Week 1 : Assignment 1

The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.

Due on 2025-02-05, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-02-04, 20:41 IST

1 point
Which of the following is/are anonymous social networking sites ?
Whisper
Sarahah
Facebook
X (Formerly Twitter)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Whisper
Sarahah
1 point
Which of the following statements is/are true about ephemeral content on social networks ?
Content on social networks disappears after a fixed period of time.
Snaps on Snapchat are an example of ephemeral content.
Stories on Instagram are an example of ephemeral content.
None of the above.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Content on social networks disappears after a fixed period of time.
Snaps on Snapchat are an example of ephemeral content.
Stories on Instagram are an example of ephemeral content.
1 point
Which of the following 4 V’s of Social Media addresses the correctness of information posted online ?
Velocity
Veracity
Volume
Variety
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Veracity
1 point
Facebook Friends and Instagram Followers follow the principles of a unidirectional network.
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
False
1 point
____ helps users on social media to find posts related to a specific topic by clicking or searching.
Mentions
Hashtags
Shares
Likes
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Hashtags
1 point
Degrees of Separation has reduced on Social Media due to:
Facilitating Connections and Interactions across various locations
Interconnected Networks
Share Information and Communicate Globally
None of the Above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Facilitating Connections and Interactions across various locations
Interconnected Networks
Share Information and Communicate Globally
1 point
Which of the following is the correct syntax for installing numpy version 1.21.5
pip3 install numpy==1.21.5
pip3 install package==numpy version==1.21.5
pip3 install numpy --v=1.21.5
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
pip3 install numpy==1.21.5
1 point
Which of the following libraries can be used to send and receive requests to a server?
numpy
requests
math
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
requests
1 point
A self-contained directory containing its own Python installation (for a particular version of Python) and
libraries, allowing it to manage and isolate project dependencies.
Python Standard Libraries
PIP
Virtual Environment
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Virtual Environment
1 point
Which of the following are the advantages of a version control system ?
Helps in keeping a record of all changes made to a file in its history.
Allows for collaboration between various people working on the same project.
Allows for backup and recovery in a project.
None of the Above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Helps in keeping a record of all changes made to a file in its history.
Allows for collaboration between various people working on the same project.
Allows for backup and recovery in a project.
1 point
Social Media constitutes:
Social Networks (Facebook, LinkedIn etc.)
Virtual Worlds (Habbo, Club Penguin etc.)
Livecasts (Twitch, Yahoo! Live etc.)
Content Sharing Platforms (YouTube, Flickr etc.)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Social Networks (Facebook, LinkedIn etc.)
Virtual Worlds (Habbo, Club Penguin etc.)
Livecasts (Twitch, Yahoo! Live etc.)
Content Sharing Platforms (YouTube, Flickr etc.)
1 point
Which of the following platforms allow for managing/hosting git repositories ?
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
All of the above
1 point
Select the correct syntax for allowing git to track all files in a repository (assume you are in the root of the
repository)
git add --all
git commit -m "track"
git status
git log
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
git add --all
1 point
Creating a new file in a git repository adds it to :
Tracked Files
Untracked Files
Remote Repository
None of the Above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Untracked Files
1 point
Select the correct syntax for pushing an existing repository to a remote repository on GitHub
git push origin master
git commit -m "Push to GitHub"
git add remote origin
git pull origin master
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
git push origin master
1 point
Which of the following is the correct syntax for installing a package Ubuntu computer ?
sudo apt install <PACKAGE_NAME>
sudo apt-<PACKAGE_NAME> install ubuntu
sudo apt-install <PACKAGE_NAME>
sudo get <PACKAGE_NAME>
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
sudo apt install <PACKAGE_NAME>

Week 2 : Assignment 2
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-02-05, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-02-04, 20:44 IST

1 point
What does JSON stand for ?
JavaScript Object Notation
Java Standard Object Notation
JSON Scripted Object Name
Joint Syntax Object Network
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
JavaScript Object Notation
1 point
In which of the following formats does an API usually return its response ?
JSON
XML
TSV
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
JSON
XML
1 point
MongoDB stores data in a structure most similar to ____.
JSON
SQL
XML
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
JSON
1 point
MySQL can be used for querying relational databases.
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
1 point
Given a MongoDB collection named "words" with the following document structure:

{
"_id":ObjectId("615243d88f0ae43f255874c1"),
"count": 300,
"department": "the"
}

Which MongoDB query would you use to retrieve all words with count in descending order ?
db.words.find().sort({ count: -1 })
db.words.find().sort({ count: 1 })
db.words.find().order_by("count", DESCENDING}
db.words.find().sort({ descending: 1 })
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
db.words.find().sort({ count: -1 })
1 point
Which of the following are the components of a graph ?
Vertices
Edges
Unique Identifier/ID
All of the Above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
All of the Above
1 point
Which of the following is true regarding the situation depicted in the graph below

False information/rumors spreads faster than facts/true information on social media

