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A. Image editing
B. Spreadsheet
C. Personal information management
D. Word processing
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In binary language, each letter of the alphabet, each number, and each special symbol is made up of
a unique combination of eight ________.
Select one:
A. bytes
B. kilobytes
C. bits
D. characters
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The concept of the Internet was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense as a network that
________ in event of an attack.
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A. allows commerce to continue
B. would not be disrupted easily
C. would not be easily hacked
D. provides point to point connections
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A ________ uses the Internet communications infrastructure to build a secure and private network.
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A. HAN
B. PAN
C. VPN
D. WAN
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The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the ________.
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A. FBI and the CIA
B. FBI and the IRS
C. FBI and National White Collar Crime Center
D. NRA and the U.S. Department of Defense
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The "fathers of the Internet" are Vinton Cerf and ________.
Select one:
A. Bill Gates
B. Tim Berners-Lee
C. Robert Cailliau
D. Robert Kahn
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Data ________ means that the data contained in a database is accurate and reliable.
Select one:
A. consistency
B. integrity
C. redundancy
D. efficiency
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The IT revolution has touched nearly every human endeavor. Internet usage has grown ___ percent
since 2000.
Select one:
a. 100
b. 138
c. 183
d. 179
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______ are current leaders in energy storage and are used across many applications from laptops to
mobile phones to electric vehicles.
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a. Microwave
b. Transformers
c. Lithium-ion batteries
d. Solar cells
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In 2015, around ____ percent of the world’s population had an Internet connections.
Select one:
a. 10
b. 60
c. 30
d. 40
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Genes are the coded instructions that organisms use to make ______, which are the structures of all
living things and which perform the functions that make life possible.
Select one:
a. Protein
b. Blood
c. BHP
d. Cholesterol
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Scientists can use their knowledge of genetics to _____ that attack the rice’s main predators.
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a. breed plants
b. breed insects
c. bread animals
d. clean the air
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Tailor-made enzymes for industrial use have been developed that can assist in converting plant
material into _____.
Select one:
a. food
b. fuel
c. rice
d. fertilizer
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While the use of computers is growing as the programs that run them are becoming better at
_________.
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a. adapting and self-correcting
b. learning, adapting, and self-correcting
c. thinking and adapting
d. digitizing human though
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Opportunities in nanotechnology apply broadly to many fields. Identify TWO areas of aerospace and
defense that may be impacted by its further development
Select one:
a. abrasives, and lubricants
b. smart membranes and coatings
c. surveillance and catalyst
d. weapons and surveillance
The two main categories of home and office printers are ________ and laser printers.
Select one:
A. inkjet
B. large format
C. cloud-based
D. thermal
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Which port is the most common port used to connect input and output devices to a computer?
Select one:
A. Universal serial bus (USB)
B. Parallel
C. FireWire
D. Ethernet
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The area that holds all the startup instructions the computer needs to start is ________.
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A. CPU
B. USB
C. ROM
D. RAM
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________ is concerned with the design and arrangement of machines and furniture to avoid
uncomfortable or unsafe experiences.
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A. Occupational safety
B. Ergonomics
C. Repetitive strain prevention
D. Positioning
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All of the following are names for a flash drive EXCEPT ________ drive.
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A. thumb
B. jump
C. USB
D. hard
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All of the following are ways to avoid injuries when working on computers EXCEPT ________.
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A. ensuring proper lighting
B. placing a monitor at least 12" from the eyes
C. taking breaks
D. purchasing an adjustable chair
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The computer stores currently used programs and data in ________.
Select one:
A. ROM
B. USB
C. CPU
D. RAM
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To connect a peripheral device to a computer to exchange data, find the appropriate ________ for
the device.
Select one:
A. expansion bus
B. port
C. slot
D. drive
Lithium ion batteries ____
Select one:
a. ran at low temperatures
b. were inexpensive to make but ran at high temperatures
c. were expensive to make and ran at high temperatures
d. Were made in the UK
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GM was losing large sums of money selling the ____ despite the fact that the car obtained many
accolades from auto industry magazines.
