IST Chapter 5
________ is a cooperative social media application making use of the network effect.
Media sharing
Open source software is an example of the power of collective intelligence.
TRUE
________ are comprised of members from different geographic areas assembled as needed to collaborate on a certain project.
Virtual teams
________ take(s) the concept of real-time communication a step further by allowing people to communicate using avatars.
Virtual worlds
Some people see ________ as the "contextual Web," where the immense amounts of content available to users will be filtered by contextual factors such as time, location, social activities, and so on.
Web 3.0
A ________ allows accessing remote or local data without having to know the complexities of this access, and thus enable creating unique and dynamic applications quickly and easily.
Web API
A ________ provides a way for different components of software to interact and exchange data or functionality using common Web communication protocols.
Web API
Which of the following is a reason for the development of the semantic Web?
Web pages can be understood by people but not by computers.
________ is the distribution of digital media, such as audio or video files, via syndication feeds for on-demand playback on digital media players.
Webcasting
In the context of collaborative tools, ________ is an example of a collaboration management tool.
MS SharePoint
________ is the creation of a categorization system by users.
Social cataloging
________ sites create social online communities where individuals with a broad and diverse set of interests meet and collaborate.
Social networking
________ attempts to increase the relevance of search results by including content from blogs and microblogging services.
Social search
Adding geospatial metadata to media is referred to as geotagging.
TRUE
By providing access to useful Web APIs, organizations extend their reach and build and strengthen customer relationships, providing a base for revenue-generating services.
TRUE
Cloud-based collaboration tools allow for easy access and easy transferability of documents or other files from one person to another, as the tools can run on any computer with a Web browser and Internet connectivity.
TRUE
Content management systems are also known as digital asset management systems.
TRUE
Desktop videoconferencing has been enabled by the growing power of processors powering personal computers and faster Internet connections.
TRUE
Enterprise search engines such as Microsoft's Enterprise Search or the Google Search Appliance are designed to retrieve content from various internal data sources, including documents, databases, or applications linked to the company's intranet.
TRUE
Many companies have not been able to realize the full potential of a virtual world environment beyond just providing virtual showcases for their products.
TRUE
Many successful Web 2.0 applications rely on Web APIs (application programming interfaces) to function.
TRUE
Membership on virtual teams is fluid, with teams forming and disbanding as needed, with team size fluctuating as necessary, and with team members coming and going as they are needed.
TRUE
One of the most popular groupware systems - and arguably the system that put groupware into the mainstream - appeared in 1989 when Lotus Development released its Notes software product.
TRUE
Social media is a classification of Web 2.0 applications.
TRUE
The idea of mashups came from popular music where many songs are produced by mixing two or more existing songs together.
TRUE
The size of a word in a tag cloud represents its importance or frequency so that it is easy to spot the most important or frequent words or tags.
TRUE
Typically, shared content is hosted on media sharing sites; however, the content can also be embedded into other sites.
TRUE
Virtual teams are commonly used for tasks such as developing systems and software.
TRUE
When Web pages are designed using semantic principles, computers will be able to read the pages, and search engines will be able to give richer and more accurate answers.
TRUE
________ can be used to visualize user generated content on a site.
Tag clouds
________ refers to manually adding metadata to media or other content.
Tagging
Which of the following explains the term "blogosphere?"
the community of all blogs
The network effect refers to the notion that the value of a network is dependent on ________.
the number of other users
Which of the following is one of the uses of geotagging?
to know the location of a person sending out a breaking news update on Twitter
Which of the following is an example of synchronous communication?
videoconferencing
The term ________ marketing was coined by Harvard business professor Jeffrey Rayport to describe how good marketing techniques can be driven by word-of-mouth or person-to-person communication.
viral
Which of the following statements is true about peer production?
Anyone can help in producing or improving the final outcome.
In the context of collaborative tools, ________ is an example of an electronic conferencing tool.
Apple FaceTime
Which of the following is a basic concept associated with Web 2.0?
B) shift in users' role from the passive consumer of content to its creator
________ is the process of creating an online text diary made up of chronological entries that comment on everything from one's everyday life to wine and food, or even computer problems.
Blogging
Which of the following occurs during wiki wars?
Contributors continuously edit or delete each other's posts.
________ is a phenomenon where companies use everyday people as a cheap labor force.
Crowdsourcing
________ takes the concept of companies having used self-employed consultants to work on individual projects or provide content a step further by enabling people to work in more flexible ways on a variety of Internet-related projects.
