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When president Lincoln was elected d. About one week
in 1860, how long did it take for the
message of his victory to reach the
West Coast from the East Coast?
a. As long as a phone call takes
b. About one minute
c. About one day
d. About one week
In the late 1980s (i.e. 1986), human kind a. Yes, less than 1%
was able to store only a small share of
their stored information in digital
format.
a. Yes, less than 1%
b. Yes, less than 3%
c. Yes, some 25%
d. No, more than 99% is in digital
format
The invention of the telephone was so b. False
important in history because it
constituted the world's first "tele- (Even smoke signals allowed us to distantly
communication" ('distance- communicate)
communication) device.
a. True
b. False
,"ICT convergence" or "digital c. Three previously separate technological
convergence" refers to the fact that: trajectories converges on the digital paradigm
a. The most fundamental way to
express information consists in the bit
b. Storage, Communication &
Computation converged with Claude
Shannon in 1948
c. Three previously separate
technological trajectories converges
on the digital paradigm
"The internet increases productivity." a. Technological Determinism
This statement is an example of:
a. Technological Determinism
b. Social Constructivism
The first fundamental necessary b. Hardware, Software, Human Capital
condition for digital development
consists in:
a. Infrastructure, Capabilities, Skills
b. Hardware, Software, Human Capital
c. Generic Services, Capabilities,
Culture
d. Infrastructure, Generic Services,
Software
The prefix "e-..." implies that: a. Part of the involved information processes take
place in electronic format
a. Part of the involved information
processes take place in electronic
format
b. It is an e-xciting sector, with lots of
hip and cool characteristics
c. People in this sector are in e-cstasy
, In the sense of our cube framework, b. The modification of a process or system by
positive- and negative feedback intervention
mean:
a. Encouragement and criticism
b. The modification of a process or
system by intervention
c. Uplifting and shattering reactions
The difference between indicators b. Indexes are a weighted collection of indicators
and indexes is:
a. Indicators consists of different
indexes
b. Indexes are a weighted collection
of indicators
c. Indicators combine different
indexes into one coherent number
Our current era is unique because in b. False
contrary to previous stages of human
history, nowadays technology has
become the main driver of human
progress.
a. True
b. False
The Digital Divide refers to: b. An arising inequality in terms of access and usage
of digital technologies
a. The basic theory on the diffusion of
innovations
b. An arising inequality in terms of
access and usage of digital
technologies
c. The fact that digital technology
divides people through polarization
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When president Lincoln was elected d. About one week
in 1860, how long did it take for the
message of his victory to reach the
West Coast from the East Coast?
a. As long as a phone call takes
b. About one minute
c. About one day
d. About one week
In the late 1980s (i.e. 1986), human kind a. Yes, less than 1%
was able to store only a small share of
their stored information in digital
format.
a. Yes, less than 1%
b. Yes, less than 3%
c. Yes, some 25%
d. No, more than 99% is in digital
format
The invention of the telephone was so b. False
important in history because it
constituted the world's first "tele- (Even smoke signals allowed us to distantly
communication" ('distance- communicate)
communication) device.
a. True
b. False
,"ICT convergence" or "digital c. Three previously separate technological
convergence" refers to the fact that: trajectories converges on the digital paradigm
a. The most fundamental way to
express information consists in the bit
b. Storage, Communication &
Computation converged with Claude
Shannon in 1948
c. Three previously separate
technological trajectories converges
on the digital paradigm
"The internet increases productivity." a. Technological Determinism
This statement is an example of:
a. Technological Determinism
b. Social Constructivism
The first fundamental necessary b. Hardware, Software, Human Capital
condition for digital development
consists in:
a. Infrastructure, Capabilities, Skills
b. Hardware, Software, Human Capital
c. Generic Services, Capabilities,
Culture
d. Infrastructure, Generic Services,
Software
The prefix "e-..." implies that: a. Part of the involved information processes take
place in electronic format
a. Part of the involved information
processes take place in electronic
format
b. It is an e-xciting sector, with lots of
hip and cool characteristics
c. People in this sector are in e-cstasy
, In the sense of our cube framework, b. The modification of a process or system by
positive- and negative feedback intervention
mean:
a. Encouragement and criticism
b. The modification of a process or
system by intervention
c. Uplifting and shattering reactions
The difference between indicators b. Indexes are a weighted collection of indicators
and indexes is:
a. Indicators consists of different
indexes
b. Indexes are a weighted collection
of indicators
c. Indicators combine different
indexes into one coherent number
Our current era is unique because in b. False
contrary to previous stages of human
history, nowadays technology has
become the main driver of human
progress.
a. True
b. False
The Digital Divide refers to: b. An arising inequality in terms of access and usage
of digital technologies
a. The basic theory on the diffusion of
innovations
b. An arising inequality in terms of
access and usage of digital
technologies
c. The fact that digital technology
divides people through polarization
