Deck 9: Emerging Trends and Technologies

Question 1

What types of activities commonly occur in an e-society?

A) Finding friends, dates and potentially soul mates
B) Playing games and cards with others
C) Building home-based businesses
D) All of these activities, and more, are part of an e-society

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is Software-as-a-service (SaaS)?

A) A type of intelligent bot
B) A company who specializes in software development
C) Software that you pay for its use; the more often you use it the more often you pay
D) Software that performs some service for you; for instance; locating information on the Internet

Answer 2

C

Question 3

When you are using a Web-based server to run applications, what issues should you be concerned with?

A) Security of your data and personal information from the company; some of these companies will sell this information to a third party
B) Quality and accuracy of data and information
C) The robustness and processing ability of the software
D) Privacy of your information and the reliability of the server

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What is the term used when intermediate business partners in traditional distribution channels are bypassed?

A) Direct manufacturing
B) Consumer directed production
C) Disintermediation
D) Uninterrupted, consumer driven, manufacturing

Question 5

What term is being coined to describe people living through technology with the Internet being at the epicenter?

A) Virtual life
B) Virtual living
C) E-society
D) Online humanity (OH)

Question 6

Which of the following technologies will affect push technology the most?

A) Systems software, operating systems, and utility tools
B) Telephone technology
C) I-phones
D) Database and data warehouses

Question 7

What is it called when a business provides enabling technologies to their customers so that they are able to create, modify, and oversee the development of a product or service?

A) Multi-state production
B) Customer directed manufacturing (CDM)
C) Crowdsourcing
D) I-Customer

Question 8

Which of the following would not be considered a new Internet-based trend or technology?

A) VoIP
B) Software-as-a-service
C) Web 1.0
D) F2b2C

Question 9

Which of the following is an e-commerce model in which a consumer communicates through an Internet company with a manufacturer to create customized products?

A) F2b2C
B) B2C
C) C2B
D) Direct E-marketing and production (DEMP)

Question 10

What type of Web site allows you, as a visitor, to create, edit, change, and delete content?

A) RSS
B) Wiki
C) CAVE
D) Push and pull

Question 11

If you were reading an article located on a Web site and were able to update the article based on information that you discovered from your work, what type of Web site would you be working on?

A) Wiki
B) RSS
C) Push and pull
D) User Subscribed and Enabled Research (USER)

Question 12

What is the difference between a social networking site and a blog?

A) Social networking sites create a community of people; blogs keep people informed
B) A blog has more sophisticated systems than social networking site
C) Social networking sites provide frequently published news; blogs do not
D) Social networking sites allow you to be someone other than yourself; blogs do not

Question 13

What marketing segment does Waterloo Ontario's Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry target?

A) High school and university students
B) Corporate and government
C) Construction and travel consultant
D) Hospitals and private clinics

Question 14

If you were traveling abroad and needed to use some software that you did not currently have, and did not want to purchase, what type of software could you rent during this trip?

A) Leasing Online Software and Services (LOSS)
B) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
C) Electronic Rental Software (eRent)
D) Application Service Provider (ASP)

Question 15

Which of the following technologies allows you to send voice communications over the Internet and avoid the toll charges traditionally incurred by consumers?

A) Telecommunication
B) VoIP
C) Data communication
D) Cellular and mobile computing

Question 16

What is push technology?

A) Web sites that push pop-up advertisements onto visitors
B) Research companies of bleeding-edge technology
C) Information that finds its way automatically to you
D) Mass data that pushes new marketing strategies and ways of doing business

Question 17

What term refers to your ability to download audio and video files into a handheld, portable device?

A) RSS feed
B) I-Listen
C) EBroadcasting
D) Podcasting

Question 18

What new Web environment features online collaboration, dynamic and customized feeds, and greater control of Web content by users?

A) Wiki
B) Web 2.0
C) CAVE
D) Social networking

Question 19

What technology provides frequently published and updated digital content on the Web?

A) Podcasting
B) Blogs
C) RSS feed
D) Social networking sites

Question 20

What type of Internet company provides pay-per-use software?

A) Software leasing
B) Software developers
C) Software-as-a-service (Saas)
D) Application service provider (ASP)

Question 21

What is the difference between virtual reality and CAVEs?

A) CAVEs are a more advanced type of virtual reality that allow you to interact with remote, but real, people
B) Virtual reality allows you to interact with people (e.g., playing games); CAVEs provide holographic characters
C) Virtual reality provides props or objects in the environment; CAVEs provides pictures through the use of a headset
D) CAVEs are used primarily for training and instruction; virtual reality is primarily for entertainment

Question 22

What are devices that create, capture, and/or display images in true three-dimensional form?

A) Holographic device
B) CAVE
C) Portability
D) Mobility

Question 23

What is the use of physiological characteristics (e.g., fingerprints) to provide identification?

