CIS105 - MIDTERM (ARIZONA STATE
UNIVERSITY EARNED ADMISSIONS)
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ The larger and more active a wiki community, the more likely it is that
content will be up-to-date and that errors will be quickly corrected. This is
an example of _________..
Answer: Network Effects.
◍ Social media policies revolve around the "three Rs". What are they?.
Answer: Representation, respect, and responsibility.
◍ _____ refers to services targeted at harnessing the power of the internet to
empower users to collaborate, create resources, and share information in a
distinctly different way from the static web sites and transaction-focused
storefronts..
Answer: Web 2.0.
◍ True or False. Crowdsourcing refers to the process where initially undefined
groups of users band together to solve problems, create code, and develop
services..
Answer: True.
◍ ______ refers to users working, often collaboratively, to create content and
provide services online..
Answer: Peer Production.
◍ True or False. The social media space introduces a tension between allowing
, expression (among employees and by the broader community) and
protecting the brand..
Answer: True.
◍ Examples of peer-production include:.
Answer: Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. Linux, an open source
computer operating system.
◍ Facebook, Twitter, Medium, LinkedIn, and Pinterest are examples of
_________..
Answer: Social Media Platforms.
◍ _____ is a mental shortcut that relies on the most immediate examples that
might come to mind evaluating a decision. It operates on the notion that if
you can recall it, it must be important..
Answer: The Availability Heuristic.
◍ How can you debias the framing effect?.
Answer: Decide how to decide up front.Think through how you're going to
make the decision before you go to make the decision.Challenge the
information you get.Do your own analysis.
◍ Groupthink bias can occur due to:.
Answer: Herd Behavior.
◍ True or False: Wisdom of crowds is the idea that a large, diverse group often
has less collective insight than a single or small group of trained
professionals..
Answer: False.
◍ True or False: Location-based services are increasingly combining
geolocated data with social media. Users are always in control of sharing
location data, and these services pose no security or privacy issues..
Answer: False.
◍ What criteria ensures the wisdom of the crowd works?.
Answer: Be diverse, so that participants bring different pieces of information
UNIVERSITY EARNED ADMISSIONS)
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ The larger and more active a wiki community, the more likely it is that
content will be up-to-date and that errors will be quickly corrected. This is
an example of _________..
Answer: Network Effects.
◍ Social media policies revolve around the "three Rs". What are they?.
Answer: Representation, respect, and responsibility.
◍ _____ refers to services targeted at harnessing the power of the internet to
empower users to collaborate, create resources, and share information in a
distinctly different way from the static web sites and transaction-focused
storefronts..
Answer: Web 2.0.
◍ True or False. Crowdsourcing refers to the process where initially undefined
groups of users band together to solve problems, create code, and develop
services..
Answer: True.
◍ ______ refers to users working, often collaboratively, to create content and
provide services online..
Answer: Peer Production.
◍ True or False. The social media space introduces a tension between allowing
, expression (among employees and by the broader community) and
protecting the brand..
Answer: True.
◍ Examples of peer-production include:.
Answer: Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. Linux, an open source
computer operating system.
◍ Facebook, Twitter, Medium, LinkedIn, and Pinterest are examples of
_________..
Answer: Social Media Platforms.
◍ _____ is a mental shortcut that relies on the most immediate examples that
might come to mind evaluating a decision. It operates on the notion that if
you can recall it, it must be important..
Answer: The Availability Heuristic.
◍ How can you debias the framing effect?.
Answer: Decide how to decide up front.Think through how you're going to
make the decision before you go to make the decision.Challenge the
information you get.Do your own analysis.
◍ Groupthink bias can occur due to:.
Answer: Herd Behavior.
◍ True or False: Wisdom of crowds is the idea that a large, diverse group often
has less collective insight than a single or small group of trained
professionals..
Answer: False.
◍ True or False: Location-based services are increasingly combining
geolocated data with social media. Users are always in control of sharing
location data, and these services pose no security or privacy issues..
Answer: False.
◍ What criteria ensures the wisdom of the crowd works?.
Answer: Be diverse, so that participants bring different pieces of information
