mcom101 final exam ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Why did development of the printing press lead to increased resistance to religious authority?
- CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Information was more widely available, information and ideas
was spread faster
The manuscript, or written, culture that existed between 1000 BCE and the mid-fifteenth
century primarily served rich and powerful institutions. Why? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Only those people could read/afford books
How did the Internet originate? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅As a military-government
project
What is ARPAnet? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Advanced Research Projects Agency
Network
Is the Internet owned and operated by the federal government, which has the power to shut it
down when necessary? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
Social media has only brought benefits for democracy. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
Misinformation is false or misleading information spread by people who assume it's true. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅true
What is disinformation? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Intentionally incorrect information
Which company dominates the search business? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅google
Which features of online social media help create filter bubbles. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅
, *hand transcription of documents is most closely identified with which era in communication
history? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅written.
*true or false, ARPA net is a browser - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Advanced research
Project Agency. not a browser
*true or false, misinformation is false or misleading information spread by people who
assume its true - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅misinformation is spread by people who
assume its true and disinformation is spread by people who know its not true
*what was one original motivation for developing the internet - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅security during the cold war
*what is the name of the language is used for displaying inages text and other multimedia that
allows users to link files to one another? JAVA, HTML, Mosaic? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅HTML
*which statement best describes a benefit of online communities?
a.information that upholds a communities preexisting beliefs can spread quickly
b. online communities can provide support and advice for marginalized groups
c. online communities can lead to increased polarizations
d. an online community can become disconnected from other communities - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅helps people feel less alone
*our tendency to favor information that conforms to our preexisting beliefs over informations
that challenges them is known as
... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅conformation bias
*how does google make money from emails - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ads based on key
words from emails.
google uses profile information to deliver targeted and personalized as to its users (true/false)
- CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅true
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Why did development of the printing press lead to increased resistance to religious authority?
- CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Information was more widely available, information and ideas
was spread faster
The manuscript, or written, culture that existed between 1000 BCE and the mid-fifteenth
century primarily served rich and powerful institutions. Why? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Only those people could read/afford books
How did the Internet originate? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅As a military-government
project
What is ARPAnet? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Advanced Research Projects Agency
Network
Is the Internet owned and operated by the federal government, which has the power to shut it
down when necessary? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
Social media has only brought benefits for democracy. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
Misinformation is false or misleading information spread by people who assume it's true. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅true
What is disinformation? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Intentionally incorrect information
Which company dominates the search business? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅google
Which features of online social media help create filter bubbles. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅
, *hand transcription of documents is most closely identified with which era in communication
history? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅written.
*true or false, ARPA net is a browser - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Advanced research
Project Agency. not a browser
*true or false, misinformation is false or misleading information spread by people who
assume its true - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅misinformation is spread by people who
assume its true and disinformation is spread by people who know its not true
*what was one original motivation for developing the internet - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅security during the cold war
*what is the name of the language is used for displaying inages text and other multimedia that
allows users to link files to one another? JAVA, HTML, Mosaic? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅HTML
*which statement best describes a benefit of online communities?
a.information that upholds a communities preexisting beliefs can spread quickly
b. online communities can provide support and advice for marginalized groups
c. online communities can lead to increased polarizations
d. an online community can become disconnected from other communities - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅helps people feel less alone
*our tendency to favor information that conforms to our preexisting beliefs over informations
that challenges them is known as
... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅conformation bias
*how does google make money from emails - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ads based on key
words from emails.
google uses profile information to deliver targeted and personalized as to its users (true/false)
- CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅true
