Communication Technology MidTerm
Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
Four Layers of Ecosystem Perspective - Correct answer-Individual users
Software, hardware, content
Organizational infrastructure
Social systems
Individual Users - Correct answer-Competency; attitudes and motivations
Hardware/Software/Content - Correct answer-Data
Organizational Infrastructure - Correct answer-Potential deployment at
organizational level; organizational support; culture and norms
Social Systems - Correct answer-Media; political; economic; social
Enabling - Correct answer-Can and will; opposite from limiting
Motivating - Correct answer-Want; opposite from inhibiting
Motivating/Enabling - Correct answer-Created and used
Motivating/Limiting - Correct answer-Not created but desired
, Limiting/Inhibiting - Correct answer-Not created and not desired
Inhibiting/Enabling - Correct answer-Created but not desired
Chindogu - Correct answer-Creating useless gadgets for no practical reason
Utopian View - Correct answer-Perfect, positive
Duistopian View - Correct answer-Technology is bad
Productivity Paradox - Correct answer-As ICT got adopted and used, productivity
remained relatively unchanged
Three Stages of Technology Use - Correct answer-Supplementation, enlargement,
reconfiguration
Supplementation - Correct answer-Greater efficiency and effectiveness; use
technologies to do old things in new ways
Enlargement - Correct answer-Moore's Law; Metcalfe's Law; computers have been
dropping in price by 30%
Reconfiguration - Correct answer-Significant changes on the organizational
structures and social/economic systems
Moore's Law - Correct answer-Computational power doubles every 24 months
Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
Four Layers of Ecosystem Perspective - Correct answer-Individual users
Software, hardware, content
Organizational infrastructure
Social systems
Individual Users - Correct answer-Competency; attitudes and motivations
Hardware/Software/Content - Correct answer-Data
Organizational Infrastructure - Correct answer-Potential deployment at
organizational level; organizational support; culture and norms
Social Systems - Correct answer-Media; political; economic; social
Enabling - Correct answer-Can and will; opposite from limiting
Motivating - Correct answer-Want; opposite from inhibiting
Motivating/Enabling - Correct answer-Created and used
Motivating/Limiting - Correct answer-Not created but desired
, Limiting/Inhibiting - Correct answer-Not created and not desired
Inhibiting/Enabling - Correct answer-Created but not desired
Chindogu - Correct answer-Creating useless gadgets for no practical reason
Utopian View - Correct answer-Perfect, positive
Duistopian View - Correct answer-Technology is bad
Productivity Paradox - Correct answer-As ICT got adopted and used, productivity
remained relatively unchanged
Three Stages of Technology Use - Correct answer-Supplementation, enlargement,
reconfiguration
Supplementation - Correct answer-Greater efficiency and effectiveness; use
technologies to do old things in new ways
Enlargement - Correct answer-Moore's Law; Metcalfe's Law; computers have been
dropping in price by 30%
Reconfiguration - Correct answer-Significant changes on the organizational
structures and social/economic systems
Moore's Law - Correct answer-Computational power doubles every 24 months
