Deck 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a Neo-Luddite criticism of computers?

A) Use of computers in schools thwarts development of social skills
B) Computers separate humans from nature and destroy the environment
C) Computers cause social inequity
D) None of the above

Answer 1

None of the above

Question 2

Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corp. in the late 1970's, Thomas J. Watson, chairman of IBM in the early 1940's, and Thomas Edison all made predictions about technology that were extremely wrong. Which of the following explains why the predictions of experts are often so far off?

A) Lack of imagination about the uses people would find for technology
B) Lack of imagination about what the public would like
C) Lack of imagination about what the public would pay for
D) All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

Give two of the Neo-Luddite criticisms of computer technology. Give one counter argument for each

Answer 3

Not answer

Question 4

What three questions should we ask when evaluating computer models?

Question 5

What are two software design and development factors which contribute to system errors and failures? What are two management and use problems which contribute to system errors and failures?

Question 6

What is a significant criticism of Wikipedia?

Question 7

Simplifications and assumptions are always made when designing a computer model.

Question 8

Providing new technology to poor countries is a matter of having enough money to buy equipment.

Question 9

Give three Neo-Luddite criticisms of technology? Provide one counter-argument for each.

Question 10

a. What are the three questions one should ask when evaluating a computer model?
b. What might cause a computer model to inaccurately reflect a real-world scenario?

Question 11

MATCHING

-digital divide

A) refers to the fact that some people have access to computers and information technology while others do not
B) point at which artificial intelligence advances so far that we cannot comprehend what lies on the other side

Question 12

MATCHING

-technological singularity

A) refers to the fact that some people have access to computers and information technology while others do not
B) point at which artificial intelligence advances so far that we cannot comprehend what lies on the other side