Deck 1: The Impact of Technology in a Changing World

Question 1

________ tools enable people to connect and exchange ideas.

A) Affective computing
B) Social media
C) Debugging
D) Computer forensics

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is not an example of being computer literate?

A) Knowing how to avoid hackers and viruses
B) Knowing how to maintain and troubleshoot your computer
C) Knowing how to use the web wisely
D) Knowing how to hire a programmer

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Teaching Siri or the Google Assistant how to recognize your voice by reading to it is an example of ________.

A) perception
B) planning
C) unsupervised learning
D) supervised learning

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is not a main area of research in artificial intelligence?

A) cloud computing
B) natural language processing
C) perception
D) problem solving

Question 5

Unwanted or junk e-mail is called ________.

A) spam
B) spyware
C) adware
D) malware

Question 6

A robot which moves and acts much like a human is a(n) ________.

A) empathetic agent
B) intelligent personal assistant
C) embedded operator
D) embodied agent

Question 7

________ reality is the addition of digital information directly into our reality, either to add more detail or to remove unwanted visual effects.

A) Augmented
B) Visual
C) Assisted
D) Altruistic

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a recommendation engine?

A) An Excel spreadsheet listing all employees and their annual salaries in a random order
B) Amazon providing you a list of products similar to others you've viewed
C) Raw data from marketing questionnaires
D) A printout of all sales taken from the register at the end of the day

Question 9

________ tools gather information from sources such as e-mails, text messages, and tweets and make the information instantly and publicly available for use in emergencies.

A) Social networking
B) Crowdsourcing
C) Crisis-mapping
D) Affective computing

Question 10

________ results when leisure time and available tools allow us to engage in creative acts.

A) Spam
B) Distributed computing
C) Cognitive surplus
D) Affective computing

Question 11

QR or ________ codes let any piece of print host a link to online information.

A) quick retention
B) quick response
C) quality response
D) quality retention

Question 12

The Next Einstein Initiative and the ________ Institute for Mathematical Sciences bring bright young learners and the best lecturers in the world together.

A) African
B) Computer
C) Canadian
D) Austrian

Question 13

________is a nickname for social media tools which allow users to contribute content easily.

A) Cognitive surplus
B) QR codes
C) Web 2.0
D) Instant Messaging

Question 14

The Turing test consists of a person asking written questions of a person and a computer. If the questioner can't tell which one of the respondents is a computer, then the computer has attained ________.

A) mastery
B) intelligence
C) independence
D) Turing

Question 15

Using the Internet to get small donations from many people to start a business is called ________.

A) social networking
B) crowdfunding
C) crowding
D) collaborating

Question 16

________ analyzes patterns in data, then uses the patterns to draw conclusions and adjust the actions of the AI system accordingly.

A) Machine learning
B) Big data
C) Neural learning
D) Cloud Computing

Question 17

The term computer ________ describes someone who is familiar enough with computers to understand their capabilities and limitations.

A) master
B) webmaster
C) literate
D) hacker

Question 18

________ is joining together as a group to use a specific product more efficiently.

A) Collaborative consumption
B) Crowdfunding
C) Crowdsourcing
D) Social networking

Question 19

The gap in ease of access to the Internet and technology is known as the ________ divide.

A) web
B) Internet
C) digital
D) technology

Question 20

________ provides the instructions that tell a computer what to do.

A) Software
B) Hardware
C) Spam
D) Data mining

Question 21

The AT&T Mark the Spot mobile app, which enables customers to report locations where there are gaps in service, is an example of an app which has benefitted from crowdsourcing.

Question 22

________ property is work that is the result of someone's creativity and knowledge.

A) Intellectual
B) Personal
C) Collective
D) Public

Question 23

Electronic junk mail is considered a computer virus.

Question 24

You cannot be computer literate unless you have knowledge of higher-level computer skills, such as computer programming.

Question 25

Crisis-mapping tools collect and analyze data from social media and create instantly available information to respond to a crisis.

Question 26

Which of the following refers to the gathering and analyzing of data in the hope of preventing future crimes?

A) Recommendation engines
B) Data mining
C) Computer forensics
D) Predictive policing

Question 27

Which of the following is not true about deep learning?

A) It is also known as supervised learning.
B) It is a subset of machine learning.
C) It learns from mistakes.
D) It does not require a huge set of training data.

Question 28

Hardware refers to the programs that give instructions to the computer.

Question 29

Crowdfunding is asking for large donations from a few people.

Question 30

Which of the following refers to the encoding of information about the world into formats that artificial intelligence systems can understand?

