CMN 150V - 1 TO 5 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
UCCSS c1-02: cso cwhat cdid che cjust crattle cdown? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔In cthe clate c1980s, cless cthan c1% cof call ctechnologically
cstored cinformation cwas cdigital, cand cnow cmore cthan c99%
UCCSS c1-02: cWhat cdoes cit cmean cthat cthe camount cof ctechnologically cstored cinformation c"doubles" cevery c2-3 cyears? c-
cCORRECT cANS✔✔Each c2-3 cyears, cas cmuch cis cadded cto cwhat cwe chave caccumulated csince cthe cvery cbeginning
UCCSS c1-02: cWhat cchanged? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔More cpeople cdocument csocial creality cnowadays
UCCSS c1-02: cWhat cdo cevolutionary ctheorists csay cabout cthe c"Major cTransitions cin cEvolution" c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Every
ctime cwe c(life) ccame cup cwith ca cnew cway cof cprocessing cinformation, ca cmajor ctransition chappened
UCCSS c1-02: cFrom cthis csocial cevolutionary cperspective, cthe cdigital cand cthe cbiological care cmerged cwhen: c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔... csociety cas ca cwhole chas cbecome cindispensably cdependent con cdigital ctechnology
UCCSS c1-02: cWhat's cthe cdifference cbetween chis ctwo conline ccourses? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cother cone cis cabout chow
cdigital ctech cchanges csociety cand cthis cone cis cabout chow cdigital ctech cchanges cknowledge cproduction
UCCSS c1-04: cThe cfirst cwave cof cscientific cadvancements cfocused con c: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A csmall cnumber cof cinterrelated
cvariables
UCCSS c1-04: cThe csecond cwave cof cscientific cadvancements cfocused con: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔average cof cmany c(rather
cunknown) cvariables
UCCSS c1-04: cWhich cof cthe cfollowing cstatements cis cNOT ctrue? cWhat cwe chere ccalled cproblems cof: c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔complexity cof cmodelled cwith csimple caverages cof ca csmall cnumber cof cinteracting cvariables
UCCSS c1-04: cWhy cis cit climiting cto cstudy csociety cwith cthe cdominant cscientific cmethods cfrom cthe c19th cand c20th ccentury? c-
cCORRECT cANS✔✔Societies ccontain cmore cthan c2-3 cvariables cand care ctoo ccomplex cto cbe cmodelled cwith caggregate
caverages
UCCSS c1-05: cWhen cdoing csocial cscience, cwe cstudy cwhat clevel cof cabstraction? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Networks cof cpeople
cand ctheir ctech
UCCSS c1-05: cHow cand cin creference cto cwhat cdid che cuse cthe cword c"emergence"? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔At ceach cof cthese
clevels, cnew crules/laws c"emerge" cthat ccan cbe cstudied
UCCSS c1-06: cWho cdoes cthe cAnteater c(a cbear-like canimal) ccommunicate cwith cin cthis cmetaphor? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔An
cant ccolony ccalled c"Aunt cHillary"
UCCSS c1-06: cWhat cbaffled cphilosophers clike cKant, cand csociologists clike cDurkheim? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔How cpredictable
csocial cpatterns cemerge cfrom ca cbunch cof cindividual cfree cwill
UCCSS c1-06: cWhat cwas ca cmain cdistinction cmade cby cboth ceconomists clike cSmith cand cpolitical cscientists clike cRousseau?