True information spreads faster than false information/rumors on social media
Cannot be Determined
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
False information/rumors spreads faster than facts/true information on social media
1 point
Select the correct sequence of steps taken towards evaluating social media data.
Data Collection/Filtering > Data Characterization > Data Classification > Data Evaluation
Data Collection/Filtering > Data Characterization > Data Evaluation > Data Classification
Data Characterization > Data Collection/Filtering > Data Evaluation > Data Classification
Data Characterization > Data Collection/Filtering > Data Classification > Data Evaluation
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Data Collection/Filtering > Data Characterization > Data Classification > Data Evaluation
1 point
Which of the following attributes can be inferred from data collected via X (formerly Twitter) ?
Number of Likes of the Tweet
Number of times the Tweet has been viewed
Unique identifier of the user/author of the Tweet
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Number of Likes of the Tweet
Number of times the Tweet has been viewed
Unique identifier of the user/author of the Tweet
1 point
Which of the following processes can be used to receive annotated posts while determining their
legitimacy ?
A group of friends annotating posts given to them
Crowd-sourcing / Mechanical Turk
Getting Data from Fact Checking / News Outlets
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
All of the above
1 point
TweetCred is a chrome extension that ranks the credibility of each tweet on Twitter.
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
1 point
Which Python library would you most likely use to get the top 10 hot posts from the subreddit "r/politics"
using the Reddit API?
praw
requests
urllib
json
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
praw
1 point
An indicator similar to hashtags is called ______ on Reddit.
Flair
Karma
Comment
Upvote
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Flair
1 point
Communities on Reddit are called ______
Subreddits
Flairs
Threads
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Subreddits
1 point
A higher Follower-Friend ratio on Twitter can be associated with the popularity of the user
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
Week 3 : Assignment 3
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-02-12, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-02-04, 20:58 IST

1 point
Select the correct sequence of steps as used by Facebook Inspector (as Discussed in Lecture)

Data Collection > Ground Truth Extraction > Feature Generation > Supervised Learning > Result via
RESTful API
Feature Generation > Data Collection > Supervised Learning > Ground Truth Extraction > Result via
RESTful API
Ground Truth Extraction > Data Collection > Supervised Learning > Feature Generation > Result via
RESTful API
Data Collection > Feature Generation > Ground Truth Extraction > Supervised Learning > Result via
RESTful API
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Data Collection > Ground Truth Extraction > Feature Generation > Supervised Learning > Result via
RESTful API
1 point
Which of the following is/are correct statements in context of Web of Trust Score?
Web of Trust score outputs the reputation of an input website
Domain Age can be used as a feature for a Web of Trust score
Domain Owner can be used a feature for a Web of Trust score
None of the Above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Web of Trust score outputs the reputation of an input website
Domain Age can be used as a feature for a Web of Trust score
Domain Owner can be used a feature for a Web of Trust score
1 point
“Shantanu never likes people taking his photo because he doesn’t want it to be posted online”. According
to Westin’s 3 Categories, Shantanu is a :
Fundamentalist
Pragmatist
Unconcerned
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Fundamentalist
1 point
"Geeta browses all social media websites on her laptop casually, but always opens her banking website in
incognito for checking her balance” According to Westin’s 3 Categories, Geeta is a :
Fundamentalist
Pragmatist
Unconcerned
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Pragmatist
1 point
According to Westin’s 3 Categories, the lowest percentage of US citizens fall into the category of (as
discussed in the lecture):
Fundamentalist
Pragmatist
Unconcerned
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Unconcerned
1 point
According to Westin’s 3 Categories, the highest percentage of US citizens fall into the category of (as
discussed in the lecture) :
Fundamentalist
Pragmatist
Unconcerned
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Pragmatist
1 point
Which of the following can be used in authentication for the Twitter API ?
Bearer Token
Client ID
Client Secret
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Bearer Token
Client ID
Client Secret
1 point
Which of the following can be achieved using Twitter API ?
Retrieving reverse chronological home timeline
Retrieving user Tweet timeline
Retrieving user mention timeline
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Retrieving reverse chronological home timeline
Retrieving user Tweet timeline
Retrieving user mention timeline
1 point
Which of the following is the correct syntax for creating a tweets table with the specified attributes?

tweet_id : Primary Key, Not Null

text: Not Null
CREATE TABLE tweets (
tweet_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
text VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (tweet_id)
);

CREATE tweets TABLE (

tweet_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
text VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (tweet_id)
);

CREATE TABLE (
tweet_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
text VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (tweet_id),
TABLE NAME(tweets)
);

CREATE TABLE tweets (

tweet_id VARCHAR(50),
text VARCHAR(500),
PRIMARY KEY (tweet_id),
NOT NULL (text)
);

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
CREATE TABLE tweets (
tweet_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
text VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (tweet_id)
);