A) Natural language processing
B) Perception
C) Knowledge representation
D) Problem solving

Question 31

The digital divide is the difference between careers which depend on technology and those that depend on human intuition and analysis.

Question 32

Which of these is not a system of ethics?

A) Humanism
B) Relativism
C) Divine Command Theory
D) Utilitarianism

Question 33

________ behavior is not conforming to a set of approved standards of behavior.

A) Unethical
B) Moral
C) Legal
D) Dogmatic

Question 34

A set of formal or informal ethical principles an individual uses to make decisions is known as ________.

A) personal ethics
B) ethical system
C) relativism
D) societal ethics

Question 35

What technology allows retailers to better respond to consumer buying patterns?

A) Data mining
B) Deep learning
C) Data warehousing
D) Data accumulation

Question 36

In medicine, 3D printing allows more stylish and less expensive designs for ________.

A) medicines
B) patient simulators
C) prosthetic limbs
D) clothing

Question 37

Computer vision is the ability for a computer to interpret visual data as humans do.

Question 38

________ replaces perceived reality with a different world.

A) Variable reality
B) Entertainment reality
C) Virtual reality
D) Alternate reality

Question 39

Analyzing computer systems to gather potential legal evidence is known as computer ________.

A) ethics
B) forensics
C) analysis
D) enforcement

Question 40

Car sharing services like Zipcar are examples of individual ownership.

Question 41

Telecommunications and software development are examples of information technology careers.

Question 42

Using a smartphone app to rent a bike at a kiosk or schedule a rideshare are examples of ________.

Question 43

Bot accounts have been used to create discord around controversial topics in many countries.

Question 44

Unsupervised learning only works when it is exposed to a very large number of examples for it to evaluate.

Question 45

Machine learning requires precise programming to achieve the desired results.

Question 46

Amoral behavior and unethical behavior mean the exact same thing.

Question 47

A Rules-based artificial intelligence system is designed based on the rules the human brain uses to function.

Question 48

Rules-based AI systems are expert systems which use preprogrammed algorithms to make human-like decisions.

Question 49

Rules-based systems are a subset of expert systems.

Question 50

Your personal ethics are not influenced by your culture and religion.

Question 51

________ asks for small donations from a large number of people to fund a business or project.

Question 52

The replacing of your reality with a different, digitally constructed, reality is known as virtual reality.

Question 53

Information technology is the study of managing, processing, and retrieving information.

Question 54

Affective computing is a field of study focused on the managing, processing, and automatic retrieval of information.

Question 55

Unethical and amoral behavior refer to the same set of ethical principles.

Question 56

The gap in access to the Internet and technical tools among people around the world is known as the ________.

Question 57

Computer forensics analyzes computer systems to gather potential legal evidence.

Question 58

Data warehousing is the process of searching large datasets to find patterns.

Question 59

Deep learning algorithms require data to be labeled correct or incorrect to work properly.

Question 60

Deontology focuses on adherence to moral duties and morals and should apply to everyone equally.

Question 61

Electronic junk mail is known as ________.

Question 62

________ is a type of AI system that understands written and spoken words and can interact with humans using language.

Question 63

Using data collected at register terminals to determine consumer buying patterns is an example of ________.

Question 64

When a person does not care about the moral consequences of his or her actions, that is known as ________ behavior.

Question 65

The fact that users can now become "creators" of the web is nicknamed ________.

Question 66

________ is obtaining the opinions of many people on the quality of products or services.

Question 67

Artificial neural networks are based on the structure of the ________.

Question 68

Scanning a product's ________ code with a smartphone can take you to online information and video content.

Question 69

________ systems are computer programs that mimic the experience of human experts such as doctors
or lawyers.

Question 70

________ analyzes computer systems to gather legal evidence.

Question 71

Automated programs which retweet news stories and quotes are known as ________ accounts.

Question 72

________ is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

Question 73

________ occurs when people have the combination of leisure time and the tools to be creative.

Question 74

________ involves using computers and computer networks in a subversive way to promote an agenda.

Question 75

________ refers to the instructions that tell the computer what to do.

Question 76

________ focuses on creating computer systems which perform tasks that are usually associated with human intelligence.

Question 77

The technology a self-driving car uses to know the difference between a tree and a person is known as computer ________.

Question 78

When helpful digital visual effects are added to a user's reality, the user is experiencing ________ reality.

Question 79

________ computing recognizes and simulates human emotions.

Question 80

The term ________ literate means being familiar enough with computers to understand their capabilities and limitations and knowing how to use them.