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Chapter 1: Section A

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

The term blog, short for Web log, refers to a personal journal posted on the Web for access by the general public.
 

 2. 

Human speech cannot be digitized.
 

 3. 

Freedom of speech is a universal absolute.
 

 4. 

Customer service lines for some U.S.-based companies are often staffed by offshore technicians who earn far more than they could if working for a locally based company.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 5. 

____ was/were an application for the masses and finally a reason to buy a computer and join the digital revolution.
a.
E-mail
c.
Bulletin boards
b.
Blogs
d.
Chat groups
 

 6. 

MySpace and Facebook are examples of ____.
a.
bulletin boards
c.
online social networks
b.
blogs
d.
chat groups
 

 7. 

You have taken up a new hobby. It entails you posting a personal journal on the Web. In your new hobby, you are ____.
a.
instant messaging
c.
creating a blog
b.
broadcasting
d.
P2P file sharing
 

 8. 

The ____ is a collection of linked documents, graphics, and sounds that can be accessed over the Internet.
a.
Web
c.
cyberspace
b.
blogosphere
d.
digital divide
 

 9. 

In 2007 there were over ____ Web sites.
a.
5 million
c.
100 million
b.
80 million
d.
250 billion
 

 10. 

Which of the following is NOT an example of convergence?
a.
a cell phone with a camera
b.
a thermometer that reports the humidity
c.
80 million Web sites, each with thousands of Web pages
d.
a PDA that plays digital music
 

 11. 

The term ____ refers to the practice of copying a file from a remote computer to a local computer.
a.
right-click
c.
download
b.
upload
d.
converge
 

 12. 

____ refers to voice conversations that are routed over the Internet, rather than land lines or cellular telephony.
a.
Convergence
c.
COBOL
b.
VoIP
d.
Unicode
 

 13. 

The main reason that Apple’s Newton failed in 1993 was because ____.
a.
people did not have much use for the product
b.
the device was not small enough to be held in the hand
c.
its screen was not small enough
d.
its handwriting recognition failed to recognize all but the most painstakingly printed characters
 

 14. 

____ tools cloak a person’s identity and make it possible to exercise freedom of speech in situations where reprisals might repress it.
a.
Convergent
c.
Telephony
b.
Anonymizer
d.
VoIP
 

 15. 

A ____ is one or more collaborative documents posted on the Web that can be viewed and changed by users.
a.
blog
c.
compiler
b.
Wiki
d.
client
 

 16. 

Which of the following is NOT included in intellectual property?
a.
patents
c.
copyrighted materials
b.
trademarks
d.
encryption
 

 17. 

____ is the illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted material.
a.
Convergence
c.
Phishing
b.
Pirating
d.
Spimming
 

 18. 

What is the limitation keeping you from editing an intense scene from a family-oriented Harry Potter film?
a.
open source prohibitions against such modification
b.
U.S. laws against such modifications, even for private viewing
c.
the illegality of creating backups of CDs
d.
copy protections on DVDs
 

 19. 

____ projects promote copying, free distribution, peer review, and user modification.
a.
Convergent
c.
Indexed
b.
Open source
d.
Globalized
 

 20. 

Which of the following is NOT an example of open source application software?
a.
Firefox
c.
PowerPoint
b.
Avast!
d.
Thunderbird
 

Essay
 

 21. 

What is convergence? Discuss two technologies currently in convergence.
 



 
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