Deck 13: Emerging Trends and Technologies

Question 1

What is trend analysis?

A)When numerical data are available, a trend can be plotted to display changes through time and into the future
B)A trend is examined to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts
C)Trends viewed as particularly important in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers
D)Complex systems can be modeled by means of mathematical equations and different scenarios can be run against the model to determine "what if" analysis

Answer 1

B
This is the definition of trend analysis.

Question 2

What are the life expectancies for men and women in many developed countries?

A)Over 65 years for males and over 75 years for females
B)Over 80 years for males and over 75 years for females
C)Over 75 years for males and over 80 years for females
D)Over 75 years for males and over 75 years for females

Answer 2

C
Many developed countries are now experiencing life expectancy over 75 years for males and over 80 years for females.

Question 3

Real time adaptive computing is a self-managing computing model named after, and patterned on, the human body's autonomic nervous system.

Answer 3

False
Autonomic computing is a self-managing computing model named after, and patterned on, the human body's autonomic nervous system.

Question 4

The Information of Everything (IoE)is a concept that extends the Internet of Things emphasis on machine-to-machine communications to describe a more complex system that also encompasses people and processes.

Question 5

All of the following are countries expected to have the largest increases in population between 2000 and 2050, except:

A)Palestinian territory
B)India
C)Democratic Republic of the Congo
D)Yemen

Question 6

Trend analysis is the examination of a trend to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts.

Question 7

Trend projection is the examination of a trend to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts.

Question 8

The world's population will double in the next 20 years.

Question 9

What is trend projection?

A)When numerical data are available, a trend can be plotted to display changes through time and into the future
B)A trend is examined to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts
C)Trends viewed as particularly important in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers
D)Complex systems can be modeled by means of mathematical equations and different scenarios can be run against the model to determine "what if" analysis

Question 10

On average, how many years longer does each generation live than the previous in the United States?

A)One
B)Two
C)Three
D)Four

Question 11

Biological 3D printing includes the printing of skin and organs and is progressing from theory to reality; however, politicians and the public do not have a full understanding of the implications.

Question 12

Which of the following is not one of the top reasons organizations should study trends?

A)Generate current revenue
B)Gain confidence
C)Generate ideas
D)Beat the competition

Question 13

What is trend monitoring?

A)When numerical data are available, a trend can be plotted to display changes through time and into the future
B)A trend is examined to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts
C)Trends viewed as particularly important in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers
D)Complex systems can be modeled by means of mathematical equations and different scenarios can be run against the model to determine "what if" analysis

Question 14

People in undeveloped countries are living longer.

Question 15

All of the following are scientific methods organizations use to anticipate, forecast, and assess the future, except:

A)Computer simulation
B)Historical analysis
C)Trend analysis
D)Trend simulation

Question 16

The Internet of Things (IoT)is a concept with emphasis on machine-to-machine communications to describe a more complex system that also encompasses people and processes.

Question 17

What is historical analysis?

A)When numerical data are available, a trend can be plotted to display changes through time and into the future
B)A trend is examined to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts
C)Trends viewed as particularly important in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers
D)Historical events are studied to anticipate the outcome of current developments

Question 18

Organizations anticipate, forecast, and assess future events using a variety of rational, scientific methods including:

A)Trend analysis
B)Trend monitoring
C)Trend projection
D)All of the above

Question 19

The ambient digital experience is a blend of the physical, virtual, and electronic environments creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as the user moves from one place to another.

Question 20

Which of the following is not a potential business impact from the world's population doubling in the next 40 years?

A)Developed nations will begin to increase immigration limits
B)Developed nations will find that retirees will have to remain on the job to remain competitive
C)Global agriculture will be required to supply as much food as has been produced during all of human history
D)The time to get products and services to market is being shortened by technology.

Question 21

What is a self-managing computing model named after, and patterned on, the human body's autonomic nervous system?

A)Autonomic computing
B)Real-time adaptive security
C)Autonomous agent
D)Machine learning

Question 22

Which trend has the following potential business impact? Companies must take an active role in helping their employees balance their time at work with their family lives and need for leisure.

A)The global economy is becoming more integrated
B)Pace of technological innovation is increasing
C)The economy and society are dominated by technology
D)Time is becoming one of the world's most precious commodities

Question 23

How long does a product's entire life cycle last today?

