cmn 170v final exam questions with answers

cmn 170v final exam questions with answers
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what are two elements of innovation? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔traits and new combinations of them |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




the difference between invention and innovation is that - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1. invention refers to practical/technical
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recombination
2. innovation refers to economic/social recombination
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3. innovation creates value from inventions
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what are the three fundamental things we can do with information
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in our universe - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. transmission of
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information through time (storage) |\ |\ |\




2. transformation of information in space-time (computation)
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3. transmission of information through space (communication)
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innovations are - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. derived from the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



supply of invention to satisfy demands |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




2. dependent on historical context and current context
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death of distance - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A phrase coined by
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Frances Cairncross, which suggests that distance may no longer
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be a limiting factor in people's ability to communicate and interact
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(info travels at speed of light)
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,1853: voluntary time agreement among railroads
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The term "death of distance", as used here, seems a bit
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exaggerated because, even nowadays, there are delays when |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



communicating over space The basic argument here is - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



ANSWERS ✔✔when bits traveling close to the speed of light we
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have approached the limit of the physically possible
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while digital distance - communication has been around for many
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years, the covid pandemic: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔acted as an
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accelerator in the adoption and innovation of telecommunication,
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given global "social distancing" policies
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Timeless Time refers to the fact that: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔combining synchronous and asynchronous processes allows |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



negating sequence |\




what is an example of many-to-one communication in online social
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networks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔liking a post
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poly-directionality - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. one-to-one (phone) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




2. one-to-many (podcast)
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3. many-to-one (survey)
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4. many-to-many (meetings)
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The concept of the "space of flows" refers to a reconceptualization
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of space due to (among other things): - CORRECT ANSWERS
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, ✔✔the importance of the particular structure of the underlying
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network


With 5 phones, how many distinct phone calls were possible -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔20 |\ |\




x nodes = x^2-x degrees
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what is true with regard to positive and negative network
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externalities - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔positive network |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



externalities mean the more people, the more benefit for everyone |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




is there an economic/commercial motivation for online social
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networks to "connect everybody on planet Earth", or is this pure
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philanthropy? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔to increase the positive |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



network externalities of the social network|\ |\ |\ |\ |\




According to media richness theory, which of the following
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communication channels would be best suited when discussing |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



essential business decisions that define the future of a company? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔video conferencing
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Interoperability - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The ability to work with |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



other systems. |\




media richness is the ability to - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. handle
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multiple cues simultaneously |\ |\




2. facilitate rapid feedback
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