E-lancing
A widget could combine geospatial data, photos, reference information, hotel prices, and weather information to provide a comprehensive overview of travel destinations.
FALSE
A work flow automation system is an example of a synchronous groupware tool.
FALSE
According to the network effect, if some users of a network lack knowledge, the network has little or no value.
FALSE
Asynchronous discussion forums emulate real-time written conversations.
FALSE
Changes made to the content on a wiki cannot be reverted.
FALSE
E-mail is an example of synchronous communication.
FALSE
Google Docs is a Web-based e-mail client allowing users to send large attachments and offering large storage space and superior filing and search capabilities.
FALSE
Google Talk is an enterprise-level collaboration tool that allows users to create group Web sites and share team information.
FALSE
In a Web 2.0 application, there is a relatively strict distinction between content creators and content consumers.
FALSE
Social presence tools are designed for lengthy posts.
FALSE
Social sharing and collaboration are some of the core Web 1.0 values.
FALSE
The term viral marketing describes how good marketing techniques can be driven by sending out massive amounts of spam.
FALSE
Virtual meetings can only be done synchronously by using technologies such as online discussion boards.
FALSE
Web 1.0 applications allow people to collaborate and share information online.
FALSE
In the context of collaborative tools, ________ is an example of an electronic communication tool.
MS Outlook
________ is an online office suite comprised of a spreadsheet application, a word processor, and a presentation application.
Google Docs
Which of the following Google Apps is an instant messaging client?
Google Talk
Which of the following statements is true about a content management system?
It allows the assignment of different roles for different users.
Which of the following statements is true about a mashup?
It is an application or a Web site that uses data from one or more service providers.
Which of the following statements is true about Google Sites?
It is an enterprise-level collaboration tool that allows users to create group Web sites and share team information.
Which of the following statements is true about a discussion forum?
It is dedicated to a specific topic, and users can start new threads.
Which of the following statements is true about tagging?
It is the process of adding metadata manually to media or other content.
Which of the following statements is true about a Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feed?
It is used to access the most current blogs, podcasts, videos, and news stories.
Which of the following statements is true about viral marketing?
It uses the network effect to increase brand awareness.
________ is the creation of goods or services by self-organizing communities.
Peer production
Which of the following is a consequence of the use of social software?
People are sharing more personal information online.
Cloud-based collaboration tools ________.
allow for easy transferability of documents from one person to another
Which of the following Web 2.0 applications has been classified by noted technology journalist Nicholas Carr as the "amateurization" of journalism?
blogs
Podcasting is a misnomer because podcasts ________.
can be played on a variety of devices in addition to Apple's iPods
A major benefit of social software is the ability to harness the "wisdom of crowds," which is also referred to as ________.
collective intelligence
The concept of ________ is based on the notion that distributed groups of people with a divergent range of information and expertise will be able to outperform the capabilities of individual experts.
collective intelligence
A(n) ________ system allows users to publish, edit, version track, and retrieve digital content, such as documents, images, audio files, videos, or anything else that can be digitized.
content management
Which of following factors differentiates asynchronous communication from synchronous communication?
coordination in time
In the context of collaborative tools, ________ emulate traditional bulletin boards and allow for threaded discussions between participants.
discussion forums
Which of the following is an example of asynchronous communication?
An ________ is essentially a collection of personal computers networked together with sophisticated software tools to help group members solve problems and make decisions through interactive electronic idea generation, evaluation, and voting.
electronic meeting system
Social bookmarking allows users to share Internet bookmarks and to create categorization systems. These categorization systems are referred to as ________.
folksonomies
The term ________ refers to a class of software that enables people to work together more effectively.
groupware
Which of the following facilitates real-time written conversations?
instant messaging
Which of the following is a collaboration management tool that is used to facilitate virtual or collocated meetings?
intranets
Which of the following statements is true about social bookmarking?
it allows users to create folksonomies.
According to Thomas Baekdal, which of the following is a critical factor in the success of a viral marketing campaign?
making sequels
In the context of Web 2.0, Web APIs enable the creation of ________.
mashups
Social presence tools are also known as ________ tools.
microblogging
Which of the following benefits of groupware enables many people to speak and listen at the same time?
parallelism
The ________ Web, originally envisioned by Tim Berners-Lee, one of the founders of the Internet, is a set of design principles that will allow computers to be able to better index Web sites, topics, and subjects.
semantic
The use of ________ within a company's boundaries or between a company and its customers or stakeholders is referred to as Enterprise 2.0.
social media
