ITI 103-Midterm
(Rutgers) with 100%
correct answers
What is technology?
• Creative process involving human ingenuity
• Craftsman, engineers... others using tools,
machines and knowledge to create and control the
human-build world
• Importance of systems, controls and information
• Practical, useful arts
Model for describing organizational IT
Local Applications
are fast changing, and because they are fast
changing, they are not part of the infrastructure,
but draw from it.
IT Components Layer
the foundation of an organization's IT
infrastructure. This layer includes the technology
components - computers, printers, operating
systems, etc.
Human IT Infrastructure
,This layer consists of experts' knowledge, skills,
experience, and standards to "bind" IT components
into services that people can understand.
Shared IT Services
include the services that users can draw upon and
share to conduct business. Examples of these
services include websites, wireless applications,
firewalls, data processing facilities, etc.
Shared and Standard IT Applications
These are at the top of the IT infrastructure and
include stable applications such as accounting,
budgeting, and HR.
What is Social Informatics?
A body of research that examines the social
aspects of computerization.
What does social informatics center on?
• Understanding the impact technology has on
people
• The development of new uses for technology
• The application of information technology in the
context of another field
• Informatics is the interdisciplinary study of the
design, application, use and impacts of information
technology
, First Machine Age
: Industrial Revolution, late 18th century,
developments in mechanical engineering,
chemistry, metallurgy, etc. Steam engine
technology replaced muscle power. Progress is
driven by technology for the first time. Challenges
associated with the First Machine Age included
pollution and child labor.
Second Machine Age
Age (Our current digital age): computers and
digital advances. Technology is replacing mental
power. This is a move into new territory.
Challenges associated with the Second Machine
Age include the difference between special skills
and ordinary skills, as well as the "right"
education.
What is the difference between hardware and
software?
Hardware includes the physical elements of the
computing system. Software includes the programs
that provide the instructions for the computer to
execute.
What is the internet?
A vast, uncontrolled but standards-compliant
network of computers (and the network itself with
routers, hubs, edge switches, LANs, WANs, MANs
and so on) that is available almost anywhere in the
world. Basically, when you sign on to the Internet,
you become a part of it.
(Rutgers) with 100%
correct answers
What is technology?
• Creative process involving human ingenuity
• Craftsman, engineers... others using tools,
machines and knowledge to create and control the
human-build world
• Importance of systems, controls and information
• Practical, useful arts
Model for describing organizational IT
Local Applications
are fast changing, and because they are fast
changing, they are not part of the infrastructure,
but draw from it.
IT Components Layer
the foundation of an organization's IT
infrastructure. This layer includes the technology
components - computers, printers, operating
systems, etc.
Human IT Infrastructure
,This layer consists of experts' knowledge, skills,
experience, and standards to "bind" IT components
into services that people can understand.
Shared IT Services
include the services that users can draw upon and
share to conduct business. Examples of these
services include websites, wireless applications,
firewalls, data processing facilities, etc.
Shared and Standard IT Applications
These are at the top of the IT infrastructure and
include stable applications such as accounting,
budgeting, and HR.
What is Social Informatics?
A body of research that examines the social
aspects of computerization.
What does social informatics center on?
• Understanding the impact technology has on
people
• The development of new uses for technology
• The application of information technology in the
context of another field
• Informatics is the interdisciplinary study of the
design, application, use and impacts of information
technology
, First Machine Age
: Industrial Revolution, late 18th century,
developments in mechanical engineering,
chemistry, metallurgy, etc. Steam engine
technology replaced muscle power. Progress is
driven by technology for the first time. Challenges
associated with the First Machine Age included
pollution and child labor.
Second Machine Age
Age (Our current digital age): computers and
digital advances. Technology is replacing mental
power. This is a move into new territory.
Challenges associated with the Second Machine
Age include the difference between special skills
and ordinary skills, as well as the "right"
education.
What is the difference between hardware and
software?
Hardware includes the physical elements of the
computing system. Software includes the programs
that provide the instructions for the computer to
execute.
What is the internet?
A vast, uncontrolled but standards-compliant
network of computers (and the network itself with
routers, hubs, edge switches, LANs, WANs, MANs
and so on) that is available almost anywhere in the
world. Basically, when you sign on to the Internet,
you become a part of it.
