Question 1

The phrase "digital divide" refers to the situation where

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A)  some people have access to information technology and others do not. 
B)  users of Macintosh computers are at a disadvantage compared to users of Windows computers. 
C)  only stockholders in high-tech companies can get rich in the new economy. 
D)  the U.S. government prevents information technology from being exported to "unfriendly" countries. 
E)  the prices of computers are kept artificially high in order to keep them out of the hands of people in Third World countries.

Question 2

In medieval England, when wages went up,

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A)  more children joined the labor force. 
B)  more women joined the labor force. 
C)  students dropped out of school to take up jobs. 
D)  workers put in fewer hours. 
E)  A, B, and C.

Question 3

In some markets a few top performers receive a disproportionate share of the rewards. Frank and Cook call this phenomenon

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A)  capitalism. 
B)  inevitable. 
C)  liberalism. 
D)  socialism. 
E)  the winner-take-all effect.

Question 4

Manufacturing employment in the United States peaked

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A)  during World War II. 
B)  in 1959. 
C)  in 1979. 
D)  in 1999. 
E)  None of the above is true. Manufacturing employment in the United States continues to increase.

Question 5

According to the Encyclopedia of Computer Science, a "programmable machine that either in performance or appearance imitates human activities" is called a

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A)  computer. 
B)  deltoid. 
C)  mechano. 
D)  robot. 
E)  transformer.

Question 6

In 2011 a program named Watson running on an IBM supercomputer

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A)  decoded the human genome for the first time. 
B)  became the first computer program to take the job of a software engineer. 
C)  won the World Crossword Puzzle Championship sponsored by The New York Times. 
D)  defeated the two most successful human Jeopardy! champions in a three-game match. 
E)  passed the Turing Test in a competition sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery.

Question 7

In 1997 IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated world champion Gary Kasparov playing the game of________.

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The answer of In 1997 IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated...

Exam 10: Work and Wealth