cs120 Exam Elaborations
1. What is crowdfunding?
a) Crowdfunding lets a crowd of people use a single item, like a car or a bicycle.
b) Crowdfunding is way to help businesses gather financial contributions from many people using the
Internet.
c) Crowdfunding is when a company uses technology tools to gather opinions and ideas from
customers.
d) Crowdfunding is a group of people using one product efficiently together on a sharing or
subscription basis.: b) Crowdfunding is way to help businesses gather financial contributions
from many people using the Internet.
2. What operating system is required to use Web 2.0 tools?
a) Windows 10 is required.
b) You can use any operating system to run many different Web 2.0 tools and apps.
c) You need special graphics software, like Adobe Premiere, to participate in Web 2.0. Therefore,
your operating system must be compatible with Adobe products.
d) You must have a mobile operating system like iOS.: b) You can use any operating system
to run many different Web 2.0 tools and apps.
3. The "sharing economy" is made possible by technology and Internet con- nectivity. What kinds of
things are people sharing?
a) Custom products, preowned items, transportation services, office space, or places to stay are all
examples of things that can be shared.
b) Usually they are sharing experiences by showing photographs or videos of places they have
traveled.
c) They are sharing pet care, child care and elder care services.
d) They are sharing smartphones and laptops.: a) Custom products, preowned items,
transportation services, office space, or places to stay are all examples of things that can be
shared.
4. What is the digital divide?
a) It is a mapping app to help you plan a trip.
b) It refers to the differences between the generation that grew up with analog technology and the
generation raised on digital technology.
c) It is a term used to highlight the difference in accessibility to technology.
d) It is a system of sensors for your smartphone that digitally measure dis- tance.: c) It is a term
used to highlight the difference in accessibility to technology.
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5. Artificial intelligence is best described as
a) A collection of programs installed with your operating system
b) Any tool that makes you feel smarter
c) robotics
d) A branch of computer science that builds systems to do taskswe associate with humans: d) A
branch of computer science that builds systems to do tasks we associate with humans
6. Areas of active research in AI include
a) NLP, knowledge representation, perception (data gathering)
b) Operating systems
c) Database design and user interface design
d) Cloud-based storage systems: a) NLP, knowledge representation, perception (data gathering)
7. Which of the following statements is true about unsupervised learning?
a) There is not a set of training data supplied.
b) The system builds its own set of rules for its decision-making.
c) The algorithms improve their accuracy over time.
d) All of the above.: d) All of the above.
8. The Turing test
a) Is used to decide whether a computer can be considered intelligent.
b) Is conducted by presenting a 50-question multiple-choice exam.
c) Is used to measure automation software for efficiency.
d) Measures the delay before an automated system responds.: a) Is used to decide whether a
computer can be considered intelligent.
9. Recommendation engines
a) Are bots that post stories to social media sites.
b) Run robots called embodied agents.
c) Do facial recognition in photographs.
d) Are used to predict future purchases (or selections) from past activity.: d) Are used to predict
future purchases (or selections) from past activity.
10.Social media
a) prevents two-way dialog between people.
b) is useful only for personal friendships.
c) cannot be immediate enough to react to quickly developing issues.
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d) is incorporated as part of a political strategy by many politicians.: d) is incorporated as part
of a political strategy by many politicians.
11.Sophisticated modeling software is helping international researchers
a) analyze computer systems to gather potential legal evidence.
b) market new types of products to a wider audience.
c) create more intricate screenplays and movie scripts.
d) increase the pace of research in finding and producing vaccines.: d) in- crease the pace of
research in finding and producing vaccines.
12.Web 2.0 has led to a shift from just consuming content toward
a) producing content.
b) less sharing of the work we produce.
c) spending all our time on leisure activities.
d) new standards for HTML.: a) producing content.
13.Examples of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing include
a) Ushahidi and Kiva.
b) Kickstarter and ScanLife.
c) Call a Bike and Zipcar.
d) Bing and Google.: b) Kickstarter and ScanLife.
14.Bike sharing programs like Citi Bike are an example of
a) crowdsourcing.
b) a subscription style business model made possible by technology.
c) principled psychology.
d) crowdfunding.: b) a subscription style business model made possible by
15.Being computer literate includes being able to
a) avoid spam, adware, and spyware.
b) use the web effectively.
c) diagnose and fix hardware and software problems.
d) all of the above: d) all of the above
16.All of the following are current focuses of AI research EXCEPT:
a) cognitive surplus
b) knowledge representation
c) natural language processing
d) perception: a) cognitive surplus
1. What is crowdfunding?
a) Crowdfunding lets a crowd of people use a single item, like a car or a bicycle.
b) Crowdfunding is way to help businesses gather financial contributions from many people using the
Internet.
c) Crowdfunding is when a company uses technology tools to gather opinions and ideas from
customers.
d) Crowdfunding is a group of people using one product efficiently together on a sharing or
subscription basis.: b) Crowdfunding is way to help businesses gather financial contributions
from many people using the Internet.
