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Course Introduction
Technology in Society explores the dynamic relationship between technological advancements and social change. The course examines how innovations such as the internet, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and renewable energy shape human behavior, influence cultural norms, and impact ethical, economic, and political systems. Students will analyze historical and contemporary case studies to understand the benefits and challenges of technological integration, considering questions of equity, access, and unintended consequences. Through critical discussion and research, the course encourages students to evaluate the responsibilities of individuals and communities in shaping a technologically informed and socially conscious future.
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Technology In Action Complete 11th Edition by
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Chapter 1: Using Technology to Change the World
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Q1) The gap in Internet and technical tools access around the world is known as the
Answer: digital divide
Q2) The term computer ________ is used to describe someone who is familiar enough with computers to understand their capabilities and limitations.
A) master
B) webmaster
C) literate
D) hawker
Answer: C
Q3) On a(n) ________ website, you can play a game called Moonbase Alpha that simulates life on a space settlement.
Answer: NASA
Q4) New York City's program that fosters the sharing of bicycles is an example of ________.
Answer: collaborative consumption
Q5) Electronic junk mail is known as ________. Answer: spam
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Chapter 2: Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts
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Q1) An SD card is an example of a(n) ________ card.
Answer: flash memory memory
secure digital
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a system used with touch screens?
A) Resistive
B) Inductive
C) Capacitive
D) Surface acoustic wave
Answer: B
Q3) Which port is the most common port found on today's computing devices?
A) Universal serial bus (USB)
B) Parallel
C) FireWire
D) Ethernet
Answer: A
Q4) A(n) ________ restarts the system while it is still powered on.
Answer: warm boot
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Chapter 3: Using the Internet: Making the Most of the Webs Resources
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Q1) To hear and view some multimedia files in a browser, you may need a special program called a(n) ________.
Answer: plug-in
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a social networking site?
A) Facebook
B) YouTube
C) LinkedIn
D) iTunes
Answer: D
Q3) A ________ allows visitors to add, remove, or edit its content.
A) wiki
B) podcast
C) blog
D) chat
Answer: A
Q4) Tagging enables you to share your favorite websites with others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Application Software: Programs That Let You
Work and Play
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Q1) All of the following are examples of database software EXCEPT ________.
A) Oracle
B) OneNote
C) MySQL
D) Access
Q2) A Microsoft Office________ guides you through the steps necessary to finish a complicated task.
Q3) Web-based application software is software that ________.
A) is always free
B) is installed by the computer manufacturer
C) is stored completely on a web server instead of your hard drive
D) does not need an Internet connection
Q4) In a database, a group of related fields is a(n) ________.
Q5) In databases, a category of data is called a ________.
A) table
B) record
C) worksheet
D) field
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Q6) Microsoft Office 365 is an example of a(n) ________ productivity suite.
Q7) EULA stands for ________.
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Chapter 5: System Software: the Operating System, Utility Programs,
and File Management
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Q1) Files are stored in a hierarchical structure of ________ that includes files, folders, libraries, and drives.
Q2) C: denotes a ________ directory that is at the top of the filing structure of a computer.
A) top-level
B) cluster
C) root
D) upper-level
Q3) Most supercomputers use the ________ operating system.
A) UNIX
B) Linux
C) Windows
D) iOS
Q4) Which operating system is used by most desktop and laptop computers?
A) Windows
B) OS X
C) Linux
D) UNIX
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Q5) The Windows utility program that removes unnecessary files from the hard drive is called ________.
Chapter 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware:
Evaluating Your System
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Q1) In Dolby Digital 7.1, the 1 indicates a ________ speaker.
A) digital
B) subwoofer
C) tweeter
D) cross-over
Q2) Which of the following does NOT determine processor power?
A) Clock speed
B) Amount of cache memory
C) Use of multiple cores
D) Speed of the motherboard
Q3) Which of the following activities is carried out by the ALU?
A) Move read/write heads.
B) Perform arithmetic calculations.
C) Create virtual memory.
D) Render video images.
Q4) Cache memory is a form of ROM.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Optical drives use a(n) ________ to read and write data.
Q6) Running the CPU faster than the manufacturer recommends is called ________. Page 9
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Chapter 7: Networking: Connecting Computing Devices
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Q1) A ________ is a network located in your residence that connects to all your digital devices.
A) MAN
B) WAN
C) HAN
D) LAN
Q2) ________ is the maximum speed at which data can be transferred between two nodes.
A) Throughput
B) Bandwidth
C) Broadband
D) Through speed
Q3) The server on a client/server network has specialized ________ software installed.
Q4) The most popular transmission media option for wired Ethernet networks is UTP cable.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Public places where you can wirelessly connect to the Internet are known as ________.
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Chapter 8: Digital Devices and Media: Managing a Digital Lifestyle
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Q1) A portable media player can play files with all of the following file extensions EXCEPT
A) .wmv
B) .mp3
C) .mp4
D) .accdb
Q2) A main difference between the tablet and the smartphone is the ________.
A) operating system
B) touch-screen interface
C) screen size
D) Internet connectivity
Q3) Internet connectivity plans are usually known as ________.
Q4) Inexpensive phones with modest processors and simple interfaces are called feature phones.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Napster used ________ sharing to transfer files between users.
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Q6) The ________ is the number of times that an analog wave is measured each second in an analog-to-digital conversion.
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Chapter 9: Securing Your System: Protecting Your Digital
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Q1) Ethical hackers are also known as white-hat hackers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All viruses cause serious destruction of computer data.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One virus called ________ is used to trick users into downloading an infected file to their phones, which enables theft of online banking information.
