Practice Quiz Chapter 06

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. What key aspect differentiates today's digital media from traditional media?

Longevity correct incorrect

Interactivity correct incorrect

Portability correct incorrect

Multitasking correct incorrect

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. __________ games are created to be fun and educational by using game dynamics to instruct players on topics.

Serious correct incorrect

Social correct incorrect

Mind correct incorrect

Cognitive correct incorrect

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. Who created the first wiki in 1995?

Mark Andreessen correct incorrect

Tim Berners-Lee correct incorrect

Douglas C. Engelbart correct incorrect

Ward Cunningham correct incorrect

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. Invented in 1968, the __________ greatly changed how we interact with computers.

computer mouse correct incorrect

Dvorak keyboard correct incorrect

World Wide Web correct incorrect

Touch-screen interface correct incorrect

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. Why is broadband important?

It allows us to rapidly receive and transmit large amounts of textual and visual information over the Internet. correct incorrect

It has given us many more choices with cable providers. correct incorrect

It forced the government to deregulate the telecommunications industry. correct incorrect

It helped companies like Amazon challenge traditional media companies. correct incorrect

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. A computer network that allows users to easily store and share information on each other's computers is known as a __________ system.

TCP/IP correct incorrect

HTTP correct incorrect

client/server correct incorrect

peer-to-peer (P2P) correct incorrect

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. Posting deliberately obnoxious or provocative messages in online discussion groups is known as __________.

phishing correct incorrect

trolling correct incorrect

pharming correct incorrect

spamming correct incorrect

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. Which company generally dominates the video game industry?

Sony correct incorrect

Microsoft correct incorrect

Nintendo correct incorrect

Ubisoft correct incorrect

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. Augmented reality refers to __________.

our increased ability to better understand our situations thanks to easy Internet searching correct incorrect

how we lose track of time when we are engrossed in video games correct incorrect

digital overlays of information on a screen that correspond to what is being looked at in the real world through the screen correct incorrect

increased capacities for the disabled thanks to digital technologies correct incorrect

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. Advertisers tracking web-browsing to provide ads that closely match the topics of sites visited or searches made is known as __________.

behavioral targeting correct incorrect

interactivity correct incorrect

transmission control protocol (TCP) correct incorrect

gamification correct incorrect