CGS HW 6

_________ refers to the technology gap that exists between different social and economic classes.

Digital Divide

When companies outsource functions to another country it is referred to as:

Offshoring

_________ occurs when an organization transfers some aspect of their business to a third party.

Outsourcing

In the world of computing, _________ means acquiring or exchanging copies of protected digital creations without payment or permission from their creator.

Piracy

_________ works may be downloaded and used without obtaining permission from anyone.

Public Domain

_________ systems can include anything from sophisticated programs that answer questions to futuristic robots that can think and act like humans.

AI

Honda's _________ robot can perform a variety of activities that require a great deal of balance and range of motion.

ASIMO

Which of the following alternatives to piracy will allow you to listen to your favorite songs for free?

Ad-Supported Streaming

Which of the following companies sells and rents movies online?

Amazon

_________ software, such as Tor, will help mask your IP address from websites.

Anonymity

Which of the following is NOT one of the three questions that potential whistleblowers should ask themselves?

Can the exposure of this information put the organization's reputation at risk?

A _________ excels when it comes to installing, configuring, and supporting computer systems.

Computer Support Specialist

A _________ license allows an author to set conditions for the free use and distribution of their work.

Creative Commons

Software is sometimes illegally modified in order to disable _________ technologies such as copy protection and authenticity checks.

DRM

A _________ is responsible for configuring, maintaining, and securing an organization's database.

Database Administrator

_________ is a browser feature that attempts to stop websites from automatically sharing details about your visit with other companies.

Do not track

The ability to recognize, understand, and share the feelings of others is known as:

Empathy

_________ is the philosophical study of morality.

Ethics

Many websites have a(n) _________ area that should be checked for common questions and their responses.

FAQ

Copyright law contains an exception known as _________, which provides for a limited set of circumstances where others can use portions of copyrighted material without first obtaining permission.

Fair Use

Although unethical, there are currently no laws in the U.S. for actions such as hacking and sharing copyrighted material.

False

Employers generally restrict or monitor the Internet activity of their employees because the increased use raises the company's ISP rates significantly.

False

The sleep mode on a computer generally saves more electricity than hibernate mode.

False

Online social interactions that exhibit anger and/or insults are known as:

Flaming

Most companies have the need for a _________ department that can quickly repair and troubleshoot systems, as well as provide technical support to employees.

Help Desk

Which of the following power-saving modes copies the contents of RAM to your hard drive, thereby saving additional power?

Hibernate

Which of the following companies offers both free and paid subscription streaming for many TV shows?

Hulu

_________ robots are those that are created to imitate the appearance or capabilities of humans.

Humanoid

_________ are responsible for managing a diverse team of IT professionals and making top-level decisions regarding the purchasing of software and hardware for an organization.

Information Systems Managers

_________, which are products of the mind, can be quite valuable even though they may not always take on a physical form.

Intellectual Property

Superficially, _________ can be defined as the processes used in learning, problem solving, and communication.

Intelligence

It is through _________ that a copyright holder can grant usage or distribution rights to others.

Licensing

Many government agencies, such as the _________, monitor the Internet and mobile activities of individuals all over the world.

NSA

Which of the following words is NOT part of the green computing model?

Repair

_________ involves improving the ranking of a website when users enter relevant keywords in a search engine.

SEO

Posting a message to a discussion forum that is completely off topic or appears to be promoting something may be considered _________ by the user community.

Spam

A web developer creates and maintains websites for organizations.

True

Creative works such as books, songs, and photographs are protected by copyright law.

True

For those who have lost a limb, engineers have developed robotic prosthetics that can perform a variety of movements by simply projecting a thought to them.

True

Individuals have been caught and prosecuted both for sharing material online and for copying it from a pirate site.

True

Like many businesses, schools have acceptable use policies (AUPs) to describe the appropriate use of their computers.

True

Many companies are creating a position for social media strategists, who are experts in sales and marketing using the World Wide Web and social media tools.

True

Most population centers now have a municipal or private program that encourages the recycling of old and broken computers and peripherals.

True

Nothing posted to social media services or anywhere else on the Internet should be considered private.

True

Researchers have discovered ways to make computer chips interact with various areas of the body and brain in order to help those that suffer from conditions such as Parkinson's or blindness.

True

Today's videos games are quite complex and require programming for user interaction, realistic motion and physics, and even intelligent character behavior.

True

Your public, online activity may not only affect your ability to be hired, but it could also place you at risk of losing your job if you make your company look negative or careless.

True

_________ displays a form of artificial intelligence with its astounding capability to understand complex questions and quickly find the answers using large databases of information.

Watson

_________ is the act of alerting the public about harmful activities that are being hidden by an organization.

Whistleblowing

_________ is a global, online organization that offers whistleblowers an anonymous way of posting information and submitting evidence.

WikiLeaks