1 point
Consider a table named “users” containing user profiles from Twitter, which of the following attributes can
be used as a primary key in the table :
Full Name of the User
User ID of the User
No. of Followers of the User
No. of Tweets by the User
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
User ID of the User
Read through the report “Privacy in India: Attitudes and Awareness V 2.0”
at https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/research/privacyindia/PI_2012_Complete_Report.pdf And
answer the following questions [11-12] :
1 point
Which of the following method(s) were used for gathering information across India in the report above ?
Surveys
Focus Group Discussions
Interviews
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Surveys
Focus Group Discussions
Interviews
1 point
Which of the following methods resulted in the largest number of respondents across India ?
Surveys
Focus Group Discussions
Interviews
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Surveys
1 point
A table in SQL is called a ______ in MongoDB.
Database
Index
Document
Collection
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Collection
1 point
A row in SQL is called a ______ in MongoDB.
Collection
Field
Index
Document
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Document
1 point
Which of the following can be used to create a new database called “project” and create a collection
named “users” inside it in MongoDB ?
1. use project;
2. db.users.insert({});
1. use project;
2. db.users.insert();
1. create_db project;
2. db.users.insert({});
1. create project;
2. db.users.insert();
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
1. use project;
2. db.users.insert({});

Week 4 : Assignment 4
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-02-19, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-02-18, 19:02 IST

1 point
What are the different forms of Privacy?
Information
Communication
Territorial
Bodily
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Information
Communication
Territorial
Bodily
1 point
“Please Rob Me” highlighted issues specifically stemming from:
Public Self-Disclosure of Information on Social Media by users
Data leaks from social media websites due to hacking attempts
Sharing passwords with your friends on Social Media
None of the Above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Public Self-Disclosure of Information on Social Media by users
1 point
Using an unidentified source of information to extract an individual’s sensitive information is called :
Re-identification
Personally Identifiable Information
Self-Disclosure
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Re-identification
1 point
Considering each attribute in isolation, which of the following are examples of Personally Identifiable
Information (PII):
Race
Age
Aadhaar Number
College Student ID
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Aadhaar Number
College Student ID
1 point
What is the purpose of k-anonymity as discussed in the lecture?
Protect PIIs of re-identified individuals
Anonymise data without losing utility
Make datasets larger for analysis
None of the above
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
Protect PIIs of re-identified individuals
Anonymise data without losing utility
1 point
Latanya Sweeney’s experiments aimed to :
Re-identify individuals from Match.com using their Facebook profiles
Identification of individuals walking on a campus with data from Facebook
Predict social security number from publicly available data
Study behaviors of individuals aged 14-18 on Instagram
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.34
Accepted Answers:
Re-identify individuals from Match.com using their Facebook profiles
Identification of individuals walking on a campus with data from Facebook
Predict social security number from publicly available data
1 point
What are the advantages of NumPy Arrays over Lists in Python?
NumPy arrays are faster and more compact than Python lists.
NumPy uses much less memory to store data and it provides a mechanism of specifying the data types.
This allows the code to be optimized even further.
None of the above.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
NumPy arrays are faster and more compact than Python lists.
NumPy uses much less memory to store data and it provides a mechanism of specifying the data types.
This allows the code to be optimized even further.
1 point
Write Python code to convert the list [1,2,3,4] to a NumPy array.
import numpy as np
arr = np.array([1,2,3,4])
import numpy as np
arr = numpy.array([1,2,3,4])
import numpy as np
arr = np.array(1,2,3,4)
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
import numpy as np
arr = np.array([1,2,3,4])
1 point
What is the output of the following code:

import numpy as np
a = np.array([range(i,i+3) for i in [1,2,3]])
print(a)

[[1 2 3]
[2 3 4]
[3 4 5]]
[[1 2 3]
[1 2 3]
[1 2 3]]
[[1 2 3]
[4 5 6]
[7 8 9]]
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
[[1 2 3]
[2 3 4]
[3 4 5]]
1 point
Which of the following codes can be used to make a NumPy array of 10 random numbers?
import numpy as np
import random

l = []
for i in range(10):
l.append(random.random())

zeros_array = np.array(l)
print(zeros_array)
import numpy as np
random_array = np.random.rand(10)

import numpy as np
random_array = np.random.random(10)
None of the above
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.67
Accepted Answers:
import numpy as np
import random

l = []
for i in range(10):
l.append(random.random())

zeros_array = np.array(l)
print(zeros_array)
import numpy as np
random_array = np.random.rand(10)

import numpy as np
random_array = np.random.random(10)
1 point
Which of the following NumPy functions can be used to generate an NxN diagonal matrix ?
np.eye(5)
np.diagonal(np.eye(5))
np.diagonal(5)
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
np.eye(5)
1 point
Which of the following Python code can be used to read a CSV file using Pandas
import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_excel('file.csv')
import pandas as pd
data = pandas.readcsv('file.csv')

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('file.csv')

None of the above.

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('file.csv')

1 point
Consider the below structure of a dataframe.

