COMS300 Exam 8

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1.

The term quot;batteryquot; to describe an electrical storage device was coined


by?
a. Nikola Tesla
b. Alessandro Volta
c. Luigi Galvani
d. !Benjamin Franklin

2. The communication protocol NFC stands for NearField Control.


a. !False
b. True

3. Which buzzword did Apple Inc. use to describe their removal of the headphone
jack?
a. Revolution
b. !Courage
c. Bravery
d. Innovation

4. In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter
campaign?
a. 2010
b. !2012
c. 2011
d. 2013

5. When did the CD begin to appear on the consumer market?


a. 1972
b. !1982
c. 1992
d. 1962

6. When was the iPhone released?


a. 2006
b. 2004
c. !2007
d. 2005

7. Who built the first laser?


a. Edith Clarke
b. Jack Kilby
c. Nikola Tesla
d. !Theodore Harold Maiman

8. What is the quot;Mitsubishi Wakamaruquot;?


a. An motorcycle
b. !A robot
c. A pickup truck
d. A motorboat

9. Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in disasters?
a. None of the Above
b. Enterprise and Atlantis
c. !Challenger and Columbia
d. Discovery and Endeavour

1. This element, when overcome with extreme heat and pressure, creates diamonds.
a. !Carbon
b. Hydrogen
c. Oxygen
d. Nitrogen

2. How many planets are in our Solar System?


a. Nine
b. !Eight
c. Seven
d. Ten

3. What was the name of the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the
Soviet Union in 1957?
a. Zenit2
b. Voskhod 3KV
c. !Sputnik 1
d. Soyuz 7KOK

4. The biggest distinction between a eukaryotic cell and a prokaryotic cell is:
a. !The presence or absence of a nucleus
b. The presence or absence of certain organelles
c. The mode of reproduction
d. The overall size

5. What is radiation measured in?


a. !Gray
b. Watt
c. Kelvin
d. Decibel

6. Burning which of these metals will produce a bright white flame?


a. Copper
b. Lithium
c. Lead
d. !Magnesium

7. Muscle fiber is constructed of bundles small long organelles called what?


a. Myofiaments
b. Myocardium
c. !Myofibrils
d. Epimysium

8. When the Falcon Heavy was launched on it039;s test flight, what was the only
part of the operation that failed?
a. !Center Core Landing
b. Ignition and Liftoff
c. Side Booster Landing
d. Deployment of Starman

1. What is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?


a. !Omicron Omicron;
b. Nu Nu;
c. Sigma Sigma;
d. Pi Pi;

2. Which of these countries is NOT located in Africa?


a. !Suriname
b. Algeria
c. Mozambique
d. Burkina Faso

3. What name was historically used for the Turkish city currently known as
Istanbul?
a. !Constantinople
b. Huuml;davendigar
c. Adrianople
d. Souml;uuml;t

4. What country has a horizontal bicolor red and white flag?


a. Malta
b. !Monaco
c. Liechenstein
d. Bahrain

5. What year is on the flag of the US state Wisconsin?


a. !1848
b. 1901
c. 1634
d. 1783

6. Vietnam is the only country in the world that starts with V.


a. !False
b. True

7. Toronto is the capital city of the North American country of Canada.


a. True
b. !False

8. What is Canada039;s largest island?


a. Newfoundland
b. !Baffin Island
c. Vancouver Island
d. Prince Edward Island
9. What is the highest mountain in the world?
a. Annapurna
b. Mount Godwin Austen
c. Kangchenjunga
d. !Mt. Everest

10. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in South East Asia are controlled by which
country?
a. Thailand
b. !India
c. Indonesia
d. Vietnam

11. What is the name of the only remaining Grand Duchy in the world ?
a. Liechtenstein
b. Montenegro
c. Andorra
d. !Luxembourg

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