A)4 weeks
B)40 weeks
C)4 months
D)4 years

Question 24

What is a blend of the physical, virtual, and electronic environments creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as the user moves from one place to another?

A)Ambient digital experience
B)Biological 3D printing
C)Internet of Things (IoT)
D)Information of Everything (IoE)

Question 25

What percentage will all of today's technical knowledge represent in 2050?

A)One
B)Ten
C)Twenty
D)Fifty

Question 26

Why is the global economy becoming more integrated?

A)Relaxed borders in the European Union
B)The Internet
C)International outsourcing
D)All of the above

Question 27

Which trend has the following potential business impact? Top managers must be computer-literate to retain their jobs and achieve success.

A)The global economy is becoming more integrated
B)Pace of technological innovation is increasing
C)The growth in information industries is creating a knowledge-dependent global society
D)The economy and society are dominated by technology

Question 28

What includes the printing of skin and organs and is progressing from theory to reality; however, politicians and the public do not have a full understanding of the implications?

A)Ambient digital experience
B)Biological 3D printing
C)Internet of Things (IoT)
D)Information of Everything (IoE)

Question 29

What is software that carries out some set of operations on behalf of a user or another program with some degree of independence or autonomy and employs some knowledge or representation of the user's goals or desires?

A)Autonomic computing
B)Real-time adaptive security
C)Autonomous agent
D)Machine learning

Question 30

All of the following jobs will be increasingly performed by robots, except:

A)Mundane commercial and service jobs
B)Environmentally dangerous jobs
C)The repair of inaccessible equipment such as space stations
D)Jobs performed by scientists, engineers, and technicians

Question 31

What does 50 percent of what a student learns about innovative technology in their freshman year of college become by their senior year?

A)Obsolete
B)Revised
C)Taken for granted
D)All of the above

Question 32

Which trend has the following potential business impact? Demand for personnel in distant countries will increase the need for foreign language training, employee incentives suited to other cultures, and many other aspects of performing business globally.

A)The global economy is becoming more integrated
B)Pace of technological innovation is increasing
C)The growth in information industries is creating a knowledge-dependent global society
D)The economy and society are dominated by technology

Question 33

What is a type of artificial intelligence that enables computers to both understand concepts in the environment and also to learn?

A)Autonomic computing
B)Real-time adaptive security
C)Autonomous agent
D)Machine learning

Question 34

What is the network security model necessary to accommodate the emergence of multiple perimeters and moving parts on the network, and increasingly advanced threats targeting enterprises?

A)Autonomic computing
B)Real-time adaptive security
C)Autonomous agent
D)Machine learning

Question 35

What kind of society is being created by the growth in information industries?

A)Knowledge-independent global society
B)Knowledge-dependent global society
C)Knowledge-independent local society
D)Knowledge-dependent local society

Question 36

Which trend has the following potential business impact? The time to get products and services to market is being shortened by technology.

A)The global economy is becoming more integrated
B)Pace of technological innovation is increasing
C)The economy and society are dominated by technology
D)Time is becoming one of the world's most precious commodities

Question 37

Which of the following is not a potential business impact from people in developed countries living longer?

A)Global demand for elderly products will grow
B)Global demand for elderly services will grow
C)The cost of health care will decrease
D)Pharmaceutical companies will be pushed for advances in geriatric medicine

Question 38

Which of the following is one of the primary reasons for the increase in Internet use?

A)Reorganization
B)Connectivity technology
C)Organizational restructuring
D)All of the above

Question 39

What is a world where interconnected Internet-enabled devices or "things" have the ability to collect and share data without human intervention?

A)Ambient digital experience
B)Biological 3D printing
C)Internet of Things (IoT)
D)Information of Everything (IoE)

Question 40

Which of the following is not a potential business impact created by the growth in information industries?

A)Top managers must be computer-literate
B)Knowledge workers are generally higher paid
C)Entry-level positions will require less education
D)Downsizing will continue

Question 41

What is a concept that extends the Internet of Things emphasis on machine-to-machine communications to describe a more complex system that also encompasses people and processes?

A)Ambient digital experience
B)Biological 3D printing
C)Internet of Things (IoT)
D)Information of Everything (IoE)