Which of the following Python snippets can be used to plot a histogram of the amount column ?
Assume df is defined as the above dataframe with 100 rows.
df['amount'].plot.hist()
df[df.columns[4]].plot.hist()
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.hist(df['amount'])
plt.xlabel('Amount')
plt.ylabel('Frequency')
plt.title('Histogram of Amount')
plt.show()
None of the Above
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.67
Accepted Answers:
df['amount'].plot.hist()
df[df.columns[4]].plot.hist()
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.hist(df['amount'])
plt.xlabel('Amount')
plt.ylabel('Frequency')
plt.title('Histogram of Amount')
plt.show()
1 point
What is the output of the following code ?
pd.Series(['A', 'B', 'C'], index=[1, 2, 3])
1 A
2 B
3 C

A 1
B 2
C 3

A B
C 1
2 3
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
1 A
2 B
3 C

1 point
Select the correct option for plotting the below function using matplotlib

plt.plot(np.cos(x))
plt.show()
plt.scatter(x, np.sin(x))
plt.show()

plt.scatter(np.cos(x), x)
plt.show()

None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
plt.plot(np.cos(x))
plt.show()

Week 5 : Assignment 5
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-02-26, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-02-18, 19:05 IST

1 point
What are the outcomes of publicizing police interactions on X (formerly Twitter) ?
Appreciation of the Police by the Public
Increased Trust in the Police
Quick Resolutions of Public Grievances
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Appreciation of the Police by the Public
Increased Trust in the Police
Quick Resolutions of Public Grievances
1 point
As discussed in the lectures, which of the following campaigns on social media to create trust in the
police backfired ?
#myNYPD
#myLAPD
#myDelhiPolice
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
#myNYPD
1 point
As of January 1, 2024 : Which of the following verification check marks are applied to Law Enforcement
Accounts on X (formerly Twitter) ?

Blue Check Mark

Grey Check Mark

Gold Check Mark

None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:

Grey Check Mark

1 point
Which of the following attributes is the most effective in differentiating a real Police account from a fake
Police account on X (formerly Twitter) as discussed in the lecture ?
User Handle
Profile Picture
Verification Status of the Account
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Verification Status of the Account
1 point
Analyzing data without any preconceptions is called _____
Inductive Thematic Analysis
Lexical Analysis
Natural Language Processing
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Inductive Thematic Analysis
1 point
Which of the following is/are true about the visualization shown below ?

The visualization is called a Heatmap

The data used to plot the above visualization is called Temporal Data
This type of visualization falls under the category of Geospatial Analysis
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
The visualization is called a Heatmap
This type of visualization falls under the category of Geospatial Analysis
1 point

What type of actionable information is highlighted in (bold) in the above example?

Temporal data
Spatial data
Linguistic data
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Temporal data
1 point
Consider the following tweet : “There is a huge pothole on the main road,Kindly repair it Address:-
Opposite Kachieguda police station, Hyderabad”. This is an example of ____
Actionable Information
Unactionable Information
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Actionable Information
1 point
As discussed in the lectures, communication of the police with the citizens on Social Media is ______
Formal
Informal
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Formal
1 point
What is meant by an n-gram ?
A sequence of n alternative characters in a text or speech corpus
A method for optimizing databases using caching
A continuous sequence of n items extracted from a text or speech corpus
A method for optimizing big data queries using indexing
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
A continuous sequence of n items extracted from a text or speech corpus
1 point
All students taking the PSOSM course are divided into “groups” of students from each state of India. This
can be best achieved using _____.
n-gram
k-means clustering
LIWC
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
k-means clustering
1 point
As discussed in the lecture, which of the following measures of behaviors can be studied while analyzing
communications between the police and citizens on social media.
Topic Characteristics
Engagement Measures
Emotional Measures
Social and Cognitive Measures
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Topic Characteristics
Engagement Measures
Emotional Measures
Social and Cognitive Measures
1 point
LIWC can categorize an input corpus into the following categories:
Positive Emotions
Negative Emotions
Anxiety
Sadness
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Positive Emotions
Negative Emotions
Anxiety
Sadness
1 point
Select the correct option(s) below while analyzing a post on social media:
Valence refers to the negative or positive sentiment of the post
Valence refers to the intensity of the sentiment expressed in the post
Arousal refers to the negative or positive sentiment of the post
Arousal refers to the intensity of the sentiment expressed in the post
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Valence refers to the negative or positive sentiment of the post
Arousal refers to the intensity of the sentiment expressed in the post
1 point
Given below are two types of communication as discussed in the lecture.

