Chapter 11

The fastest growing region for internet usage growth from 2000 to 2017 was,

Africa

Many rapid changes in technology over the past few decades were facilitated by:

All of these answers are correct: Artificial intelligence, wireless networks, processing of enormous amounts of data

A compulsion to engage in rewarding behaviors, despite negative consequences is called:

Behavioral addiction

Which of the following is NOT a potential source of personal private data?

Broadcast radio

The phase of technology that focuses on building material goods and manual labor is:

Industrial

In the United States, the right to free speech:

Must be weighed against the consequences for the community

The self-reinforcing feature of technology means that:

Technology acts as a multiplier to encourage its own faster development

A person's entitlement to protection from invasion of one's personal life is called:

The right to privacy

Microsoft launched a program in 2017 to bring the internet to more of rural America using:

Unused broadcast channels

Invasion of privacy through technology is best exemplified by:

Your car's GPS tracking you at every location

One type of digital currency that operates outside of the banking system using encrypted technology is:

bitcoin

As of 2017 the volume of global spam email messages has declined, primarily due to:

increased anti-spam protections

the digital divide describes the gap between those:

individuals who Internet access through technology and those who do not

The information phase of technology primarily requires

intellectual and electronic skills

The practice of using fake business emails in order to trick users into divulging personal data, such as usernames and password, is called:

phishing