Module 1 : EVOLUTION OF ICT

What does ICT stand for?

• Information and Communications Technology

• Information and Coding Technology

• Internet and Communication Technology

• Information and Computer Technology

Which period in the evolution of ICT saw the use of the telegraph?

• Premechanical Period

• Electronic Period

• Mechanical Period

• Electromechanical Period

Who is considered the 'Father of Computers'?

• Blaise Pascal

• Wilhelm Schickard

• Charles Babbage

• Alexander Graham Bell

Which period in the evolution of ICT introduced the telephone?

• Premechanical Period

• Mechanical Period

• Electronic Period

• Electromechanical Period

What is the invention of Blaise Pascal and Wilhelm Schickard?

• The Computer Processor Period

• Analytical Engine

• Pascaline

• Abacus

What is one widely used information system that is a product of the fusion of hardware, software, and communications network?

• World Wide Web

• Google

• Social Media

• Internet Browsers

Which ICT company offers services like Mail, Youtube, and Google Docs?

• Amazon

• Google

• Apple

• Microsoft

What is one way technology greatly affects our lives today?

• Less access to information

• Decreased reliance on electricity

• Improved communication

• Increased physical activity

In what period human started to use stone tablets to carve the symbols, pictograms and words?

• Premechanical period

• mechanical period

• electromechanical period

• electronic period

Which inventor successfully introduced the first single-circuit telegraph or the morse code?

• Samuel Morse

• Sir Charles Wheatstone

• William Cooke

• Alexander Graham Bell