The following are possible True/False questions for tests. Please choose accordingly.
1.According to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco (a leading networking technology company), the information age is the second Industrial Revolution. (T/F)
2.Due to recent advances in high speed communication networks, the information lag, or the time it takes for information to be disseminated around the world, has been significantly shortened. (T/F)

Respuesta :

Answer:

Both questions are true.

Explanation:

The time period of the second industrial revolution is between the year 1870 to 1914 before the first world war. This industrial revolution brought the creation of electricity, making of steel and discovering and refining of petroleum.

Electricity and petroleum were used in making vehicles for transportation, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan perfected the light bulb and Guglielmo Marconi sent radio wave across the Atlantic ocean for the first time which is the first telecommunication or information technology recorded

The use of high speed wave like electromagnetic wave and the use of powered omni-directional antennas, the speed of telecommunication has increased immensely.