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CMC Test Review Exam Questions With
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Which of the following was NOT suggested as "benefits of science" by Bush (1945)? -
answer✔*Human's decreased control of his/her environment*
Evolution and preservation of knowledge
Provision of a record of ideas
Faster communication between individuals
How people, including scientists and engineers, imagine and desire future technologies influence
the direction of technological development and usage greatly. T/F - answer✔True
Which technology is the most relevant to this imagination/prediction by Bush (1945)?
"The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut. The
only fantastic thing about it is the idea of making as many pictures as would result from its use.
Often it would be advantageous to be able to snap the camera and to look at the picture
immediately." - answer✔Digital Camera
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What is the name of the first computer developed in 1946 (designed by J. Mauchly & J. Eckert)?
- answer✔ENIAC
Robert Noyce invented "this" technology that helped make computers much smaller, which
facilitated the development of personal computers. What is this technology? - answer✔Integrated
Circuit
Early development of computers for lay people was largely attributed to processes of strategic
planning and following expected norms. T/F - answer✔False
What is the name of the first Internet? - answer✔ARPAnet
Communication about technology is also one of the best places to see "the desires and concerns
of a given social context and the preoccupations of particular moments in history" (Sturken &
Thomas, 2004, p. 1). T/F - answer✔True
If you believe a technology such as smartphones and the Internet have direct effects on human
behaviors and society such that using them makes us be smarter, or more stupid, or social
problems will all be resolved by developing and using more technologies, which of the following
camp do you belong to? T/F - answer✔True (Technological determinism)
According to media richness theory, telephone is a richer medium than email. T/F -
answer✔True