MAN 4701: Chapter 12
In 2009 the U.S. government announced plans to spend how much to spur the use of digital or electronic patient records, as part of a national effort to reduce medical costs?
19 billion
In 2012, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reported that how many of the world's computers were infected with some types of malware?
39 percent
In 2012, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reported that how many of the world's computers were infected with some type of malware?
39 percent.
Another name for unsolicited commercial email is ?
All the above.
A pain or numbness in your thumbs caused by constant e-mailing, messaging, or internet surfing on hand-held devices is called?
BlackBerry thumb
This program intends to bring lower-income Americans online by making broadband internet access affordable for households with at least one child and an annual income level below $29,000.00?
Connect to compete
A group of people who leap to the most dreadful conclusions while researching health matters online are called?
Cyberchondriacs.
The place where information is stored, ideas are described, and communication takes place in and through an electronic network of linked systems is called/
Cyberspace
The buying and selling of goods and services electronically is called?
E-business
Booz & Company found a country's level of digitization is negatively correlated to its GDP.
False
Businesses generally discovered that the adoption of technology was a money-saver rather than an expense in the short run ?
False
Businesses generally discovered that the adoption of technology was a money-saver rather than an expense in the short run?
False
Technology is an unmistakable ethical force, but not an economic or social force, int he world where we live?
False
The United States has the most Internet users than any other country?
False
The current phase of technology is the service society?
False
The digital divide describe the gap between those?
Individuals who have technology and those who do not
The phase of technology that focuses on building material goods and manual labor is?
Industrial
The information phase of technology primarily requires?
Intellectual and electronic skills.
According to the text, despite the world becoming more hyper-connected, this region still suffers from an important lag in adopting information and communication technology?
Latin America
All of the below are options for companies when government censorship occurs except?
Offer monetary compensation to government officials to allow certain web content
In 2011, 1.2 billion people worldwide used social networking sites?
Once per month
We are currently in which phase in the development of technology?
Semantic
The self-reinforcing feature of technology means that ?
Technology acts as a multiplier to encourage is own faster development.
The self-reinforcing feature of technology means that?
Technology acts as a multiplier to encourage is own faster development.
This term refers to the practical applications of science and knowledge to commercial and organizational activities?
Technology.
According to Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems' chief scientist, bu 2030, we are likely to build machines a million times as powerful as the personal computers of today/
True
Although technology is not the only cause of change in society, it is the primary cause?
True
During the past few years, e-business revenue has increased as a faster pace than that of traditional, or non-electronic business?
True
High-technology business, governments, and community groups acting together appear to be winning the battle of making technology more accessible to all people regardless of their race, income, education, age or residence?
True
High-technology businesses, governments, and community groups acting together appear to be winning the battle of making technology more accessible to all people regardless of their race, income, education, age, or residence?
True
In the United States the government has tried to help narrow the digital divide by subsidizing Internet upgrades for schools and providing free cell phones to citizens in need ?
True
Anti-spam legislation was passed by which country making it a crime to send unsolicited e-mail to people's private email addresses or cell phone?
United Kingdom
A 2012 study found that Internet access in African-American homes was how much less than Caucasian homes?
60 percent.
The dominant feature of technology is change and then more change.
True
