Technology MCQs

13. In which decade was the ARRL founded?

A. 1940s
B. 1930s
C. 1920s
D. 1910s
✅ The correct answer is option D.
On April 6, 1914, Hiram Percy Maxim proposed the formation of the American Radio Relay League.

14. When measuring the characteristics of a small-signal amplifier, say for a radio receiver, one might be concerned with its “Noise…”?

A. Fundamental
B. Fall
C. Force
D. Figure
✅ The correct answer is option D.
“Noise figure” is one critical parameter for determining the “quality” of a low-noise, small-signal, amplifier, and perhaps more importantly, the sensitivity of the overall receiver system. It is especially important for VHF (very high frequency) – and higher frequency – designs where most of the undesired “noise” (noise that masks or overpowers the desired signals) is generated internal to the electronics itself. In HF (high frequency) applications, atmospheric noise plays a much larger role in determining overall useful sensitivity, so a circuit’s “noise figure” is less important.

18. In which decade was the transistor invented?

A. 1940s
B. 1950s
C. 1960s
D. 1980s
✅ The correct answer is option A.
On December 23, 1947, William Shockley, Walter Brattain and John Bardeen, of Bell Labs, announced their discovery of the point-contact germanium transistor to management.

19. The Internet was developed in the…

A. Early 1990s
B. Late 1980s
C. Early 1970s
D. Late 1960s
✅ The correct answer is option D.
As surprising as its age is, the Internet was born from the U.S. military’s need to construct a decentralized computer network that could withstand a nuclear war. The network was used and refined by universities throughout the 1970s and 1980s, but it wasn’t until 1992 that the Internet was made available to the general public.