CMN 170V Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is ICT? Information and Communication Technology
True or False. The invention of the telephone was not the True
world's first "tele-communication" or "distance
communication" device, smoke signals can and were
used for distance communication
How has communication evolved? Smoke signals → Trumpet, horns (100 B.C.) → News paper (1502)→Chappe
Telegraph (1794)→Electromagnetic Telegraph (1837)→Telephone (1876)→Radio
(1918)→TV (1927)→Cellular (1973)
How has information storage evolved? Wall-painting→Chinese paper (105 A.D.)→Printing Press (1450)→Punch cards
(1801)→Magnetic disk (1956)→CD-Rom (1982)
How has computation evolved? Abacus calculator → Mech. Calculator (1500 A.D.)→Relay (1935)→Vacuum tube
(1942)→ Transistor(1959) → Microprocessor(1973) → Laptop (1975) → Mac (1981)
What three areas have converged into ICT? Communication, information storage, and computation
Who is Claude Shannon? Father of the information and digital age
"Digital convergence" or "ICT convergence" on the bit Three previously separate technologies trajectories (Communication, Information
refers to the fact that... Storage, and Computation) converges on the digital paradigm
True or False. Time online has dramatically decreased. False. Time online has dramatically INCREASED.
True or False. Technology is a tool and a means to an end. True.
What is technology determinism? Technology determines the outcome
Is this an example of technology determines or social Technology determinism
construction of technology? Example: internet implies
freedom and democracy, the internet is inherently good,
or, technology implies a informational dictatorship, total
control, surveillance, internet is inherently bad
Is this an example of technology determinism or social Technology determinism
construction of technology?
Example: "The internet increases productivity"
What is social construction of technology? technology has different outcomes and they have to be socially constructed,
technology is a tool like a hammer
, Is this an example of technology determines or social Social constructivism
construction of technology?
Example: "The internet can be used in a way to increase
productivity"
What is the Cube Framework? Frame of reference that enables us to sort out the intricate relationships between
information and communication tech. and development
What does the Cube Framework focus on? -interdependency among technology
-policy interventions
-socioeconomic sectors
What are the horizontal layers of the Cube Framework? -Infrastructure: tangible like hardware, computers, mobile phones, cables
-Generic services: software, apps, email services, social networks
-Capabilities, skills and culture: ability to use it
What are the vertical layers of the Cube Framework? • Different sectors like e-commerce, e-health, public admin.
• The prefix "e-..." implies that part of the involved information processes take place
in electronic format
What are the diagonal areas of the Cube Framework? • Policy
• Positive and negative feedback: the modification of a process or system by
intervention
True or False. The first fundamental necessary condition True
for digital development consists in: Hardware, software
and human capital
"Politicians and entrepreneurs alike have claimed that the a) Technological determinism
Internet is a tool for total control. Digital communication
and interactions are recorded, monitored and analyzed
by secret services, national security agencies, and private
enterprises as part of their surveillance practices." This
attitude is an example of:
a) Technological determinism
b) Social constructivism
The first computing device that ever existed was enabled B) False
by the monumental invention of the transistor and
microprocessor in the 1970s, which also sets the starting
point of the "Information Age"
A) True
B) False
How can we think about global digital development? Technology is a tool that has to be guided and technology is not automatically
good or bad
True or False. In regards to guiding intervention, positive True
feedback is like adding fuel to a fire and negative
feedback is not too much, not too little
CORRECT Answers
What is ICT? Information and Communication Technology
True or False. The invention of the telephone was not the True
world's first "tele-communication" or "distance
communication" device, smoke signals can and were
used for distance communication
How has communication evolved? Smoke signals → Trumpet, horns (100 B.C.) → News paper (1502)→Chappe
Telegraph (1794)→Electromagnetic Telegraph (1837)→Telephone (1876)→Radio
(1918)→TV (1927)→Cellular (1973)
How has information storage evolved? Wall-painting→Chinese paper (105 A.D.)→Printing Press (1450)→Punch cards
(1801)→Magnetic disk (1956)→CD-Rom (1982)
How has computation evolved? Abacus calculator → Mech. Calculator (1500 A.D.)→Relay (1935)→Vacuum tube
(1942)→ Transistor(1959) → Microprocessor(1973) → Laptop (1975) → Mac (1981)
What three areas have converged into ICT? Communication, information storage, and computation
Who is Claude Shannon? Father of the information and digital age
"Digital convergence" or "ICT convergence" on the bit Three previously separate technologies trajectories (Communication, Information
refers to the fact that... Storage, and Computation) converges on the digital paradigm
True or False. Time online has dramatically decreased. False. Time online has dramatically INCREASED.
True or False. Technology is a tool and a means to an end. True.
What is technology determinism? Technology determines the outcome
Is this an example of technology determines or social Technology determinism
construction of technology? Example: internet implies
freedom and democracy, the internet is inherently good,
or, technology implies a informational dictatorship, total
control, surveillance, internet is inherently bad
Is this an example of technology determinism or social Technology determinism
construction of technology?
Example: "The internet increases productivity"
What is social construction of technology? technology has different outcomes and they have to be socially constructed,
technology is a tool like a hammer
, Is this an example of technology determines or social Social constructivism
construction of technology?
Example: "The internet can be used in a way to increase
productivity"
What is the Cube Framework? Frame of reference that enables us to sort out the intricate relationships between
information and communication tech. and development
What does the Cube Framework focus on? -interdependency among technology
-policy interventions
-socioeconomic sectors
What are the horizontal layers of the Cube Framework? -Infrastructure: tangible like hardware, computers, mobile phones, cables
-Generic services: software, apps, email services, social networks
-Capabilities, skills and culture: ability to use it
What are the vertical layers of the Cube Framework? • Different sectors like e-commerce, e-health, public admin.
• The prefix "e-..." implies that part of the involved information processes take place
in electronic format
What are the diagonal areas of the Cube Framework? • Policy
• Positive and negative feedback: the modification of a process or system by
intervention
True or False. The first fundamental necessary condition True
for digital development consists in: Hardware, software
and human capital
"Politicians and entrepreneurs alike have claimed that the a) Technological determinism
Internet is a tool for total control. Digital communication
and interactions are recorded, monitored and analyzed
by secret services, national security agencies, and private
enterprises as part of their surveillance practices." This
attitude is an example of:
a) Technological determinism
b) Social constructivism
The first computing device that ever existed was enabled B) False
by the monumental invention of the transistor and
microprocessor in the 1970s, which also sets the starting
point of the "Information Age"
A) True
B) False
How can we think about global digital development? Technology is a tool that has to be guided and technology is not automatically
good or bad
True or False. In regards to guiding intervention, positive True
feedback is like adding fuel to a fire and negative
feedback is not too much, not too little
