Photocopier — Questions and answers

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What big problem did Chester Carlson notice in his job as a patent attorney?

Choices

  1. His office was too small and crowded.
  2. He saw countless hours wasted on manual document reproduction. ✓
  3. He didn't have enough documents to work with.
  4. He disliked working with his colleagues.

Answer: He saw countless hours wasted on manual document reproduction.

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What kind of copying method did Chester Carlson dream of creating?

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  1. A messy, wet method using lots of ink.
  2. A slow method that took many steps.
  3. A clean, dry, and immediate method without inks or wet chemicals. ✓
  4. A method that would make fewer copies.

Answer: A clean, dry, and immediate method without inks or wet chemicals.

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What problem did Chester Carlson and Otto Kornei have with their early experiments using sulfur?

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  1. The sulfur made the copies too dark.
  2. The sulfur was too easy to work with.
  3. The charges dissipated too quickly or the powder spread unevenly. ✓
  4. They ran out of sulfur too fast.

Answer: The charges dissipated too quickly or the powder spread unevenly.

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Which company partnered with the Battelle Memorial Institute to develop Carlson's invention, eventually becoming Xerox Corporation?

Choices

  1. IBM
  2. Haloid ✓
  3. Eastman Kodak
  4. Hewlett-Packard

Answer: Haloid

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How did the Xerox 914 copier change offices and information sharing?

Choices

  1. It made copying documents much slower and more difficult.
  2. It allowed people to duplicate documents efficiently and share information instantly, leading to more collaboration. ✓
  3. It stopped people from sharing documents.
  4. It only worked for very small documents.

Answer: It allowed people to duplicate documents efficiently and share information instantly, leading to more collaboration.

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