37) A widget could combine geospatial data, photos, reference information, hotel prices, and
weather information to provide a comprehensive overview of travel destinations.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.2: Explain social media and evolving Web capabilities.
Classification: Concept
38) Social media is a classification of Web 2.0 applications.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.2: Explain social media and evolving Web capabilities.
Classification: Concept
39) Social software can enhance communication within organizations as well as between an
organization and its stakeholders.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.2: Explain social media and evolving Web capabilities.
Classification: Concept
40) 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.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.2: Explain social media and evolving Web capabilities.
Classification: Concept
41) Social sharing and collaboration are two of the core Web 1.0 values.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.2: Explain social media and evolving Web capabilities.
Classification: Concept
42) According to the network effect, if some users of a network lack knowledge, the network has
little or no value.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.2: Explain social media and evolving Web capabilities.
Classification: Concept
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43) A major benefit of social software is the ability to harness the “wisdom of crowds” that is
also referred to as ________.
A) collaborative filtering
B) preference elicitation
C) creative commons
D) consensus democracy
E) collective intelligence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
44) 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.
A) cognitive dissonance
B) creative commons
C) collective intelligence
D) consensus democracy
E) preference elicitation
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
45) An electronic ________ 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.
A) folksonomy
B) fund transfer
C) data interchange
D) meeting system
E) tag cloud
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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46) ________ 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.
A) Crowdsourcing
B) Keylogging
C) Pharming
D) Phishing
E) Blogging
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
47) Which of the following Web 2.0 applications has been classified by noted technology
journalist Nicholas Carr as the “amateurization” of journalism?
A) blogs
B) discussion forums
C) message boards
D) instant messaging
E) chat rooms
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
48) People who maintain blogs are called ________.
A) analysts
B) testers
C) developers
D) readers
E) bloggers
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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49) Social presence tools are also known as ________ tools.
A) social bookmarking
B) instant chatting
C) microblogging
D) videoconferencing
E) geotagging
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
50) Which of the following facilitate(s) real-time written conversations?
A) instant messaging
B) discussion forums
C) status updates
D) blogging
E) tagging
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
51) ________ take(s) the concept of real-time communication a step further by allowing people
to communicate using avatars.
A) Blogging
B) Microblogging
C) Instant messaging
D) Discussion forums
E) Virtual worlds
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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52) ________ is a cooperative social media application making use of the network effect.
A) Media sharing
B) Rich site summary
C) Media tagging
D) Instant messaging
E) A discussion forum
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
53) ________ is the distribution of digital media, such as audio or video files, via syndication
feeds for on-demand playback on digital media players.
A) Narrowcasting
B) Crowdsourcing
C) Blogging
D) Webcasting
E) Phishing
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
54) The term “podcasting” is a misnomer because podcasts ________.
A) are concerned with the dissemination of information to a narrow audience
B) cannot be played on Apple’s iPods
C) are not related to distribution of digital media for digital devices
D) are concerned with outsourcing tasks to a large group of people or community
E) can be played on a variety of devices in addition to Apple’s iPods
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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55) Which of the following statements is true about a Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feed?
A) It is used to increase brand awareness through the network effect.
B) It is used to disseminate information to a narrow audience.
C) It is used to market the product without the audience realizing it.
D) It is used to enable people to work on a variety of Internet related projects in more flexible
ways.
E) It is used to access the most current blogs, podcasts, videos, and news stories.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
56) Social bookmarking allows users to share Internet bookmarks and to create categorization
systems. These categorization systems are referred to as ________.
A) tag clouds
B) podcasts
C) folksonomies
D) geospatial metadata
E) microblogs
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
57) Which of the following statements is true about social bookmarking?
A) It is the distribution of digital media.
B) It allows podcasters to publish and push current shows to the viewers or listeners.
C) It allows people to communicate using avatars.
D) It allows users to create folksonomies.
E) It allows users to post short “status updates.”
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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58) ________ is the creation of a categorization system by users.
A) Social cataloging
B) Podcasting
C) Social blogging
D) Webcasting
E) Crowdsourcing
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
59) ________ refers to manually adding metadata to media or other content.
A) Phishing
B) Tagging
C) Crowdsourcing
D) Podcasting
E) Netcasting
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
60) ________ is data about data.
A) Multi data
B) Data house
C) Metadata
D) Data system
E) Pointer data
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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61) ________ can be used to visualize user-generated content on a site.
A) Crowdsourcing
B) Tag clouds
C) Phishing
D) Podcasts
E) Pharming
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
62) Which of the following statements is a use of geotagging?
A) to use avatars while chatting online
B) to create categorization systems for social cataloging
C) to know the location of a person sending out a breaking news update on Twitter
D) to create folksonomies for social bookmarking
E) to use syndicated feeds while sharing media
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
63) Cloud-based collaboration tools ________.
A) allow for easy transferability of documents from one person to another
B) have well-documented procedures for system complexities
C) reduce the risk of exposing sensitive corporate data
D) require users to frequently upgrade their software
E) are complex and time-consuming
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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64) The WhatsApp application was created in 2009, and has quickly risen to broad popularity.
WhatsApp is a(n) ________ application.
A) blogging
B) social networking
C) instant messaging
D) microblogging
E) e-commerce
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
65) ________ is an example of an online office suite comprised of a spreadsheet application, a
word processor, and a presentation application.
A) Google Mail
B) Google Talk
C) Google Maps
D) Google Calendar
E) Google Docs
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
66) Twitter is a(n) ________.
A) microblog
B) retail Web site
C) advertising Web site
D) e-commerce site
E) online store
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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67) 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.
A) social presence
B) collective intelligence
C) application sharing
D) content management
E) peer production
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
68) WordPress is a(n) ________.
A) social networking Web site
B) microblog
C) content management system
D) instant messaging application
E) e-commerce Web site
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
69) ________ is the creation of goods or services by self-organizing communities.
A) Peer production
B) A folksonomy
C) A journal
D) Groupware
E) Crowdsourcing
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 5.3: Describe various social media applications, and explain their role in
enhancing communication, collaboration, cooperation, and connection.
Classification: Concept
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