network is designed to transport voice data and video signals along a single channel?

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ISDN

Front 55

Which of the following requires technical illustrations?

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instruction manual

Front 56

In 1982, the first cellular telephone system was tried in what US city?

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Chicago

Front 57

What are the two type of dialing methods for a telephone?

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tone and pulse

Front 58

One problem with portable CD players is that was jarred suddenly, the optical pickup is thrown out of position. This problem is called:

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mistracking

Front 59

The principle behind xerography is

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static electricity

Front 60

What company developed the first US communication satellite, Telestar I?

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AT&T

Front 61

What is a method of controlling a property of a carrier signal to alter that carrier signal to carry an encoded message to be transmitted?

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modulation

Front 62

What does HDTV stand for?

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High Definition Television

Front 63

Which of the following printing methods is based on the fact that oil and water do not mix?

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lithography

Front 64

Which of the following inventors created the first practical calculating machine is 1642?

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Blaise Pascal

Front 65

___ is the change in pitch of waves as the source approaches or recedes from the detector.

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Doppler Effect

Front 66

What type of communications process means to write with light?

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photography

Front 67

What is a black and white picture built up with small dots of various sizes to produce varying shades of grey?

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halftone

Front 68

Which of the following US companies introduced a way of storing TV video signals on a tape to be viewed at a later time?

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3M

Front 69

What principle of light is used in fiber optics to transmit the information down the medium?

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total internal reflection

Front 70

Which of the following objects bends light?

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lens

Front 71

Producing a raised design on paper or another type of mechanical is:

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embossing

Front 72

What company turned down Alexander Graham Bell when Bell offered to sell them his patent on the telephone for 100K?

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Western Union

Front 73

Which of the following is a communication device capable of converting electrical input to light output?

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television

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What is a record like disk that contains sounds and pictures and is either read with a electromagnetic or laser device?

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video discs

Front 75

What type of font does not have serifs?

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sans serif

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In 1450, the first movable type letterpress was invented by:

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Johann Gutenburg

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___ is changing a signal on a carrier wave before transmission.

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modulating

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What is the clarity and sharpness of an image?

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resolution

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The distance separating each line of text on a page is

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leading

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What year was the first workable laser invented?

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1960

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What is holophonics?

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3D audio effects

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What happens to light when it encounters a lens?

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it is refracted

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___ is produced with a variation of elements on a printed product.

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contrast

Front 84

In the 1860s the first typewrite was developed by

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Christopher Soles and Carlos Glidden

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What was the channel for the original telegraph?

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wire

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What is a 3D image produced by lasers called?

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hologram

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A storage case for a complete font is called a(n)

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California Job Case

Front 88

In the 19th century, this type of keyboard was created and has remained a favorite with typist ever since.

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QWERTY

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A(n) ___ is a retransmitted signal back to Earth from a satellite.

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downlink

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Which of the following are the primary colors of light?

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red, green, and blue

Front 91

What step in the photo developing process hardens the emulsion to keep the picture permanent on the paper?

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fixer

Front 92

In the 1950s, computers were used for ___ to route telephone calls through the phone lines.

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electronic switching

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What is the international agency responsible for allocating the frequency spectrum to different types of communications devices?

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International Telecommunications Union

Front 94

A more technical name for the picture tube used in television sets and computer monitors is a(n)

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cathode ray tube

Front 95

A method of holding sheets of a product together is

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binding

Front 96

What inventor developed the first telephone in 1876?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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The information carrying capacity of a communications channel is its

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bandwidth

Front 98

In a CRT, what is the substance that emits light when energized?

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phosphor

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What are the particles of black powder in a photocopying machine?

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toner

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This scientist is credited for being the first to conceive the idea of a laser.

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Albert Einstein