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a. Cruze
b. Volt
c. Tahoe
d. Impala
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Game theory can help us understand why Xerox did not successfully exploit the opportunity it had in
IT. If Xerox commercializes PC technology and its rivals do not Xerox payoff is expected to be
Select one:
a. is $150m, whereas the competitors’ payoff is $325m.
b. is $250m, whereas the competitors’ payoff is $75m.
c. is $75m, whereas the competitors’ payoff is $250m.
d. is $325m, whereas the competitors’ payoff is $150m.
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The American Medical Association did not provide its official endorsement of cochlear implants until:
Select one:
a. 1983
b. 1989
c. 2000
d. 1990
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Cochlear implants were based on the idea of using electricity to bring _____
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a. about the ability to walk
b. sight to the blind
c. about skin healing
d. hearing to the deaf
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According to the textbook, for a technology to gain widespread commercial acceptance, The
proponents of its commercialization must have the following 3 components:
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a. financial backing, governmental support, and the will to overcome setbacks
b. persistence, determination, and the will to overcome setbacks
c. social acceptance, determination, and financial backing
d. finances, culture, and social acceptance
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Assigning statistical probabilities to the likelihood that commercialization will succeed is
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a. reliable
b. just an art
c. dependent on the type of company being analyzed
d. predictable
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_____ modified the concept by adding an internal combustion engine and marketing hybrids that
were part electric and part gas powered.
Select one:
a. Honda and Toyota
b. Honda
c. GM
d. Toyota
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In response to clean-air legislation enacted in states like California, which had tight laws on
emissions standards, ____ pioneered its zero-emission electric cars.
Select one:
a. General Motors
b. Ford
c. Tesla
d. Toyota
A(n) ________ is usually a live broadcast of audio or video content.
Select one:
A. webcast
B. wiki
C. instant message
D. podcast
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Which of the following is NOT a feature of the most popular web browsers?
Select one:
A. Session restore
B. Tacked browsing
C. Thumbnail preview
D. Pinned tabs
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In the URL http://www.microsoft.com/surface, the portion labeled "http" is the ________.
Select one:
A. top-level domain
B. protocol
C. path
D. domain name
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Which of the following are personal video journal entries posted on the web?
Select one:
A. Blogs
B. Podcasts
C. Newsgroups
D. Vlogs
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According to the author, when technological change is rapid and discontinuous and the future is hard
to forecast, it may be possible to:
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a. create close ties with customers
b. sample the population
c. build brand loyalty
d. test the environment
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The ________ model is an analytical tool used in business strategy to provide insights into future
opportunities and threats.
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a. delphi
b. baysean
c. five-forces-plus
d. structured equation
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Tetlock argues that experts with good predictive powers must have a different style of thinking. They
should
Select one or more:
a. easily accept consensus opinions
b. be willing to challenge conventional wisdom
c. explore diverse information and analytical models
d. should be overly attached to single explanations for events
e. be comfortable with complexity and uncertainty
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To hedge future uncertainty, five sets of actions organizations can be taken. One of which is:
Select one:
a. collaborate
b. increase rise
c. delay until further clarity emerges
d. reduce risk
The appropriate software to use for creating research papers is ________ software.
Select one:
A. word processing
B. database
C. presentation
D. spreadsheet
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A(n) ________ software installation enables you to decide which features you want to install on the
hard drive.
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A. custom
B. full
C. partial
D. upgrade
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When using a spreadsheet, SUM in the expression =SUM(B10:B16), is called a(n) ________.
Select one:
A. formula
B. operator
C. function
D. operand
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________ applications are software in which the vendor hosts the software online over the Internet
and you do not to install the software on your computer.