cThe cdistinction cbetween: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔the cintention cof cthe cindividual cand ccollective cintentions cof csociety
UCCSS c1-06: cWhat cdid cthe ceminent csocial cscientist cKarl cMarx cmean cwhen che ctalked cabout cwhat cothers ccalled cthe c"basic
cmetaphysical cprinciple cof cdialectics"? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔More cof csomething c(quantitative cdifference) ccan cat csome cpoint
ccreate cunexpected cemergent cphenomena c(qualitative cchanges)
UCCSS c1-06:All cdifferent ckinds cof c"social cscience" cdisciplines care cfundamentally cinterested cin cwhat? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔How csociety cemerges cfrom cindividual cparts
UCCSS c1-07: cWhat cwas cthe cmain capproach ctoward cscience cadopted cby cCharles cDarwin? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔He cmade
cempirical cobservations cand cfrom cthere, cdeveloped cideas
UCCSS c1-07: cWhat cdid cAlbert cEinstein cdo cin c1905 cand c1915? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔He cdeveloped ctheory, cnot cbased con
cempirical cobservations, cbut con cideas cand cfirst cprinciples
, UCCSS c1-07: cHow cdoes cthis crelate cto cthe c"very cshort chistory cof cscience" cof cthree cconsecutive cwaves cthat cwe chad
creviewed? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Einstein cworked con ca cproblem cwith cfew cvaraibles c(E=mc^2) cand cDarwin con cone cwith
caverage ctendencies cof cmany cobservations
UCCSS c1-07: cWhat cis cthe cso-called c"digital cfootprint" cor c"digital ctrace"? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cdigital cevidence cyou
cleave cbehind cwith ca cdigital cinteraction
UCCSS c1-07: cHow cdo cyou capproach cscience cthrough cinduction? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Data=> cAnalysis c=> cIdeas
UCCSS c1-07: cLoosely cspeaking, cwhat cterm ccan cyou cuse cto cexplain cwhat ca chypothesis cis? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔a cdirected
cbet
UCCSS c1-07: cThe cmethod cthat cAlbert cEinstein cspearheaded cin cthe cwork con crelativity cby cgoing cfrom cmathematical ctheories
cover chypothesis ctoward cobservable cphenomena cis ccalled: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Deduction
UCCSS c1-08: cWhat cwas cNOT cthe ctakeaway cfrom cthis canecdote? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔It's cvery chelpful cfor ccouples cto
cwhack ceach cother cwith crubber cbats cto cexpress ctheir cresentments
UCCSS c1-09: cWith ctongue-in-cheek c('jokingly'), cthe cunconventional cname cof c'glass cof cred cwine ctheorizing' cis cused chere cto
ccharacterize ca cvery ccommon cway cto cdeduce chypotheses cin cthe csocial csciences. cWhich cone? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔Examine cthe clogical cinterrelationships camong csome ccollection cof cverbal cstatements cor cthoughts
UCCSS c1-09: cWhich capproaches care chere cinformally/ cjokingly ccalled c"glass cof cred cwine ctheorizing"? c(check call cthat capply) c-
cCORRECT cANS✔✔Starting cfrom cvisionary cideas cand cthen ccollecting cempirical cdata cto ctest cthe cideas cwith chypotheses
Starting cfrom can cintellectual cconversation cwith cleading cexperts cand cthen cformulating chypotheses
UCCSS c1-10: cWhy cdid cwe csay cthat csocial cscience cis cthe cmost ccomplex cof call csciences? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔It's con ctop
cof ca chierarchy cof cemergence cthat csubsumes cother cscience cdisciplines
UCCSS c1-10: cImportant cgeneral cknowledge cquestion cfrom cthe crealm cof cscience c(and cit's climits). cWhat cwas cwhat cfrom
cwhom cabout cwhat? cCheck call cthat capply c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔David cHilbert casked cif cit's cpossiblle cto cautomate cthe
cdecision cif csomething cis ctrue cor cfalse c(Entscheudungsproblem)
Kurt cGodel cshowed cthat cit's cnot cpossible cto cfind ca cconsistent csystem cwith conly ctrue cstatements c(Incompleteness cTheorem)
UCCSS c1-10: cWhat cis cthis ccourse cNOT cabout? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Truly cunderstanding cwhat cthese ctwo cHilberts creally
chave cto cdo cwith ceach cother
UCCSS c1-11: cWhat cdoes c"sampling cissue" cmean? cWhat ccould cbe cwrong cwith cdrawing cconclusions cfrom cthis cdigital cfootprint
cdata? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cgroup cof cpeople chere cis cnot cnecessarily crepresentative cof call
chusbands/wives/boy-/girlfriends
UCCSS c1-11: cWhat ccould cbe cwrong cwith cdrawing csuch cconclusions cfrom cthis cdigital cfootprint cdata? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔The cgroup cof cpeople chere cis cnot cnecessarily crepresentative cof call cmen
UCCSS c1-12: cWait! cWhat cdid che cjust csay? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Your chappiness ccan cbe cinfluences cby cthe chappiness cof ca
cdistant cfriend cof ca cfriend
UCCSS c1-12: cEyeballing cthis cgroup: ccan cyou csee ca ccharacteristic cthat cgoes ctogether cwith chaving ca ccomputer c(on
caverage)? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Education
