Csci 103 Practice
Exam 1
1. Social Media
A) cannot be immediate enough to react to quickly developing issues
B) prevents two-way dialog between people
C) Is incorporated as a part of a a political strategy by many politicians
D) is useful only for personal friendships: C
2. Sophisticated modeling software is helping international
researchers
A) market new types of products to a wider audience
B) analyze computer systems to gather potential legal evidence
C) create more intricate screenplays and movie scripts
D) increase the pace of research in finding and producing vaccines: D
3. Web 2.0 has led to a shift from just consuming content toward
A) less sharing of the work
B) producing content
C) spending all our time in leisure activities
D) new standards for HTML: B
4. Examples of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing include
A) Kickstarter and ScanLife
B) Ushahidi and Kiva
C) Bing and Google
D) Call a Bike and Zipcar: A
5. Bike-sharing programs like New York City's Citi Bike are an example
of
A) a subscription-style business model made possible by technology
B) crowdfunding
C) crowdsourcing
D) principled psychology: A
6. Being computer literate includes being able to
A) use the web effectively
B) diagnose and fix hardware and software problems
C) avoid spam, adware, and spyware
D) all of the above: D
7. Information technology is the study of
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A) the processing and retrieval of information
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B) meteorological reports produced by supercomputer simulations
C) stock prices and other financial data
D) all of the above: A
8. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Life experience affects an individual's personal ethics.
B) Ethical decisions are usually influenced by personal ethics.
C) Unethical behavior is always illegal.
D) Individuals who have no sense of right or wrong exhibit amoral
behavior.: C
9. Which of the following actions would NOT help to identify your
personal ethics?
A) Identify the influences of your work environment.
B) Conduct a genealogical study of your extended family.
C) Describe yourself.
D) Prepare a list of values that are most important to you.: B
10. Intellectual property
A) is the result of someone's creative work and design
B) can be protected legally by the patent system
C) can include works of music, film, or engineering design
D) all of the above: D
11. T/F: The Next Einstein Initiative uses the power of
supercomputing to en- hance mathematical education.: False
12. T/F: The move toward access instead of ownership is a sign of
collaborative consumption.: True
13. T/F: Virtual reality is the addition of graphical information
to your visual field.: True
14. T/F: Web-based databases are being used to help
investigators solve criminal cases.: True
15. T/F: Hacktivism is another work for cyberterrorism.: False
16. Which of the following functions of a computer is mostly
responsible for turning data into information?
A) storage
B) output
Exam 1
1. Social Media
A) cannot be immediate enough to react to quickly developing issues
B) prevents two-way dialog between people
C) Is incorporated as a part of a a political strategy by many politicians
D) is useful only for personal friendships: C
2. Sophisticated modeling software is helping international
researchers
A) market new types of products to a wider audience
B) analyze computer systems to gather potential legal evidence
C) create more intricate screenplays and movie scripts
D) increase the pace of research in finding and producing vaccines: D
3. Web 2.0 has led to a shift from just consuming content toward
A) less sharing of the work
B) producing content
C) spending all our time in leisure activities
D) new standards for HTML: B
4. Examples of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing include
A) Kickstarter and ScanLife
B) Ushahidi and Kiva
C) Bing and Google
D) Call a Bike and Zipcar: A
5. Bike-sharing programs like New York City's Citi Bike are an example
of
A) a subscription-style business model made possible by technology
B) crowdfunding
C) crowdsourcing
D) principled psychology: A
6. Being computer literate includes being able to
A) use the web effectively
B) diagnose and fix hardware and software problems
C) avoid spam, adware, and spyware
D) all of the above: D
7. Information technology is the study of
, Csci 103 Practice
Exam 1
A) the processing and retrieval of information
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B) meteorological reports produced by supercomputer simulations
C) stock prices and other financial data
D) all of the above: A
8. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Life experience affects an individual's personal ethics.
B) Ethical decisions are usually influenced by personal ethics.
C) Unethical behavior is always illegal.
D) Individuals who have no sense of right or wrong exhibit amoral
behavior.: C
9. Which of the following actions would NOT help to identify your
personal ethics?
A) Identify the influences of your work environment.
B) Conduct a genealogical study of your extended family.
C) Describe yourself.
D) Prepare a list of values that are most important to you.: B
10. Intellectual property
A) is the result of someone's creative work and design
B) can be protected legally by the patent system
C) can include works of music, film, or engineering design
D) all of the above: D
11. T/F: The Next Einstein Initiative uses the power of
supercomputing to en- hance mathematical education.: False
12. T/F: The move toward access instead of ownership is a sign of
collaborative consumption.: True
13. T/F: Virtual reality is the addition of graphical information
to your visual field.: True
14. T/F: Web-based databases are being used to help
investigators solve criminal cases.: True
15. T/F: Hacktivism is another work for cyberterrorism.: False
16. Which of the following functions of a computer is mostly
responsible for turning data into information?
A) storage
B) output