Select one:
A. Open Source as a Service
B. Platform as a Service
C. Infrastructure as a Service
D. Software as a Service
Outside the walls of Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant could be found _______
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a. new roads and utilities
b. the smell of methyl isocyanate
c. crowded squatters’ dwellings
d. a small military base
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Many investigations explored the causes of oil spills and have identified them to be a result of
Select one:
a. poor management oversight
b. poor financial planning
c. following procedures too closely
d. weather conditions
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One the eight safety systems that failed was deemed to be ____________
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a. political
b. misinterpreted pressure tests to determine whether the well had been sealed
c. the water temperature
d. the weather temperature
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The 1984 Union Carbide accident in Bhopal, India, was caused, in part, by its
Select one:
a. primitive infrastructure
b. advance technology
c. corporate leadership
d. cultural differences
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Experts tend to assign the _____ to hazards that take many lives at once as they do to hazards that
take many lives one at a time.
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a. bias
b. same weights
c. different weights
d. values
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According to the author of the textbook, the explosion of the Union Carbide plant accident victims
suffered from various medical conditions. Identify these medical conditions reported.
Select one or more:
a. breathlessness
b. tooth infections
c. lung diseases
d. loss of hair
e. abdominal pain
f. back pain
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Union Carbide contended that the accident was the result of ____
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a. sabotage by an unhappy employee
b. a leak in the containment tank
c. insurrection
d. terrorism
Merck faced _____ charges as a result of its failure to communicate the risks of Vioxx to patients
Select one:
a. copyright violations
b. criminal
c. no
d. trademark violations
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Select the appropriate ... what went wrong in the DePuy case
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a. priced too high
b. infatuation with a new technology
c. little ROI
d. failure to warn patients of design problems with a technology
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Merck spent more than ____ million on advertising and promoting the drug’s benefits
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a. $200
b. $25
c. $210
d. $150
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The Vioxx users in the study had _____ times the rate of cardiovascular problems
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a. 1 to 4
b. 2 to 5
c. 6 to 12
d. 15
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An Archives of Internal Medicine study showed that nearly _____ of the people who took Vioxx did
so unnecessarily.
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a. one-third
b. one-quarters
c. half
d. three-quarters
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When the plaintiff has been warned about risks court awards will be limited to:
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a. compensation for tangible medical costs
b. emotional distress or pain
c. lost earnings
d. suffering
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FDA advisory panel required Merck to put a warning label on Vioxx which it did so in
Select one:
a. 2003
b. 2004
c. 2002
d. 2001
The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________.
Select one:
A. IBM
B. Microsoft
C. Intel
D. Apple
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Select the best way to determine your RAM allocation.
Select one:
A. List all programs you would run simultaneously and the amount of RAM each needs and add
together.
B. Monitor RAM usage in performance monitor and calculate an average of RAM used over 10
random periods.
C. Count the number of available slots on the motherboard.
D. Divide the number of used memory slots by the number of total memory slots.
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To speed up the display of graphics, a(n) ________ is integrated into some video cards.
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A. GPU
B. CPU
C. ALU
D. SSD
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To securely erase data, the U.S. Department of Defense suggests that data be ________.
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A. refactored
B. deleted
C. overwritten seven times
D. encoded
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Running the Disk Cleanup utility is a quick way to ________.
Select one:
A. clean out your Startup folder
B. remove spyware programs
C. clear out unnecessary files
D. defrag your hard drive
According to the author, declining fertility is a result of
Select one or more:
a. the widespread availability of birth control
b. the cost of birth control
c. disease
d. the weakening of traditional religious
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Kiva robots move across ______ , packaging required items for delivery.
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a. cargo planes
b. cargo ships
c. large warehouses
d. small warehouses
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Davos refers to
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a. addresses a large range of global issues
b. disruption of globalization
c. gains in economic freedom
d. division and conflict
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The U.S. National Intelligence Council identified one young group in the period immediately following
the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center feels hopeless and tended to live in countries once
occupied by _____ powers
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a. colonial
b. super
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Pax Americana refers to
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a. addresses a large range of global issues
b. disruption of globalization
c. gains in economic freedom
d. division and conflict
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When the opportunities for a normal life are diminished, _____ often choose a path of violence
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a. Americans
b. young people
c. old people
d. Europeans
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