UCCSS c1-12: cThe cmain cpoint cof cthis cexample cwas: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Without ctracking csocial cnetwork, cwe cmiss can
cimportant caspect cof chow cit cworks
UCCSS c1-12: cWhat cwas cthe ckey cinsight cin cthis cstudy? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cnetwork cstructure cof csociety ccan creveal
cinsights cto cmake csocial cinterventions cmore cefficient
UCCSS c1-13: cWhen ccomputer cprograms care cused cto cprocess cand canalyze clarge camounts cof cnatural clanguage cdata, cthis
ccomputer cscience cand cartificial cintelligence csubfield cis cgenerally creferred cto cas: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Natural cLanguage
cProcessing c(NLP)
UCCSS c1-13: cWhat cwas cthe cpoint cof ctalking cabout cflying cmachines? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔We coften cunderstand can caspect
cof creality cwhen cbuilding cmachines cthat cdeal cwith cit
UCCSS c1-13: cWhat cdid cthe cChess cGrandmaster cGarry cKasparov cdo cafter closing cto cAI? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔He cpromoted
cthe cidea cto ccooperate cwith cmachines cin cchess
UCCSS c1-14: cWe cknow cthat cbig cdata canalytics cprovides ca cpowerful cand cpromising ctool cfor cthe csocial csciences,
cgovernments, cand cbusinesses. cIt cis chowever cno cpanacea. cIt cturns cout cthat cthere cis can cultimate climitation cto cthe cpower cof
cbig cdata: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔data care calways cfrom cthe cpast cand cby citself ccannot cpredict cfuture cdynamics cdifferent cfrom
cthe cpast
UCCSS c1-14: cWhat cdo cwe cmean cwhen cwe csay c"more cis cdifferent" c(in cthis ccontext)? c(check call cthat capply) c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔More cof cthe csame, cdoesn't calways chave cthe csame ceffect
UCCSS c1-02: cso cwhat cdid che cjust crattle cdown? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔In cthe clate c1980s, cless cthan c1% cof call ctechnologically
cstored cinformation cwas cdigital, cand cnow cmore cthan c99%
UCCSS c1-02: cWhat cdoes cit cmean cthat cthe camount cof ctechnologically cstored cinformation c"doubles" cevery c2-3 cyears? c-
cCORRECT cANS✔✔Each c2-3 cyears, cas cmuch cis cadded cto cwhat cwe chave caccumulated csince cthe cvery cbeginning
UCCSS c1-02: cWhat cchanged? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔More cpeople cdocument csocial creality cnowadays
UCCSS c1-02: cWhat cdo cevolutionary ctheorists csay cabout cthe c"Major cTransitions cin cEvolution" c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Every
ctime cwe c(life) ccame cup cwith ca cnew cway cof cprocessing cinformation, ca cmajor ctransition chappened
UCCSS c1-02: cFrom cthis csocial cevolutionary cperspective, cthe cdigital cand cthe cbiological care cmerged cwhen: c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔... csociety cas ca cwhole chas cbecome cindispensably cdependent con cdigital ctechnology
UCCSS c1-02: cWhat's cthe cdifference cbetween chis ctwo conline ccourses? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cother cone cis cabout chow
cdigital ctech cchanges csociety cand cthis cone cis cabout chow cdigital ctech cchanges cknowledge cproduction
UCCSS c1-04: cThe cfirst cwave cof cscientific cadvancements cfocused con c: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A csmall cnumber cof cinterrelated
cvariables
UCCSS c1-04: cThe csecond cwave cof cscientific cadvancements cfocused con: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔average cof cmany c(rather
cunknown) cvariables
UCCSS c1-04: cWhich cof cthe cfollowing cstatements cis cNOT ctrue? cWhat cwe chere ccalled cproblems cof: c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔complexity cof cmodelled cwith csimple caverages cof ca csmall cnumber cof cinteracting cvariables
UCCSS c1-04: cWhy cis cit climiting cto cstudy csociety cwith cthe cdominant cscientific cmethods cfrom cthe c19th cand c20th ccentury? c-
cCORRECT cANS✔✔Societies ccontain cmore cthan c2-3 cvariables cand care ctoo ccomplex cto cbe cmodelled cwith caggregate
caverages
UCCSS c1-05: cWhen cdoing csocial cscience, cwe cstudy cwhat clevel cof cabstraction? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Networks cof cpeople
cand ctheir ctech
UCCSS c1-05: cHow cand cin creference cto cwhat cdid che cuse cthe cword c"emergence"? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔At ceach cof cthese
clevels, cnew crules/laws c"emerge" cthat ccan cbe cstudied
UCCSS c1-06: cWho cdoes cthe cAnteater c(a cbear-like canimal) ccommunicate cwith cin cthis cmetaphor? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔An
cant ccolony ccalled c"Aunt cHillary"
UCCSS c1-06: cWhat cbaffled cphilosophers clike cKant, cand csociologists clike cDurkheim? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔How cpredictable
csocial cpatterns cemerge cfrom ca cbunch cof cindividual cfree cwill
UCCSS c1-06: cWhat cwas ca cmain cdistinction cmade cby cboth ceconomists clike cSmith cand cpolitical cscientists clike cRousseau?