A) Biometrics
B) Forensics
C) Feature analysis
D) Bioforensics

Question 24

If you were sitting in a CAVE and were able to shake your partner's hand, what technology would you need to feel like you were shaking their hand?

A) Virtual reality
B) Physiological interface
C) Multi-state computing
D) Feature analysis

Question 25

Automatic speech recognition systems complete three steps. Which step matches your spoken phonemes to a phoneme sequence stored in an acoustic model database?

A) Feature analysis
B) Signal capture and arrangement
C) Language processing
D) Pattern classification

Question 26

What type of technology enhances your experiences with computer applications by adding a sense of touch to the environment?

A) Biometrics
B) Crowdsourcing
C) Haptic interface
D) CAVEs

Question 27

What type of equipment can be used in a virtual reality environment?

A) Glove
B) Glove and Headset
C) Walker
D) Glove, Headset, and Walker

Question 28

What kind of interface is Wii?

A) Biometric
B) CAVE
C) Haptic
D) Nano

Question 29

What type of technology allows you to capture and utilize your real body characteristics, such as your breadth, voice, height, weight, and eyes to interact with a computer system?

A) Virtual reality
B) Feature analysis
C) Physiological interfaces
D) Multi-state computing

Question 30

How do CAVEs create, capture, and display images?

A) Through the use of a headset
B) Advanced laser technology that is able to produce 3-D images, colors, and textures
C) High-definition screening devices
D) Holographic devices

Question 31

Automatic speech recognition systems complete three steps. Which step attempts to make sense of what you saying by taking the matched words and comparing them against words in a language database?

A) Pattern classification
B) Feature analysis
C) Word classification and sentence construction
D) Language processing

Question 32

Which term is used for a three-dimensional computer simulation in which you actively and physically participate?

A) 3-D Modeling
B) Multi-state blending
C) Virtual Reality
D) Holosuite

Question 33

What is a CAVE?

A) A simulation device used to train and instruct special forcers in the climbing, firefighting, and search and rescue industry
B) A three-dimensional computer simulation in which you can actively and physically participate
C) A virtual reality room that can display images and other people from other CAVEs
D) An advanced and secured communication system used for extremely sensitive data

Question 34

The best form of biometric security encompasses all but which of the following factors?

A) What you know
B) Who you are
C) What you have
D) What you can do

Question 35

What industry currently provides the most applications with virtual reality?

A) Entertainment
B) Research and medical training
C) Space and commercial airlines
D) Sports (training and instruction)

Question 36

Which of the following are real-world applications for biometrics?

A) Remote surgical procedures
B) Custom clothing
C) Rescue and recovery
D) Animal training for the disabled

Question 37

What type of technology captures spoken words and forms them into sentences that a computer can understand and react to?

A) Language translators
B) Automatic speech recognition
C) Interpreters
D) Dialogue decipher

Question 38

Automatic speech recognition systems complete three steps. Which step captures words as you speak into a microphone, eliminates background noise, and converts these signals into phonemes?

A) Pattern classification
B) Feature analysis
C) Language processing
D) Signal capture and arrangement

Question 39

If you needed tutoring in Math or Science for a fraction of the price charged by most neighborhood tutoring services, where would you likely turn to?

A) U.S. based Internet tutoring services
B) India based Internet tutoring services
C) Online, and self-directed, education
D) Local tutoring services with Internet support

Question 40

In virtual reality, what must the system capture before it can process needed information?

A) Physiological movements and responses
B) Holographic signals
C) Radio waves that are bounced back for the object that the system is interacting with
D) Physiological responses, holographic signals, and bounced radio waves

Question 41

If you wanted your children to play games with others who had the same gaming device but you wanted to ensure that people outside their play area could not tap into the game, what wireless device would you need?

A) WiFi
B) Bluetooth
C) Bluetooth or WiFi
D) RFID

Question 42

In the future, what radio frequency device may replace the UPC code used on most merchandise sold today; this device will uniquely identify each piece of merchandise?

A) RFID
B) EPC
C) RFPC
D) RFC

Question 43

What biometric device can store medical information about you and help state agencies find you if you get lost or are considered missing?

A) Implant chip
B) Biochip
C) Nanochip
D) Nanobots

Question 44

Which of the following can be used to help identify people in a crowd?

A) Biochip
B) Implant chip
C) Facial recognition software
D) Vision chip

Question 45

What discipline seeks to control matter at the atomic and subatomic levels for the purpose of building devices on the same small scale?

A) Nanotechnology
B) Biogenetics
C) Atometrics
D) Haptic technology

Question 46

Which of the following is a technology chip that can be implanted in the human body to perform various physiological functions?

A) Biochip
B) Implant chip
C) Facial recognition software
D) Vision chip

Question 47

The authors predict that, in the future, what common device, that is now relatively safe, will become a security risk for hackers and viruses?