Select the correct labels for A and B :

A = Direct Communication ; B = Indirect Communication
A = Indirect Communication ; B = Indirect Communication
A = Direct Communication ; B = Direct Communication
A = Indirect Communication ; B = Direct Communication
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
A = Direct Communication ; B = Indirect Communication
Week 6 : Assignment 6
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-03-05, 23:59 IST.
As per our records you have not submitted this assignment.
1 point
You receive an email from “Facebook Technical Support” from an unverified email, not related to
Facebook.com, asking you to reset your password via a suspicious form. This is called ______.
Phishing
Clickbaiting
Compromised Account
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Phishing
1 point

While browsing a social media website, you come across the post shown above. According to the lecture,
the post falls under :
Work From Home Scam
Hashtag Hijacking
Compromised Account
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Work From Home Scam
1 point
A group of hackers decide to target the Managing Director of a Company with the intention of stealing
his/her credit card details by sending suspicious emails. As discussed in the lecture,this is called ______ .
Clickbaiting
Whaling
Account Compromise
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Whaling
1 point
The above image is an example of ______ .
Hashtag Hijacking
Compromised Account
Fake Customer Service Accounts
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Fake Customer Service Accounts
1 point
As discussed in the lecture, which of the following helps in improving the Pagerank of a website (say,
abc.com) on search engines ?
Reputed websites creating reciprocal links with abc.com
abc.com creating unidirectional links to many websites
Number of links on abc.com’s homepage
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Reputed websites creating reciprocal links with abc.com
1 point
Spamming the index of search engines is called
Spamdexing
Spamexing
Spamming
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Spamdexing
Spamexing
1 point
Abhishek and Suresh are college batchmates. Abhishek sees Suresh’s profile on Instagram and follows
him. Suresh after seeing this notification, feels compelled to follow back Abhishek. This phenomenon is
called ______ .
Spamming
Reciprocity
Link farming
All of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Reciprocity
1 point
Consider three accounts on Twitter:

Anushka with 500 followers and 250 following

Ramesh with 1,500 followers and 1,000 following
Himanshu with 500 followers and 200 following

Consider, all of them tweeted about #BLRrains expressing their happiness experiencing rain.

According to the lecture, consider the indegree of these accounts and select which of the following
accounts are likely to rank higher while searching for #BLRrains on Twitter.
Anushka
Ramesh
Himanshu
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Ramesh
1 point
Which of the following is/are the most widely used formats to represent node-edge graphs on computers
?
Adjacency Matrix
CSV
GraphML
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Adjacency Matrix
CSV
GraphML
1 point

The above adjacency matrix (Figure 1) is an example of _______

Directed Graph
Undirected Graph
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Directed Graph
1 point

Consider the above image (Figure 2), and select the correct adjacency matrix representation of the above
shown undirected graph.
A
B
C
D
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
D
1 point
An NxN adjacency matrix implies there are ______ nodes in the graph.
N/2
N-1
2N-1
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
None of the above
1 point
Observe the graph below (Figure 3).

The indegree of Node 2 is ________ .

1
2
3
4
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
2
1 point

Consider each node to be an account on Instagram in the graph above (Figure 4). Which of the above
nodes is/are the most influential ?
Node 1
Node 2
Node 4
Node 5
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Node 4
1 point
Which of the following is/are graph centrality measures?
Node degree
Betweenness centrality
Closeness centrality
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Node degree
Betweenness centrality
Closeness centrality
Week 7 : Assignment 7
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-03-12, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-03-11, 16:41 IST

1 point
According to the study discussed in the lecture, which of the following users were most likely to
reciprocate links from spammers ?
Users with less than 100 followers
Users with less than 1,000 followers
Users with more than 10,000 followers
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Users with more than 10,000 followers
1 point
According to the study discussed in the lecture, which of the following users usually engaged themselves
in Link Farming ?
People talking about Business, Internet Marketing, Money etc.
People promoting their own business or content or trends in a domain.
Equally distributed among Random Samples of users all across Twitter.
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
People talking about Business, Internet Marketing, Money etc.
People promoting their own business or content or trends in a domain.
1 point
The above image from Gmail is an example of the ideas proposed by Facemail from MIT.

True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
Observe the image below and answer the following questions [4-5] :

1 point
Which of the following nudge has been shown in the picture above ?
Sentiment Nudge
Timer Nudge
Picture Nudge
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Picture Nudge
1 point
Select the utility of the above type of nudge :
Making sure that you are sharing content with the intended audience/people.
Giving you the opportunity to cancel your post during a certain timeframe.
Making sure your posts are not perceived as negative by other users.
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Making sure that you are sharing content with the intended audience/people.
1 point
As discussed in the lecture, which of the following is/are not a social media nudge?
Picture Nudge
Timer Nudge
Voice Nudge
Video Nudge
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Voice Nudge
Video Nudge
1 point
Which of the following statements is/are correct about nudges ?
Interventions help users make better decisions about posting on social media.
The primary aim of nudges is to reduce user generated content on social media.
Nudges help individuals avoid regrettable online disclosures.
All of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Interventions help users make better decisions about posting on social media.
Nudges help individuals avoid regrettable online disclosures.
1 point
Hemant wanted to steal data from a rival business by going to their office and transferring the required
files by connecting a USB Flash Drive to the target computer. This type of attack is called ________.
Physical Attack
Semantic Attack
Syntactic Attack
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Physical Attack
1 point
Denial of Service Attacks and Buffer Overflow Attacks fall under :
Physical Attacks
Semantic Attacks
Syntactic Attacks
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Syntactic Attacks
1 point
Shivani, in order to steal login credentials from Anisha, sends an email to her with the subject “Check your
NPTEL Certification Exam Results Here !” which directs Anisha towards a login form with a website
domain not associated with NPTEL. This is a type of _______ attack.
Syntactic
Semantic
Physical
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Semantic
1 point
Himesh, a college student, gets a malicious SMS from an unidentified source saying “Your Bank Account
has been suspended : Click here to re-activate your account”. This example most closely resembles :
Whaling
Vishing
Smsishing
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Smsishing
1 point
Consider the following code snippet :

