Deck 30: Technology and Society

Question 1

At home, you might use a database to track a personal budget or maintain expenses for income tax purposes.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A phone number is usually a required field for online purchases.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An embedded computer is a special-purpose computer system incorporated into other devices such as appliances.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Telecommuting involves using communications technology to keep an employee who works at home connected to the office.

Question 5

25 years ago, IBM hired Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC, which was the beginning of the Apple Corporation.

Question 6

Digital cash is a technology that allows you to pay by transmitting a number from one computer to another.

Question 7

Digital cash numbers are issued by a bank and represent a specified sum of real money.

Question 8

____ is an online community where people share photos, reviews, comments, and photography information.

A) Flickr
B) Shutterfly
C) MySpace
D) Orkut

Question 9

More than two billion people are connected to the Internet.

Question 10

ATMs are usually computers running the ____ operating system.

A) Linux
B) Mac OS X
C) Windows XP
D) Windows Vista

Question 11

Commercial Web sites let you conduct business online.

Question 12

When computers are connected through a network or the Internet, they can exchange information instantaneously.

Question 13

Crowdsourcing combines the collective effort of many people to complete a task.

Question 14

Which of the following is true about a POS system?

A) It is a terminal is used for electronic processing of payment transactions in a retail outlet.
B) When the cashier scans a product you purchase, the pricing comes from a centralized database thousands of miles away.
C) Many POS systems include a complete accounting, inventory, and management system.
D) All of the above are true.

Question 15

Most of the online companies are big Fortune 500 companies.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a good tip about credit card safety?

A) Be sure that any credit card information is transmitted in a secure, encrypted mode.
B) Purchase items only from Web sites that you know are reputable and trustworthy.
C) Read and understand the privacy and consumer-protection policies of online companies before you buy.
D) Be sure to always include as much personal information as possible when using your credit card online so that it may be linked to you and no one else.

Question 17

____ thinking can mean showing or requiring careful analysis before judgment.

A) Comprehensive
B) Critical
C) Creative
D) Complex

Question 18

An embedded system is also called a single-purpose system.

Question 19

Social and professional groups use online communities to exchange ideas around various topics and share personal information.

Question 20

Ergonomic devices can match patterns stored in a database with a persons's iris, retina, voice, or fingerprint.

Question 21

ATM stands for Automated _____________________ Machine.

Question 22

A remote _____________________ entry system is available for cars, and doors to houses and buildings.

Question 23

Business-to-____ describes e-commerce transactions between a company and a supplier.

A) business
B) consumer
C) government
D) corporation

Question 24

E-_____________________ means conducting business on the Internet.

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT true about assistive technologies?

A) Screen readers provide alternative sensory guidance for computer navigation.
B) TDD technology helps the visually impaired.
C) Talking checkbooks are an example of voice-recognition applications.
D) Special Internet browsers can read HTML pages aloud.

Question 26

POS stands for _____________________ of Sale.

Question 27

The figure above shows a(n) ____ system.

A) GPS
B) POS
C) weather predicting
D) computerized robot

Question 28

How can you use computers to organize and evaluate information? How can you use Web services to collaborate with others and solve problems? How can computers be used to facilitate learning from a textbook?

Question 29

Stella is writing a report on how the Internet has changed the way we conduct business, learn, and live. Stella learns that businesses often use ____ tags to identify and track goods instead of bar codes.

A) B2C
B) HD
C) RFID
D) XML

Question 30

Stella is writing a report on how the Internet has changed the way we conduct business, learn, and live. Stella learns that Blackboard and Moodle are examples of ____ programs.

A) robotic design
B) public service
C) electronic government
D) learning management systems

Question 31

B2C stands for business-to-____________________.