2. What operating system is required to use Web 2.0 tools?
a) Windows 10 is required.
b) You can use any operating system to run many different Web 2.0 tools and apps.
c) You need special graphics software, like Adobe Premiere, to participate in Web 2.0. Therefore,
your operating system must be compatible with Adobe products.
d) You must have a mobile operating system like iOS.: b) You can use any operating system
to run many different Web 2.0 tools and apps.
3. The "sharing economy" is made possible by technology and Internet con- nectivity. What kinds of
things are people sharing?
a) Custom products, preowned items, transportation services, office space, or places to stay are all
examples of things that can be shared.
b) Usually they are sharing experiences by showing photographs or videos of places they have
traveled.
c) They are sharing pet care, child care and elder care services.
d) They are sharing smartphones and laptops.: a) Custom products, preowned items,
transportation services, office space, or places to stay are all examples of things that can be
shared.
4. What is the digital divide?
a) It is a mapping app to help you plan a trip.
b) It refers to the differences between the generation that grew up with analog technology and the
generation raised on digital technology.
c) It is a term used to highlight the difference in accessibility to technology.
d) It is a system of sensors for your smartphone that digitally measure dis- tance.: c) It is a term
used to highlight the difference in accessibility to technology.
, cs120 Exam Elaborations
5. Artificial intelligence is best described as
a) A collection of programs installed with your operating system
b) Any tool that makes you feel smarter
c) robotics
d) A branch of computer science that builds systems to do taskswe associate with humans: d) A
branch of computer science that builds systems to do tasks we associate with humans
6. Areas of active research in AI include
a) NLP, knowledge representation, perception (data gathering)
b) Operating systems
c) Database design and user interface design
d) Cloud-based storage systems: a) NLP, knowledge representation, perception (data gathering)
7. Which of the following statements is true about unsupervised learning?
a) There is not a set of training data supplied.
b) The system builds its own set of rules for its decision-making.
c) The algorithms improve their accuracy over time.
d) All of the above.: d) All of the above.
8. The Turing test
a) Is used to decide whether a computer can be considered intelligent.
b) Is conducted by presenting a 50-question multiple-choice exam.
c) Is used to measure automation software for efficiency.
d) Measures the delay before an automated system responds.: a) Is used to decide whether a
computer can be considered intelligent.
9. Recommendation engines
a) Are bots that post stories to social media sites.
b) Run robots called embodied agents.
c) Do facial recognition in photographs.
d) Are used to predict future purchases (or selections) from past activity.: d) Are used to predict
future purchases (or selections) from past activity.
10.Social media
a) prevents two-way dialog between people.
b) is useful only for personal friendships.
c) cannot be immediate enough to react to quickly developing issues.
, cs120 Exam Elaborations
d) is incorporated as part of a political strategy by many politicians.: d) is incorporated as part
of a political strategy by many politicians.
11.Sophisticated modeling software is helping international researchers
a) analyze computer systems to gather potential legal evidence.
b) market new types of products to a wider audience.
c) create more intricate screenplays and movie scripts.
d) increase the pace of research in finding and producing vaccines.: d) in- crease the pace of
research in finding and producing vaccines.
12.Web 2.0 has led to a shift from just consuming content toward
a) producing content.
b) less sharing of the work we produce.
c) spending all our time on leisure activities.
d) new standards for HTML.: a) producing content.
13.Examples of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing include
a) Ushahidi and Kiva.
b) Kickstarter and ScanLife.
c) Call a Bike and Zipcar.
d) Bing and Google.: b) Kickstarter and ScanLife.
14.Bike sharing programs like Citi Bike are an example of
a) crowdsourcing.
b) a subscription style business model made possible by technology.
c) principled psychology.
d) crowdfunding.: b) a subscription style business model made possible by
15.Being computer literate includes being able to
a) avoid spam, adware, and spyware.
b) use the web effectively.
c) diagnose and fix hardware and software problems.
d) all of the above: d) all of the above
16.All of the following are current focuses of AI research EXCEPT:
a) cognitive surplus
b) knowledge representation
c) natural language processing
d) perception: a) cognitive surplus
