IST 101 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Personal Privacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Right to be left alone to do as one
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pleases. Ex: privacy on Facebook. share information.
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Cyborg - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An entity that contains both biological and
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artificial components.
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Geolocation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Technology to determine your exact
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location.
Cyber bullying - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Harassing people by electronic means.
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Censorship - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Act of blocking dissenting opinions.
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Copy right - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Protection afforded to creators of intellectual
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property.
Whistle-blower - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Report businesses to regulatory agencies
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for committing illegal acts.
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Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Actions are judged solely by
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consequences.
,Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of the general nature of morals and the
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specific moral choices. | |
Amoral behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Having no sense of right and wrong and
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no interest in moral consequences.
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Portable media player - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-PMP.
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VoIP (Voice over internet protocol) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An alternative fully
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digital phone service. Ex: Skype is a very well known provider.
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IOS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An operating system for mobile devices.
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Sampling Rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Specifies that number of times the analog
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wave is measure each second.
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MMS (Multimedia message service) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Technology that
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allows the sending of text, images, and video chips.
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SMS (Short message service) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Short text messages to be
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sent over mobile networks. 160 characters.
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Base transceiver station - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A large communications tower
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with antennas, amplifiers and receivers/transmitters.
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, Mobile switching center - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Central location to which a base
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station transfers a cell phone service request.
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GPS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Uses satellites to locate a device.
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JPEG - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Digital image format that compresses the image
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file.
E-reader - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Device that displays e-text and that has
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supporting tools, like note taking, bookmarks, and integrated dictionaries.
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Bluetooth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wireless technology that uses radio waves to
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transmit data over distances. Ex: connect printer, keyboards, headsets.
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Analog digital converter chip - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Converts analog signals into
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digital signals.
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ASCII - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Represents each letter or character as an 8-bit ( or
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1 byte) binary code.
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Unicode - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Used 16 bits instead of originally 8 used in
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ASCII.
Switches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Device for transmitting data on a network. Ex:
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ON and OFF.
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Correct Answers
Personal Privacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Right to be left alone to do as one
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pleases. Ex: privacy on Facebook. share information.
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Cyborg - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An entity that contains both biological and
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artificial components.
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Geolocation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Technology to determine your exact
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location.
Cyber bullying - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Harassing people by electronic means.
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Censorship - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Act of blocking dissenting opinions.
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Copy right - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Protection afforded to creators of intellectual
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property.
Whistle-blower - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Report businesses to regulatory agencies
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for committing illegal acts.
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Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Actions are judged solely by
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consequences.
,Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of the general nature of morals and the
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specific moral choices. | |
Amoral behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Having no sense of right and wrong and
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no interest in moral consequences.
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Portable media player - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-PMP.
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VoIP (Voice over internet protocol) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An alternative fully
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digital phone service. Ex: Skype is a very well known provider.
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IOS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An operating system for mobile devices.
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Sampling Rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Specifies that number of times the analog
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wave is measure each second.
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MMS (Multimedia message service) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Technology that
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allows the sending of text, images, and video chips.
| | | | | | | |
SMS (Short message service) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Short text messages to be
| | | | | | | | | | |
sent over mobile networks. 160 characters.
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Base transceiver station - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A large communications tower
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with antennas, amplifiers and receivers/transmitters.
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, Mobile switching center - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Central location to which a base
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station transfers a cell phone service request.
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GPS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Uses satellites to locate a device.
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JPEG - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Digital image format that compresses the image
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file.
E-reader - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Device that displays e-text and that has
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supporting tools, like note taking, bookmarks, and integrated dictionaries.
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Bluetooth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wireless technology that uses radio waves to
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transmit data over distances. Ex: connect printer, keyboards, headsets.
| | | | | | | |
Analog digital converter chip - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Converts analog signals into
| | | | | | | | |
digital signals.
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ASCII - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Represents each letter or character as an 8-bit ( or
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 byte) binary code.
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Unicode - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Used 16 bits instead of originally 8 used in
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ASCII.
Switches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Device for transmitting data on a network. Ex:
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ON and OFF.
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