cThe cdistinction cbetween: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔the cintention cof cthe cindividual cand ccollective cintentions cof csociety
UCCSS c1-06: cWhat cdid cthe ceminent csocial cscientist cKarl cMarx cmean cwhen che ctalked cabout cwhat cothers ccalled cthe c"basic
cmetaphysical cprinciple cof cdialectics"? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔More cof csomething c(quantitative cdifference) ccan cat csome cpoint
ccreate cunexpected cemergent cphenomena c(qualitative cchanges)
UCCSS c1-06:All cdifferent ckinds cof c"social cscience" cdisciplines care cfundamentally cinterested cin cwhat? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔How csociety cemerges cfrom cindividual cparts
UCCSS c1-07: cWhat cwas cthe cmain capproach ctoward cscience cadopted cby cCharles cDarwin? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔He cmade
cempirical cobservations cand cfrom cthere, cdeveloped cideas
UCCSS c1-07: cWhat cdid cAlbert cEinstein cdo cin c1905 cand c1915? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔He cdeveloped ctheory, cnot cbased con
cempirical cobservations, cbut con cideas cand cfirst cprinciples
, UCCSS c1-07: cHow cdoes cthis crelate cto cthe c"very cshort chistory cof cscience" cof cthree cconsecutive cwaves cthat cwe chad
creviewed? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Einstein cworked con ca cproblem cwith cfew cvaraibles c(E=mc^2) cand cDarwin con cone cwith
caverage ctendencies cof cmany cobservations
UCCSS c1-07: cWhat cis cthe cso-called c"digital cfootprint" cor c"digital ctrace"? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cdigital cevidence cyou
cleave cbehind cwith ca cdigital cinteraction
UCCSS c1-07: cHow cdo cyou capproach cscience cthrough cinduction? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Data=> cAnalysis c=> cIdeas
UCCSS c1-07: cLoosely cspeaking, cwhat cterm ccan cyou cuse cto cexplain cwhat ca chypothesis cis? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔a cdirected
cbet
UCCSS c1-07: cThe cmethod cthat cAlbert cEinstein cspearheaded cin cthe cwork con crelativity cby cgoing cfrom cmathematical ctheories
cover chypothesis ctoward cobservable cphenomena cis ccalled: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Deduction
UCCSS c1-08: cWhat cwas cNOT cthe ctakeaway cfrom cthis canecdote? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔It's cvery chelpful cfor ccouples cto
cwhack ceach cother cwith crubber cbats cto cexpress ctheir cresentments
UCCSS c1-09: cWith ctongue-in-cheek c('jokingly'), cthe cunconventional cname cof c'glass cof cred cwine ctheorizing' cis cused chere cto
ccharacterize ca cvery ccommon cway cto cdeduce chypotheses cin cthe csocial csciences. cWhich cone? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔Examine cthe clogical cinterrelationships camong csome ccollection cof cverbal cstatements cor cthoughts
UCCSS c1-09: cWhich capproaches care chere cinformally/ cjokingly ccalled c"glass cof cred cwine ctheorizing"? c(check call cthat capply) c-
cCORRECT cANS✔✔Starting cfrom cvisionary cideas cand cthen ccollecting cempirical cdata cto ctest cthe cideas cwith chypotheses
Starting cfrom can cintellectual cconversation cwith cleading cexperts cand cthen cformulating chypotheses
UCCSS c1-10: cWhy cdid cwe csay cthat csocial cscience cis cthe cmost ccomplex cof call csciences? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔It's con ctop
cof ca chierarchy cof cemergence cthat csubsumes cother cscience cdisciplines