What is the output from line 3 (word_tokenize function) above ?

['W', 'e', 'l', 'c', 'o', 'm', 'e', ' ', 't', 'o', ' ', 'P', 'S', 'O', 'S', 'M', '.']
['Welcome', 'to', 'PSOSM', '.']
['Welcome', 'to', 'PSOSM']
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
['Welcome', 'to', 'PSOSM', '.']
1 point
Consider the following list of words generated using nltk
[our, are, yourself, yourselves, apple, orange, have, doesn’t, aren't, out, most, where]

Which of the following are not stop words ?

apple
orange
yourself
most
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
apple
orange
1 point
Consider the below code snippet, consider the variable token holds 1000+ words extracted from a text
corpus.

What is the purpose of the translate function as shown above ?

To map uppercase characters to lowercase characters in the tokens list
To map all punctuations to a null character in the tokens list
To map all null characters to punctuations in the tokens list
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
To map all punctuations to a null character in the tokens list
1 point
Which of the following code snippets can be used to count the number of words in a list named tokens
with 1000+ elements(words).
L = {}

for i in tokens:
if i not in L:
L[i] = 1
else:
L[i] += 1
print(l)
from collections import Counter
print(Counter(tokens))
Counter(tokens).count()
None of the above
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
L = {}

for i in tokens:
if i not in L:
L[i] = 1
else:
L[i] += 1
print(l)
from collections import Counter
print(Counter(tokens))
Week 8 : Assignment 8
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-03-19, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-03-12, 09:38 IST

1 point
Which of the following refers to profile linking on social media as discussed in the lectures ?
The ability to connect profiles of a user on different social networks.
Posting on multiple social media from a single platform.
A common verification check mark across two or more social networks.
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The ability to connect profiles of a user on different social networks.
1 point
Which of the following OSNs contain quality and descriptive information for the purposes of profile linking,
as discussed in the lecture ?
4Chan
Reddit
Whisper
LinkedIn
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
LinkedIn
1 point

The above X(formerly Twitter) profile helps in profile linking through self-identification.
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
1 point

Select the correct observations for the above image.

The above image is a representation of username changes across Facebook and Twitter over time
As time passes, similarity between usernames across Facebook and Twitter decreases.
As time passes, similarity between usernames across Facebook and Twitter increases.
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The above image is a representation of username changes across Facebook and Twitter over time
As time passes, similarity between usernames across Facebook and Twitter decreases.
1 point
Which of the following feature(s) can be used for profile linking on social media. Say, between Facebook
and X(formerly Twitter) for a boy called Arjun ?
Profile Picture
Username
Similarity between people followed by the Arjun on both platforms
Similarity between people who follow Arjun on both platforms
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.75
Accepted Answers:
Profile Picture
Username
Similarity between people followed by the Arjun on both platforms
Similarity between people who follow Arjun on both platforms
1 point
Why is studying username change behavior is/are preferable for social media researchers?
This is one of the unique attributes of the user
It is usually restricted in character length, allowing for smaller datasets
It is the publicly available attribute
None of the above
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.67
Accepted Answers:
This is one of the unique attributes of the user
It is usually restricted in character length, allowing for smaller datasets
It is the publicly available attribute
1 point
Which of the following is/are the reason(s) behind using anonymous social networks ?
Increasing awareness of privacy amongst social media users
Preventing use of personal information available publicly for surveillance purposes
Avoiding consequences of controversial political opinions posted on social media
None of the above
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.66
Accepted Answers:
Increasing awareness of privacy amongst social media users
Preventing use of personal information available publicly for surveillance purposes
Avoiding consequences of controversial political opinions posted on social media
1 point
Which of the following is/are anonymous social networks?
Whisper
Yik Yak
Blind
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Whisper
Yik Yak
Blind
1 point
“Whispers” on Whisper are equivalent to _______ on X (formerly Twitter)
Replies
Likes
Tweets
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Tweets
1 point
Observe the graph below regarding replies on Whisper and answer the question below.

