Introduction to Broadcast Engineering

Which engineer may design a GPS for your vehicle?

• mechanical engineer

• computer engineer

• electrical engineer

• agricultural engineer

Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems is call _______________.

• Math

• Invention

• Innovation

• Engineering

_______________ are the improvements to an existing technological product, system, or method.

• Systems

• Processes

• Innovations

• Inventions

All computer systems have input, processes, output and... 

• Feedback
• Data
• Information
• Storage

What are the physical components of a computer system called?

• Hardware
• Desktop
• Devices
• Peripherals

What are the programs that run on a computer system called? 

• Algorithms
• Code
• Software
• Languages

What is an Algorithm?

• A chart showing the flow of a series of events
• Step-by-step instructions used to solve a problem
• A decision arrived at by following instructions
• A computer program that follows a chart

________ communication is sending one message to many different receivers.

• Mass

• Broadcast

• Point-to-point

• Spiritual

Radio emerged as a ________ service during World War I.

• commercial

• amateur

• maritime

• military

Early radio was simply a means of _________ communication.

™

• mass

• point-to-point

• broadcast

• voice