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RF Cafe Quiz #8

RF Engineering Quizzes - RF Cafe WebsiteAll RF Cafe Quizzes make great fodder for employment interviews for technicians or engineers - particularly those who are fresh out of school or are relatively new to the work world. Come to think of it, they would make equally excellent study material for the same persons who are going to be interviewed for a job. Bonne chance, Viel Glück, がんばろう, buena suerte, удачи, in bocca al lupo, 행운을 빕니다, ádh mór, בהצלחה, lykke til, 祝你好運. Well, you know what I mean: Good luck!

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Note: Some material based on books have quoted passages.

This particular quiz tests your knowledge of RF history.

1. In which decade was the transistor invented?

a) 1940s

b) 1950s

c) 1960s

2. In which decade was the telegraph invented?

a) 1810s

b) 1840s

c) 1870s

3. In which decade was the Internet first

    implemented?

a) 1950s

b) 1960s

c) 1970s

4. In which decade was the first solid state

    integrated circuit demonstrated?

a) 1950s

b) 1960s

c) 1970s

5. In which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?

a) 1880s

b) 1890s

c) 1900s

6. In which decade was the telephone invented?

a) 1850s

b) 1860s

c) 1870s

7. In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?

a) 1880s

b) 1910s

c) 1940s

8. In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?

a) 1880s

b) 1890s

c) 1900s

9. In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

a) 1960s

b) 1970s

c) 1980s

10. In which decade was the ARRL founded?

a) 1910s

b) 1920s

c) 1930s

Need some help? Click here for the answers and explanations.

Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines such as Popular Electronics, Electronics-World, QST, Radio-Electronics, and Radio News were published over the years - some really simple and others not so simple. Robert P. Balin created most of the quizzes for Popular Electronics. This is a listing of all I have posted thus far.

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