Q4) When malicious code is planted on your computer and alters your browser's ability to find web addresses, it is known as ________.
A) phishing
B) pharming
C) pretexting
D) polymorphing
Q5) Which type of virus was the famous Michelangelo virus?
A) A worm
B) A time bomb
C) A script virus
D) An e-mail virus
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Chapter 10: Behind the Scenes: Software Programming
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Q1) The process of running a program over and over to find errors and make sure the program behaves in the way it should is known as ________.
Q2) Which of the following would NOT be used to build websites with interactive capabilities?
A) Active Server Pages
B) PHP (hypertext preprocessor)
C) Fortran
D) Java Server Pages
Q3) ________ breaks down a problem into a series of high-level tasks and continues to break each task into successively more detailed subtasks.
A) Object-oriented analysis
B) Top-down design
C) Bottom-up design
D) Inheritance
Q4) One IDE can often be configured to support many different languages.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A(n) ________ is a control structure that continues to be performed while a test condition is true.
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Chapter 11: Behind the Scenes: Databases and Information Systems
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Q1) In a database, another term for a table is a(n) ________.
Q2) If a school keeps two lists, one for student registration and one for student financial information, both containing name and address information, this is an example of data
A) integrity
B) redundancy
C) completeness
D) normalization
Q3) You can set a ________, which is automatically displayed in a field unless the user enters something different.
A) default value
B) relation
C) field type
D) numeric check
Q4) Data ________ ensures that the data contained in a database is accurate and reliable.
A) efficiency
B) integrity
C) redundancy
D) consistency
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Chapter 12: Behind the Scenes: Networking and Security in the Business World
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Q1) A ring topology is also known as a(n) ________ topology.
Q2) A bridge sends information between two networks.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ________ technology places data packets inside other data packets.
Q4) ________ cable is the most costly to install.
Q5) A ________ sends data from one collision domain to another.
A) switch
B) bridge
C) link
D) router
Q6) Most home networks use ________ cable, which is most susceptible to interference.
A) fiber-optic
B) unshielded twisted-pair
C) wi-fi
D) coaxial
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Q7) ________ is the process that requires users to prove that they have permission to access a computer network.
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Chapter 13: Behind the Scenes: How the Internet Works
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Q1) DHTML stands for ________.
Q2) In http://www.pearsonhighered.com, which of the following is the top-level domain?
A) http
B) www
C) pearsonhighered
D) com
Q3) .com and .edu are examples of a(n) ________.
Q4) In ________- key encryption, two keys, known as a key pair, are created, where one key is used for coding and the other key for decoding.
Q5) The IPv4 protocol is beginning to be replaced by the ________ protocol.
Q6) <b> is an example of an HTML ________.
A) marker
B) tag
C) indicator
D) key
Q7) ________ is the communications methodology where data are broken into smaller chunks to be sent over various routes at the same time.
Q8) <i> is an example of an HTML ________.
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Chapter 14: Tif 1: the History of the Personal Computer
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Q1) The Tabulating Machine Company later changed its name to ________.
Q2) Released in 1975, the ________ computer was the first personal computer.
A) Altair
B) TRS-80
C) Apple II
D) Commodore PET
Q3) Within a year of its introduction in 1981, the ________ computer dominated the personal computer market.
Q4) ________ was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Q5) Prior to the 1980s, IBM built and sold primarily ________ computers to large corporations.
Q6) Introduced in the late 1970s, which of the following allowed users to interact more easily with the computer?
A) Word processing software
B) The graphical user interface (GUI)
C) The operating system
D) ROM
Q7) The world's first integrated circuit was developed at Texas Instruments.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Tif 2: Information Technology Ethics
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Q1) Which of the following countries has a high software piracy rate?
A) United States
B) Canada
C) Yemen
D) Sweden
Q2) Intellectual property (such as music, writing, and software) is protected through ________ law.
A) personal privacy
B) fair trade
C) copyright
D) censorship
Q3) The United States has one of the highest rate of software piracy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices individuals make is called ________.
A) mores
B) ethics
C) customs
D) taboos
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Chapter 16: Tif 3: Under the Hood
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Q1) A semiconductor is any material that can be controlled to either conduct electricity or prohibit the flow of electricity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) IEEE's ________ standard describes how numbers containing fractional parts are represented in the binary number system.
Q3) A single byte is composed of ten bits.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ________ language consists of a series of 0s and 1s.
Q5) The technique that enables the CPU to work on more than one instruction at the same time is called ________.
A) pipelining
B) dynamic memory allocation
C) parallel processing
D) multiprocessing
Q6) A binary digit that represents a 0 or a 1 is called a(n) ________.
Q7) ________boosts a CPU's performance by working on more than one instruction at the same time.
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Chapter 17: Tif 4: Careers in It
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Q1) ________ create systems documentation for programmers and users.
Q2) Professional certifications are intended to provide a consistent method of measuring skill levels in specific IT areas.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ________ is an organization that focuses on IT education and the development of seminars and learning materials.
Q4) If you travel from place to place as needed and perform short-term jobs at each site, your job is ________-based.
Q5) Network administrators are sometimes called network ________.
Q6) Web social media directors need to understand HTML, Perl, and JavaScript.
A)True
B)False
Q7) When a business hires a third-party firm to provide services it once offered itself, it is called ________.
A) offshoring
B) project outing
C) telecommuting
D) outsourcing
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