CMN 170v Midterm 1, video/quiz questions

When president Lincoln was elected in 1860, how long did it take for the message of his victory to reach the West Coast from the East Coast? - About 1 Week Professor Hilbert thinks that all the world's technology is actually one giant human brain. T or F? - True In the late 1980s (i.e. 1986), humankind was able to store only a small share of their stored information in digital format? - Yes, less than 1% The invention of the telephone was so important in history because it constituted the the world's first "tele-communication ("distance communication") device". T or F? - False (even smoke signals allowed to "distance communicate" "ICT convergence" or "digital convergence refers to the fact that? - 3 previously separate technological trajectories converge on the digital paradigm (communication, storage, computation) "The internet increases productivity" is an example of? - Technological determinism (in reality, the internet can make one also extremely unproductive; the internet is just a tool) "The internet can be used in a way to increase productivity" is an example of? - Social constructivism (it's a tool that's used by society to construct a certain outcome; in this case, productivity) The first fundamental necessary condition for digital developments consist in? - Hardware, software, human capital The prefix "e" implies that? - Part of the involved information process takes place in electronic format In the sense of our cube framework, positive and negative feedback mean? - The modification of a process or system by intervention Our conceptual cube framework understands the digital age as an interplay of the following 3 dimensions - Digital technology, social change, and policies/strategies (digital technologies are tools for social change that need to be guided through policies/strategies) What are the aspects of the 3 dimensions of the cube framework? - Technological change (represented by the 3 layers of infrastructure, generic services, and capabilities), social change (represented by the e-sectors), and social guidance (positive/negative feedback) How can it be that worldwide there are more mobile phone subscriptions (95%) than access to electricity (some 80%)? - Some people in the developed world have 2-3 mobile phone subscriptions, while some in developing countries don't have any; some people in developing countries charge their phones through alternative energy sources, motors, and batteries What's the difference between "broadband" and "narrowband" internet? - Broadband provides more bandwidth (higher data rate) and narrowband has less up/download speed In 2014 some 40% of humankind used the internet and some 10% had access to fixed-broadband; based on these numbers, what % of internet users had access to broadband and what % merely had narrowband? - 25% broadband and 75% narrowband What is the correlation between internet usage and education degree? - Internet usage is higher among people with higher levels of education What is the correlation between internet usage and urban vs. rural households (geography)? - Urban areas have more fixed than mobile solutions and rural areas have more mobile than fixed (since setting up a network is cheaper than a fixed-line network and can cover rural areas more easily aka an antenna) What is the correlation between internet usage and age? - Young people use the internet more than old people The back office represents the "invisible" part of the web project and usually consumes the vast majority of the work involved setting up a web project. T or F? - True What is an example of part of the back office of an online web project? - Search-ability of databases and their interconnectivity What are the characteristics for a traditional 2 dimension graph? - The vertical axis is called the y-axis and horizontal axis is called the x-axis Countries with higher shares of software spending also have higher shares of software professionals. T or F? - True (positive correlation between y and x axis) Why were the fisherman in Kerala able to overcome poverty through mobile phones? - They used their phones to obtain and share info for what mattered to them ERP, SCM, and CRM stand for? - Enterprise Resource Planning (help to manage all the resources within the company), Supply Chain Management (databases that administer