“If a whisper does not get attention shortly after posting, it is unlikely to get attention later.” This statement
is :
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
Observe the table given below and answer the following questions [11-13]

1 point
For the same number of Nodes/Users on Whisper, Facebook and Twitter, users on Whisper create more
connections/edges than on Facebook/Twitter.
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
1 point
Users on Whisper tend to create more close-knit groups than on Facebook/Twitter.
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
False
1 point
Assortativity Coefficient being closer to zero implies the graph is more random than “small world”
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
1 point
The measure of how close a graph is to complete, with 0 indicating an incomplete and 1 indicating a
complete graph is called _________.
Average Degree
Clustering Coefficient
Graph Density
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Graph Density
1 point

Consider the above Degree Distribution graph generated in Gephi. Which of the following statements
is/are correct about this ?
The average degree of the graph is greater than 70
The average degree of the graph is lesser than 50
The average degree of the graph is 125
The average degree of the graph is less than 10
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The average degree of the graph is lesser than 50
Week 9 : Assignment 9
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-03-26, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-03-24, 12:17 IST

1 point
Which of the following is/are location-based services?
Foursquare
Ola
Yelp
Uber
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Foursquare
Ola
Yelp
Uber
1 point
Mayorships on Foursquare are given to:
The first person to check in at a location
The person who leaves the most tips at a location
The person who checks in most frequently at a location in a given period
People who write the most reviews on a location
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The person who checks in most frequently at a location in a given period
1 point
Which of the following is publicly available data on Foursquare?
Mayorships
Tips
Dones
Checkins
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.66
Accepted Answers:
Mayorships
Tips
Dones
1 point
Look at the figure (Figure 1) given below for the Cumulative Distribution of the Number of Mayorships,
Tips and Dones per User:
Majority of the users on Foursquare do not contribute to the Mayorships, Tips or Dones. This statement is
:
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
1 point
In the paper as discussed in the lecture, a high correlation between the number of mayorships and the
number of tips across cities, with a Spearman’s correlation coefficient ρ equal to 0.78 indicates that :
There is a high monotone increasing relation between the number of mayorships and the number of tips.
There is a high monotone decreasing relation between the number of mayorships and the number of tips.
There is no relation regarding monotonicity between the number of mayorships and the number of tips.
None of the above.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
There is a high monotone increasing relation between the number of mayorships and the number of tips.
1 point
Look at the figure (Figure 2) given below for the Cumulative Distribution of Displacements Between
Consecutive Tips/Dones Posted per User:
About _____% of the users have spatial differences between their tips/dones at more than or equal to
6,000km on average.
10
20
30
40
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
10
1 point
Look at the (Figure 3) for the Cumulative Distribution of Time Interval Between Consecutive Tips/Dones
Posted per User :

50% of the users post tips/dones in intervals of less than 500 hours on average. This statement is :
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
1 point
What is the difference between Pearson and Spearman rank correlation?
Hint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_correlation_coefficient
Pearson correlation assesses linear relationships, while Spearman correlation evaluates monotonic
relationships.
Spearman correlation is always between -1 and 1, while Pearson correlation can have values outside this
range.
Spearman correlation is calculated using a formula involving the sum of squared differences, whereas
Pearson correlation is based on the product of z-scores.
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Pearson correlation assesses linear relationships, while Spearman correlation evaluates monotonic
relationships.
1 point
Which plot is shown in the below figure (Figure 4) ?

Scatter Plot
Bar Chart
Bubble Plot
Histogram
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Bubble Plot
1 point
Which of the following charts can be generated using highcharts ?
Bar Chart
Line Chart
Scatter Plot
Bubble Chart
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Bar Chart
Line Chart
Scatter Plot
Bubble Chart
Common Information for Q11-14:

To import highcharts into Python version >=3.10 use the following code:

// Fix for python version >= 3.10

import collections.abc
collections.Iterable = collections.abc.Iterable
collections.Mapping = collections.abc.Mapping
collections.MutableSet = collections.abc.MutableSet
collections.MutableMapping = collections.abc.MutableMapping
// then import highcharts
from highcharts import Highchart
1 point
Which of the following is the correct chart type in the options dictionary to print a horizontal bar chart ?
bar
column
horizontal_bar
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
bar
1 point
Refer to the options dictionary for a line chart as shown in Figure 5 and complete the code with the
correct option for enabling the legend

"legend": {'enabled': True},

"legend": True,
"legend": {‘legend’: True},
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
"legend": {'enabled': True},
1 point
Ravi wanted to plot his number of followers on Instagram for 2023 in a line chart using Highcharts. When
he ran the code given below, it gave an unexpected output as shown below in (Figure 6) :
Study the code below (Figure 7) and determine the line due to which he might be getting the unexpected
output (assume all necessary imports have already been made) :

Line 6
Line 17
Line 19
Line 21
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Line 21
1 point
Which of the following is the correct syntax for labeling the legend for some given data in a scatter plot
using Highcharts ?
chart.add_data_set(data1, 'scatter', name = 'label_name')
chart.add_data_set(data1, 'scatter', 'label_name')
chart.add_data_set(data1, 'scatter', label = 'label_name')
None of the above
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
chart.add_data_set(data1, 'scatter', name = 'label_name')
chart.add_data_set(data1, 'scatter', 'label_name')

Week 10 : Assignment 10
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-04-02, 23:59 IST.

