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Unit 1: Communications Media – Review
Keyboarding
1. What are three (3) that need to be adjusted before you can type with correct posture?
2. What are the Home Row keys?
Communication
3. What are three (3) examples of people-to-people communication systems?
4. What is one (1) example of machine-to-people communication systems?
5. What is one (1) examples of a machine-to-machine communication system?
6. What is one (1) example of a people-to-machine communication system?
7. What are three (3) examples of biological communication?
8. What are three (3) examples of graphic communication?
9. What are three (3) examples of wave communication?
10. What are the four (4) piece of the communication system process?
11. In what year was radio brought the United States? And by who?
12. In what year did the FCC allow commercial cell phone use?
13. In what year was color TV invented?
14. Who created the 26-letter alphabet we use today?
15. Who invented metal movable type printing?
16. Who invented the telephone?
17. Who invented the phonograph?
18. What United States Department created the internet?
19. What are three (3) things that impact communication today?
20. Who invented the single wireless telegraph system?
21. Who are the “Pirates of Silicon Valley”? Which computer companies are they associated with?
22. What is the Radio Act of 1912?
PowerPoint
23. What is the slide that introduces the topic to the audience?
24. What is the basic unit of PowerPoint?
25. What is a pre-designed graphic?
26. What are used to create levels on a slide?
27. What is the 6x6 Rule?
28. What is just as important as content in a PowerPoint presentation?
Different Types of Presentations
29. What type of presentation is when someone appears on a radio or television show and another person asks
them questions?
30. What type of presentation includes reporting and explaining?
31. What type of presentation takes on a highly fervent tone?
32. What type of presentation convinces an audience to buy or do something?
33. What type of presentation teaches participants a variety of skills?
Publisher
34. What are three (3) publications you can create in Microsoft publisher?
35. Why is Publisher better than Word for desktop publishing?
36. What is a template?
37. What is the difference between an inline graphic and a floating graphic?
38. What is the purpose of a caption?
Interviewing
39. What is an advantage of interviewing?
40. What is a disadvantage of interviewing?
41. What are the seven (7) steps of the interview process, in order?
42. What does it mean to “narrow your focus”?