A) Headsets and other virtual reality devices
B) Computer games
C) Biometrics
D) Cell phones

Question 48

A password is an example of which form of biometric security?

A) What you have
B) What you know
C) Who you are
D) What you can do

Question 49

What biometric device can be placed inside the body to do things like block pain, enhance vision, and provide motor functions to paralyzed areas?

A) Implant chip
B) Biological nanobot
C) Biochip
D) Medical nanochip

Question 50

What uses a microchip in a product label to store information that is transmitted by a reader using radio waves?

A) Radio Frequency identification
B) Implant chips
C) Biochip
D) UPC

Question 51

Fingerprints are an example of which form of biometric security?

A) What you know
B) Who you are
C) What you have
D) What you can do

Question 52

Passive RFID chip have specific characteristics. Which of the following is not one of these?

A) A constant flow radio signal emit from it
B) It uses radio waves to generate energy
C) It does not contain is own power source
D) It uses an antenna to pick up radio signals

Question 53

What is a short-range wireless connectivity technology standard designed for intuitive, simple, and safe communication between electronic devices is called?

A) EPC
B) RFID
C) NFC
D) GPS

Question 54

An ATM card is an example of which form of biometric security?

A) What you know
B) What you have
C) Who you are
D) What you can do

Question 55

What technology are many organizations implementing to streamline supply chain management activities?

A) RFID
B) Biometrics
C) RFPC
D) Haptic interface

Question 56

Which of the following is not a current application of RFID technology?

A) Tracking medical claims
B) Anti-theft car keys
C) Passports
D) Supply chain

Question 57

Which of the following is a GPS-enabled technology chip that can be implanted in the human body to store information about that person?

A) Biochip
B) Implant chip
C) Facial recognition software
D) Vision chip

Question 58

What future technology may be used in livestock to help identify and track them and, therefore, protect humans from potential diseases?

A) EPC
B) RFID
C) Biometrics
D) Biocompatible Chipless RFID

Question 59

In the future, what two types of systems will work together to capture secured events and the individual and personal information surrounding that event?

A) Biometrics and transaction processing
B) Forensics and data mining
C) Database management and CAVE
D) Biometrics and virtual reality

Question 60

If you were working in your kitchen and wanted to send information from the laptop computer that you were currently working on to your desktop computer located in the study, what wireless device would you need?

A) RFID
B) Bluetooth
C) WiFi or Bluetooth
D) Microwave

Question 61

If you were using a computer that did not have to translate your words into its binary equivalent before processing it, what type of computer device would you be using?

A) Multi-state CPU
B) Holographic systems
C) CAVE
D) Hyper systems

Question 62

Data warehouse technology is often used with push technology to notify you of special services.

Question 63

Unlike our current two-state binary storage and processing environment, what type of CPU represents data in more than two states?

A) Hyper CPU
B) Multi-state CPU
C) Haptic CPU
D) Holographic CPU

Question 64

Most current Internet services are based on push technology.

Question 65

Wiki is a Web site that allows visitors to create, edit, change, and often eliminate content.

Question 66

Application service providers have become very popular because they are noted to keep data very private.

Question 67

Despite the advantages of technology, which of the following is sacrificed in exchange for convenience?

A) Money
B) Privacy
C) Technology
D) Paper

Question 68

In the F2b2C model, the intermediary business is only involved in the distribution of the purchase.

Question 69

If you were inventing a new biochip and you were attempting to get this biochip to "self assemble" what discipline would you be working in?

A) Biophysics
B) Metaphysics
C) Morphing biometrics
D) Nanotechnology

Question 70

When you do a search on the Internet you are using push technology.

Question 71

VoIP can only be done over a cable Internet connection.

Question 72

Podcasting generally refers to your ability at any time to access frequently published and updated digital content on the Web.

Question 73

F2b2C is an e-commerce model where the customer can specify a custom order to a factory.

Question 74

A push technology is an environment in which businesses and organizations come to you with information, services, and product offerings based on your profile.

Question 75

Pattern classification occurs when the system captures your words as your speak into a microphone, eliminates any background noise, and converts the digital signals of your speech in phonemes (syllables).

Question 76

ASPs can provide software on a pay per use basis.

Question 77

What is the term used to show the great differences between those who have technology and those who do not?

A) Web barrier
B) Digital divide
C) Technological disadvantaged
D) Information Poor

Question 78

Software-as-a-service is an easy way to get temporary software when you are on the road.

Question 79

Which type of storage device will store information on a storage medium of 3-D crystal-like objects?

A) Holographic storage device
B) Biochip
C) Multi-state
D) CAVE

Question 80

Disintermediation occurs when the travel agent is bypassed if hotel reservations are made directly on the Internet.