TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION CERTIFICATION
TEST PAPER VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Augmented Reality
Answer: A combination of our normal sense of the objects around us
with an overlay of information displayed
●● Cognitive Surplus
Answer: The combination of leisure time and the tools needed to be
creative
●● Collaborative Consumption
Answer: Joining together as a group to use a specific product more
efficiently
●● Computer Forensics
Answer: The application of computer systems and techniques to gather
potential legal evidence; a law enforcement specialty used to fight high-
tech crime.
●● Computer Literate
,Answer: Being familiar enough with computers that a user knows how
to use them and understands their capabilities and limitations
●● Crisis-mapping tool
Answer: A tool that collects information from emails, text messages,
blog posts, and twitter tweets and maps them, making the information
instantly publicly available
●● Crowdfunding
Answer: Asking for small donations from a large number of people,
often using the internet; a style of generating capital to start a business
through social media
●● Crowdsourcing
Answer: The phenomenon of consumers checking in with the voice of
the crowd before making purchases.
●● Data Mining
Answer: the process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and
investigated. The objective is to spot significant patterns or trends within
the data that would otherwise not be obvious
●● Digital Divide
, Answer: The discrepancy between those who have access to the
opportunities and knowledge that computers and the internet offer and
those who do not
●● Information Technology (IT)
Answer: the set of techniques used in processing and retrieving
information
●● QR (Quick Response) Codes
Answer: Technology that lets any piece of print in the real world host a
live link to online information and video content
●● Social Networking
Answer: A means by which people use the internet to communicate and
share information among their immediate friends and to meet and
connect with others through common interests, experiences, and friends
●● Software
Answer: The set of computer programs or instructions that tells the
computer what to do and that enables it to preform different tasks
●● Spam
Answer: Unwanted or junk email
TEST PAPER VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Augmented Reality
Answer: A combination of our normal sense of the objects around us
with an overlay of information displayed
●● Cognitive Surplus
Answer: The combination of leisure time and the tools needed to be
creative
●● Collaborative Consumption
Answer: Joining together as a group to use a specific product more
efficiently
●● Computer Forensics
Answer: The application of computer systems and techniques to gather
potential legal evidence; a law enforcement specialty used to fight high-
tech crime.
●● Computer Literate
,Answer: Being familiar enough with computers that a user knows how
to use them and understands their capabilities and limitations
●● Crisis-mapping tool
Answer: A tool that collects information from emails, text messages,
blog posts, and twitter tweets and maps them, making the information
instantly publicly available
●● Crowdfunding
Answer: Asking for small donations from a large number of people,
often using the internet; a style of generating capital to start a business
through social media
●● Crowdsourcing
Answer: The phenomenon of consumers checking in with the voice of
the crowd before making purchases.
●● Data Mining
Answer: the process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and
investigated. The objective is to spot significant patterns or trends within
the data that would otherwise not be obvious
●● Digital Divide
, Answer: The discrepancy between those who have access to the
opportunities and knowledge that computers and the internet offer and
those who do not
●● Information Technology (IT)
Answer: the set of techniques used in processing and retrieving
information
●● QR (Quick Response) Codes
Answer: Technology that lets any piece of print in the real world host a
live link to online information and video content
●● Social Networking
Answer: A means by which people use the internet to communicate and
share information among their immediate friends and to meet and
connect with others through common interests, experiences, and friends
●● Software
Answer: The set of computer programs or instructions that tells the
computer what to do and that enables it to preform different tasks
●● Spam
Answer: Unwanted or junk email
