Exam 8: The Impact of Information Technology on Productivity and the Quality of Life

The digital divide exists not only between more and less developed countries but also within countries-among age groups, economic classes, and people who live in cities versus those in rural areas.

It is estimated that more than 1 billion personal computer will be connected to the Internet by 2010 leaving some 5.5 billion people unconnected.

A 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine found that 98,000 Americans die annually due to preventable medical errors. A 2009 Consumers Union report claims that we have _____ the number of such deaths.

During the initial phase of Khanya, which means ____________________ in IsiXhosa, organizers hope to provide each school with a computer lab of 20 to 40 PCs and peripherals that will be networked and linked to the Internet.

The two basic forms of telemedicine are _____.

One Laptop per Child is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide children around the world with low cost computers costing less than _____ to aid in their education.

By using ______________________________, a single computer can be shared among multiple users, each user connects to the computer through a device that is smaller than a paperback book, and each takes turns sharing the computer.

Of the roughly 1 billion Internet users worldwide, only _____ are estimated to live in less developed nations.

Labor productivity in the United States remained relatively high despite a(n) _____ level of investment in IT from 1999 to 2004.

The estimated number of personal computers in the ____________________ and Africa is less than 21 per 1,000 people.

The digital divide does not exist in the United States.

There is a simple and direct relationship between investment in IT and U.S. productivity.

Define gross domestic product, distinguish it from standard of living, and identify several factors used to measure standard of living.

____________________ is a country with less that 1 personal computer per 1,000 people but over 140 cell phones per 1,000 people.

_____ of the roughly 1.0 billion people around the world who earn less than $1,000 USD per year have access to a computer.

_____ This is one advantage that a cell phone has over a personal computer that leads industry experts to believe that it will be the cell phone that will ultimately bridge the digital divide.

While over 812 out of every 1,000 people in the United States own a computer, that figure drops to less than 20 out of 1,000 in the Middle East and Africa.

The decade of 1990-2000 demonstrated the greatest rate of increase in worker productivity in the history of the United States.

A patient should _____ because of something he or she reads on a medical information Web site.

A 2006 Institute of Medicine report concluded that more than _____ preventable medication errors per year cost the United States about $3.5 billion annually.