Informatics Set 1

Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English),

Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History)

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This set of Informatics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Informatics Set 1

Q1 | Before the invention of the…............. there wasn't email.
  • ipr
  • delphi
  • wipo
  • internet
Answer: internet
Q2 | Many people in the business world communicate solely with………
  • email
  • wipo
  • isdn
  • sundial
Answer: email
Q3 | …………..is essential in our society in order to grow and move towards the future.
  • technology
  • delphi
  • olduvai
  • ipr
Answer: technology
Q4 | The invention of the ……………has brought economic and social change to the world.
  • computer
  • wipo
  • ceramics
  • ipr
Answer: computer
Q5 | The ……………..allows us to input personal information online for practically anyone to see.
  • delphi
  • internet
  • isdn
  • ipr
Answer: internet
Q6 | ……………has allowed countries across the world to connect and interact without having to fly thousands of miles to communicate with each other.
  • technology
  • wipo
  • ipr
  • delphi
Answer: technology
Q7 | The importance of stone tools, circa 2.5 million years ago, is considered fundamental in ………….development in the hypothesis.
  • human
  • arpanet
  • usenet
  • bitnet
Answer: human
Q8 | The ……………is a major contributor to the development of new technology in many ways.
  • government
  • delphi
  • ipr
  • microliths
Answer: government
Q9 | ……………….is the author of ‘The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future’.
  • martin ford
  • george b.selden
  • jon hall
  • sam ockman,
Answer: martin ford
Q10 | In economics, definitions or assumptions of progress or growth are often related to one or more assumptions about technology's economic influence.Challenging prevailing assumptions about technology and its usefulness has led to alternative ideas like uneconomic growth or measuring well-being.These, and economics itself, can often be described as technologies, specifically, as…………………...
  • delphi
  • arpanet
  • bitnet
  • persuasion technology
Answer: persuasion technology
Q11 | The implementation of …………………influences the values of a society by changing expectations and realities.
  • wipo
  • delphi
  • isdn
  • technology
Answer: technology
Q12 | The implementation of technology is also influenced by……………...
  • values
  • arpanet
  • delphi
  • gnomon
Answer: values
Q13 | ……………..provides an understanding, and an appreciation for the world around us.
  • technology
  • catapult
  • horseshoe
  • delphi
Answer: technology
Q14 | …………….is one proponent of the irresistibleness of technology to humans.
  • jacques ellul
  • george b.selden
  • jon hall
  • sam ockman
Answer: jacques ellul
Q15 | …………………espouses the idea that humanity cannot resist the temptation of expanding our knowledge and our technological abilities.
  • george b.selden
  • jacques ellul
  • michael tiemann
  • eric s. raymond
Answer: jacques ellul
Q16 | The wheel was invented in the……………., and has become one of the worlds most famous and most useful technologies.
  • 4th millennium bc
  • 1st millennium bc
  • 2nd millennium bc
  • 3rd millennium bc
Answer: 4th millennium bc
Q17 | The National Museum of Iran is located in………………….
  • new york
  • harvard
  • new jersey
  • tehran
Answer: tehran
Q18 | ………….concept of three major stages of social evolution (savagery, barbarism, and civilization) can be divided by technological milestones, such as fire, the bow, and pottery in the savage era, domestication of animals, agriculture, and metalworking in the barbarian era and the alphabet and writing in the civilization era.
  • morgan\s
  • george b.selden’s
  • michael tiemann’s
  • eric s. raymond’s
Answer: morgan\s
Q19 | Instead of specific inventions, …………….decided that the measure bywhich to judge the evolution of culture was energy.
  • leslie white
  • george b.selden
  • linus torvalds
  • richard stallman
Answer: leslie white
Q20 | For ……………"the primary functions of culture" is to "harness and control energy”.
  • leslie white
  • jon hall
  • sam ockman
  • linus torvalds
Answer: leslie white
Q21 | ………….differentiates between five stages of human development: In the first, people use energy of their own muscles.In the second, they useenergy of domesticated animals’.In the third; they use the energy of plants (agricultural revolution). In the fourth, they learn to use the energy of natural resources: coal, oil, gas. In the fifth, they harness nuclear energy.
  • eric s. raymond
  • george b.selden
  • leslie white
  • richard stallman
Answer: leslie white
Q22 | …………… introduced a formula P=E*T, where E is a measure of energy consumed, and T is the measure of efficiency of technical factorsutilizing the energy.
  • sam ockman
  • jon hall
  • leslie white
  • michael tiemann
Answer: leslie white
Q23 | In ……………words, "culture evolves as the amount of energy harnessed per capita per year is increased or as the efficiency of the instrumentalmeans of putting the energy to work is increased".
  • leslie white
  • george b.selden
  • linus torvalds
  • richard stallman
Answer: leslie white
Q24 | Russian astronomer, ………………., extrapolated his theory creating the Kardashev scale, which categorizes the energy use of advancedcivilizations.
  • nikolai kardashev
  • george b.selden
  • jon hall
  • sam ockman,
Answer: nikolai kardashev
Q25 | The later Stone Age, during which the rudiments of agricultural technology were developed, is called…………………...
  • the neolithic period
  • arpanet
  • paleolithic age
  • mesolithic
Answer: the neolithic period
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