Is That Your Final Answer?

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Stephanie Silk

1. In 1874, ADT was formed through the affiliation of 57 district telegraph delivery companies. What does ADT stand for?

   A) Alarm Dealer Technology

   B) American Data Telecommunication

   C) American District Telegraph

   D) Americans Dueling Theft

2. In what year did Aiphone develop a multi-directional pan-and-tilt video entry system?

   A) 2001

   B) 1963

   C) 1991

   D) 1981

3. In the early 1950s, Robert Applegate, Eric Barr, Russell White, Eugene Goedgen and Paul Hansen formed a bond through frequent meetings of a Special Security Group, which later evolved into what?

   A) NFPA

   B) ASIS

   C) A spirited bar fight

   D) SIA

4. What company's mission statement is “to be the driving force in bringing customers the full benefit of intelligent network video solutions”?

   A) Hertz

   B) Samsung

   C) Axis

   D) Sony

5. These companies are headquartered in Europe, but one is not located in Sweden. Which one?

   A) Securitas

   B) ASSA ABLOY

   C) Axis Communications

   D) Digital Identification Solutions

6. In 1976, Lee J. Hanchett Jr. started HES in Boston with the invention of what?

   A) A fail-safe electric strike

   B) An electric strike capable of releasing a 1-in. deadbolt

   C) An electromagnetic lock

   D) An electromechanical lock

7. What company invented the ScramblePad — a secure keypad that “scrambles” the digits on a telephone-like keypad so they come up in a different position every time?

   A) GE

   B) HID

   C) Hirsch

   D) Mattel

8. In 1992, LEGIC introduced a contactless and secure smart card technology platform for access control operating at what frequency?

   A) 125 KHz

   B) Speed of light

   C) 13.56 MHz

   D) FM

9. SimplexGrinnell started as Simplex Time Recorder Co., a company founded in 1894 by the inventor of the first what?

   A) Intercom

   B) Stopwatch

   C) Snooze button

   D) Practical time clock

10. Who discovered the physical phenomenon in which a specially constructed wire detects small magnetic fields, useful as a sensor that reads security access cards?

    A) Albert Einstein

    B) John Wiegand

    C) Marie Curie

    D) Zac Franken

11. Who installed the first CCTV system at Test Stand VII in Peenemünde, Germany, in 1942, for observing the launch of V2-rockets?

    A) Siemens AG

    B) Pelco

    C) GE

    D) Bosch

12. What company was founded by — and still follows the management philosophy of — Konosuke Matsushita?

    A) Mitsubishi

    B) Sony

    C) Panasonic

    D) Toyota

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