UCCSS c1-10: cImportant cgeneral cknowledge cquestion cfrom cthe crealm cof cscience c(and cit's climits). cWhat cwas cwhat cfrom
cwhom cabout cwhat? cCheck call cthat capply c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔David cHilbert casked cif cit's cpossiblle cto cautomate cthe
cdecision cif csomething cis ctrue cor cfalse c(Entscheudungsproblem)
Kurt cGodel cshowed cthat cit's cnot cpossible cto cfind ca cconsistent csystem cwith conly ctrue cstatements c(Incompleteness cTheorem)
UCCSS c1-10: cWhat cis cthis ccourse cNOT cabout? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Truly cunderstanding cwhat cthese ctwo cHilberts creally
chave cto cdo cwith ceach cother
UCCSS c1-11: cWhat cdoes c"sampling cissue" cmean? cWhat ccould cbe cwrong cwith cdrawing cconclusions cfrom cthis cdigital cfootprint
cdata? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cgroup cof cpeople chere cis cnot cnecessarily crepresentative cof call
chusbands/wives/boy-/girlfriends
UCCSS c1-11: cWhat ccould cbe cwrong cwith cdrawing csuch cconclusions cfrom cthis cdigital cfootprint cdata? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔The cgroup cof cpeople chere cis cnot cnecessarily crepresentative cof call cmen
UCCSS c1-12: cWait! cWhat cdid che cjust csay? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Your chappiness ccan cbe cinfluences cby cthe chappiness cof ca
cdistant cfriend cof ca cfriend
UCCSS c1-12: cEyeballing cthis cgroup: ccan cyou csee ca ccharacteristic cthat cgoes ctogether cwith chaving ca ccomputer c(on
caverage)? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Education
UCCSS c1-12: cThe cmain cpoint cof cthis cexample cwas: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Without ctracking csocial cnetwork, cwe cmiss can
cimportant caspect cof chow cit cworks
UCCSS c1-12: cWhat cwas cthe ckey cinsight cin cthis cstudy? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cnetwork cstructure cof csociety ccan creveal
cinsights cto cmake csocial cinterventions cmore cefficient
UCCSS c1-13: cWhen ccomputer cprograms care cused cto cprocess cand canalyze clarge camounts cof cnatural clanguage cdata, cthis
ccomputer cscience cand cartificial cintelligence csubfield cis cgenerally creferred cto cas: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Natural cLanguage
cProcessing c(NLP)
UCCSS c1-13: cWhat cwas cthe cpoint cof ctalking cabout cflying cmachines? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔We coften cunderstand can caspect
cof creality cwhen cbuilding cmachines cthat cdeal cwith cit
UCCSS c1-13: cWhat cdid cthe cChess cGrandmaster cGarry cKasparov cdo cafter closing cto cAI? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔He cpromoted
cthe cidea cto ccooperate cwith cmachines cin cchess
UCCSS c1-14: cWe cknow cthat cbig cdata canalytics cprovides ca cpowerful cand cpromising ctool cfor cthe csocial csciences,
cgovernments, cand cbusinesses. cIt cis chowever cno cpanacea. cIt cturns cout cthat cthere cis can cultimate climitation cto cthe cpower cof
cbig cdata: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔data care calways cfrom cthe cpast cand cby citself ccannot cpredict cfuture cdynamics cdifferent cfrom
cthe cpast
UCCSS c1-14: cWhat cdo cwe cmean cwhen cwe csay c"more cis cdifferent" c(in cthis ccontext)? c(check call cthat capply) c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔More cof cthe csame, cdoesn't calways chave cthe csame ceffect
