True/False Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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The term blog, short for Web log, refers to a personal journal posted on the Web
for access by the general public.
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Human speech cannot be digitized.
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Freedom of speech is a universal absolute.
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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.
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Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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____ 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 |
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MySpace and Facebook are examples of ____.
a. | bulletin boards | c. | online social networks | b. | blogs | d. | chat
groups |
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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 |
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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 |
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In 2007 there were over ____ Web sites.
a. | 5 million | c. | 100 million | b. | 80 million | d. | 250 billion |
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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 |
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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 |
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____ 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 |
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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 |
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____ 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 |
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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 |
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Which of the following is NOT included in intellectual property?
a. | patents | c. | copyrighted materials | b. | trademarks | d. | encryption |
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____ is the illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted material.
a. | Convergence | c. | Phishing | b. | Pirating | d. | Spimming |
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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 |
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____ projects promote copying, free distribution, peer review, and user
modification.
a. | Convergent | c. | Indexed | b. | Open source | d. | Globalized |
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Which of the following is NOT an example of open source application
software?
a. | Firefox | c. | PowerPoint | b. | Avast! | d. | Thunderbird |
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Essay
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What is convergence? Discuss two technologies currently in convergence.
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