SMT 310 Exam 2 || with Complete Solutions.
1. What where the three major technological developments discussed in this portion of the
course? correct answers Computer, assembly line, air transportation
2. Who ran and maintained the grain mills after the fall of Rome? correct answers monasteries
and the church
3. The water powered factories during the medieval industrial revolution got their technology
from__________________. correct answers Over shoot water wheel
The first computer bug was caused by a __________________. Yellow Book correct answers
Moth
5. Gears in the early mills were used for ________________. correct answers controlling speed
6. Which new weaving technologies were discussed during this portion of the course correct
answers Horizontal Loom, spinning wheel and
7. The first international center of exchange was in the ___________________ region of the
country ___________during the 12th Century. correct answers Champagne Fairs, France
8. What happened around 1300 to cause grain harvests fall short and place all of Europe in a
weakened condition? correct answers The little ice age
9. Between 1347-1350 over 30% of Europe's population perished from the "Black Plague."
Today we know this disease was caused by __________________. correct answers bacteria
carried by flees
10. What's the connection between the economic boom in the 15th century and inexpensive
paper correct answers Linen used to make cheap price, high quality paper-> trigger printing press
from underwire-> shred linen-> paper
11. Why was the printing press important to future technological development? correct answers
It printed books, scripts, faster publication of books
12. The Jacquard loom used __________ as the program for weaving design. correct answers
Hole puncher cylinder
13. The 1890 USA census was completed in half the time using which new technology correct
answers Card tabulating machine
14. The tabulator used in the USA's 1890 census used ___________ to store data correct answers
punch card
, 15. The first computer, the Mark 1 used _________ to input data. correct answers
Electromechanical switches/ Paper in a form of a tape
16. What is the value of the binary number 010110? correct answers 16+4= 20+2=22
22
17. What is the binary equivalent of 35? correct answers 100011
18. What is "Holiday's Deadly Souvenir?" correct answers Diseases, they never end they are
distributed to different areas; as people travel diseases travel as well.
19. What is an Achromatic lens and how does it work? correct answers Created by John Dollong
in 1758
Early telescope lenses bent different colors differently resulting in a blurry image.
Dollond's lense was made of Flint and Crown glass both canceling each others color aberrations.
Result was a sharp image.
Lense made of Flint glass and crown glass, which cancels each other out, which equals to clear
image
20. The acronym AM in time stand for? correct answers Latin = "ante meridian" which means
BEFORE NOON
Latin = "post meridian" which means after noon
21. What was the Looker? correct answers Created in 1608 - Lippershey's "Looker"
• A telescope intended for military purposes but led to Galileo to confirm Copernicus that the
Earth is not the center of the universe.
22. We discussed three different clock mechanisms in class. What were the names of these
different mechanisms? correct answers Water, Mechanical, Pendelum
23. From what technology was the idea for huntsman steel (crucible steel) taken from? correct
answers Sextant
24. What was the trigger for the development of the dividing engine? correct answers Sextant
25. If one is lifting a 200 lbs.sack of flour using a combination of 5 pulleys, then how much force
will it take to lift it?
Similar question on the test correct answers it will feel like 40 pounds 200/5
26. Which country according to Burke developed the first modern assembly line? correct
answers england
27. What was the first assembly line used to assemble? correct answers Ship Blocks
1. What where the three major technological developments discussed in this portion of the
course? correct answers Computer, assembly line, air transportation
2. Who ran and maintained the grain mills after the fall of Rome? correct answers monasteries
and the church
3. The water powered factories during the medieval industrial revolution got their technology
from__________________. correct answers Over shoot water wheel
The first computer bug was caused by a __________________. Yellow Book correct answers
Moth
5. Gears in the early mills were used for ________________. correct answers controlling speed
6. Which new weaving technologies were discussed during this portion of the course correct
answers Horizontal Loom, spinning wheel and
7. The first international center of exchange was in the ___________________ region of the
country ___________during the 12th Century. correct answers Champagne Fairs, France
8. What happened around 1300 to cause grain harvests fall short and place all of Europe in a
weakened condition? correct answers The little ice age
9. Between 1347-1350 over 30% of Europe's population perished from the "Black Plague."
Today we know this disease was caused by __________________. correct answers bacteria
carried by flees
10. What's the connection between the economic boom in the 15th century and inexpensive
paper correct answers Linen used to make cheap price, high quality paper-> trigger printing press
from underwire-> shred linen-> paper
11. Why was the printing press important to future technological development? correct answers
It printed books, scripts, faster publication of books
12. The Jacquard loom used __________ as the program for weaving design. correct answers
Hole puncher cylinder
13. The 1890 USA census was completed in half the time using which new technology correct
answers Card tabulating machine
14. The tabulator used in the USA's 1890 census used ___________ to store data correct answers
punch card
, 15. The first computer, the Mark 1 used _________ to input data. correct answers
Electromechanical switches/ Paper in a form of a tape
16. What is the value of the binary number 010110? correct answers 16+4= 20+2=22
22
17. What is the binary equivalent of 35? correct answers 100011
18. What is "Holiday's Deadly Souvenir?" correct answers Diseases, they never end they are
distributed to different areas; as people travel diseases travel as well.
19. What is an Achromatic lens and how does it work? correct answers Created by John Dollong
in 1758
Early telescope lenses bent different colors differently resulting in a blurry image.
Dollond's lense was made of Flint and Crown glass both canceling each others color aberrations.
Result was a sharp image.
Lense made of Flint glass and crown glass, which cancels each other out, which equals to clear
image
20. The acronym AM in time stand for? correct answers Latin = "ante meridian" which means
BEFORE NOON
Latin = "post meridian" which means after noon
21. What was the Looker? correct answers Created in 1608 - Lippershey's "Looker"
• A telescope intended for military purposes but led to Galileo to confirm Copernicus that the
Earth is not the center of the universe.
22. We discussed three different clock mechanisms in class. What were the names of these
different mechanisms? correct answers Water, Mechanical, Pendelum
23. From what technology was the idea for huntsman steel (crucible steel) taken from? correct
answers Sextant
24. What was the trigger for the development of the dividing engine? correct answers Sextant
25. If one is lifting a 200 lbs.sack of flour using a combination of 5 pulleys, then how much force
will it take to lift it?
Similar question on the test correct answers it will feel like 40 pounds 200/5
26. Which country according to Burke developed the first modern assembly line? correct
answers england
27. What was the first assembly line used to assemble? correct answers Ship Blocks
