Social Responsibility Ch 11
In 2017 about what percentage of people around the world had no access to the Internet?
52 percent.
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:
Artificial intelligence. Wireless networks. Processing of enormous amounts of data.
A technological application that uses biological systems or living organisms to make or modify products or processes for specific use is called:
Biotechnology.
One type of digital currency that operates outside the banking system using encrypted technology is:
Bitcoin.
Which of the following is not a potential source of personal private data?
Broadcast radio.
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.
How did some authoritarian governments justify limiting citizens' access to the Internet?
Improved national security.
As of 2017 the volume of global spam email messages has declined primarily due to:
Increased anti-spam protections.
An argument in support of preventing government access to private cell phones, according to the case To lock or Unlock Your Phone: Personal Privacy or National Security, is:
Individuals have rights to privacy and safety.
The digital divide describes 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.
In the United States, the right to free speech:
Must be weighed against the consequences for the community.
In 2017 which country had the most restrictive Internet censorship policies, completely blocking its citizens from conducting Internet searches and from using social media platforms?
North Korea.
The practice of using fake business emails in order to trick users into divulging personal data, such as usernames and passwords, is called:
Phishing.
In 2017 mobile payment usage was largest for which type of purchase?
Physical goods.
A person's entitlement to protection from invasion of one's personal life is called the:
Right to privacy.
Another name for unsolicited commercial emails is:
Spam. Junk email. UCE.
The self-reinforcing feature of technology means that:
Technology acts as a multiplier to encourage its own faster development.
This term refers to the practical applications of science and knowledge to commercial and organizational activities.
Technology.
Some argue that publishing personal DNA sequencing results is unethical because:
The results could compromise one's employment situation. Life insurance could be denied. The cost of health insurance could rise.
Microsoft launched a program in 2017 to bring the Internet to more of rural America using:
Unused broadcast channels.
In some economically developed countries and most developing countries around the world genetically modified food was:
Welcomed as a way to increase crop yields.
Invasion of privacy through technology is best exemplified by:
Your car's GPS tracking you at every location.