Assignment submitted on 2025-03-24, 12:20 IST

Please go through the below paper: “Beware of What You Share Inferring Home Location in Social
Networks”
at https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/TP_GM_MV_AG_JA_PK_VA_Pi
nsoda_2012.pdf and answer the following questions from [Q1-Q5].
1 point
Which of the following social networks was NOT mentioned in the paper as a source for the dataset ?
Twitter
Foursquare
Facebook
Google Plus
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Facebook
1 point
What is the main focus of the study mentioned in the paper ?
Inference of Social Security Number from Home Location in Social Networks
Inference of Home Location in Social Networks
Impact of Nudges on Location Sharing in Social Networks
None of the Above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Inference of Home Location in Social Networks
1 point
What is a valid AGI?
Valid Artificial General intelligence
Valid Ambiguous Geographical Information
Valid Artificial Geographical Interface
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Valid Ambiguous Geographical Information
1 point
Look at the Figure below (Figure 1) and answer the following question :

“Majority of the users on each of the above mentioned platforms provide home location information at the
street level.” This statement is:
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
False
1 point
Refer to the figure below (Figure 2) and answer the following question :

The distance between inferred and declared user home cities on Twitter is less than 40 km for ____ of
users.
20 %
40 %
80 %
None
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
20 %
Please go through the following paper, “On the dynamics of username change behavior on
Twitter” https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/04-Jain.pdf and answer the following
questions from [Q6-Q10]
1 point
From the following figure (Figure 3), what is the correct inference?

80% of users rarely change usernames and 20% change user names frequently.
20% of users frequently change usernames and 80% change usernames rarely.
The percentage of users attributed to the change of usernames follows a Pareto Distribution.
The percentage of users attributed to the change of usernames does not follow a Pareto Distribution.
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.34
Accepted Answers:
80% of users rarely change usernames and 20% change user names frequently.
20% of users frequently change usernames and 80% change usernames rarely.
The percentage of users attributed to the change of usernames follows a Pareto Distribution.
1 point
Which of the following method(s) were used in the paper for measuring the similarity between two
consecutive usernames ?
Cosine Similarity
Longest Common Subsequence
Longest Common Substring
All of the Above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Longest Common Subsequence
1 point
Observe the figure below (Figure 4) about the additions or deletions of characters to usernames of several
users on Twitter while changing their usernames and select the correct option(s) :

Most users added or deleted characters either from the start or end of their username.
Most users deleted characters at the end of their usernames.
Most users added characters to the middle of their usernames.
None of the Above.
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
Most users added or deleted characters either from the start or end of their username.
Most users deleted characters at the end of their usernames.
1 point
Which of the following statements is/are true ?
Changing usernames rapidly in a short period of time is called Space Gain.
Actively using common usernames like “@happy” or “@smile” is called Username Squatting.
Inactive users preventing others from using that specific username is called Username Squatting.
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Inactive users preventing others from using that specific username is called Username Squatting.
1 point
Refer to the figure below (Figure 5) about a partner account promoting another in a tweet and answer the
following question:
Which of the following phenomena is shown in the above figure as discussed in the paper ?
Username Squatting
Obscured Username Promotion
Adjust to Events
Space Gain
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Obscured Username Promotion
Please go through the following paper, “Boston Marathon Analyzing Fake Content on
Twitter” https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/ecrs2013_ag_hl_pk.pdf and answer the
following questions from [Q11-Q15]
1 point
Which of the following statements is true about Boston blasts?
Twin blasts occurred during the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2013 at 18:50 GMT
Twin blasts occurred during the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2009 at 18:50 GMT
Four people were killed and 264 were injured in the incident
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Twin blasts occurred during the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2013 at 18:50 GMT
1 point
What does the following figure depict (Figure 6) ?

The figure shows the temporal distribution of tweets after the Boston blast
The figure shows the spatial distribution of tweets after the Boston blast
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The figure shows the temporal distribution of tweets after the Boston blast
Refer to the table below (Table 1) about some parameters of Aditya’s account and answer the following
questions [Q13-15]

1 point
Calculate the GlobalEngagement for Aditya.

Hint: please refer to the n(status)

and age definitions as provided in the paper. The age is to be taken in hours.
263.15
10.96
1.096
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
10.96
1 point
Calculate the Likeability for Aditya.

Hint: , please refer to the

n(favourited) and n(status) definitions as provided in the paper.
0.1
0.05
10
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
0.1
1 point
“The credibility of a verified user according to the method in the paper will be considered as 1”. This
statement is:
True
False
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True
Week 11 : Assignment 11
The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
Due on 2025-04-09, 23:59 IST.
As per our records you have not submitted this assignment.
1 point
Which of the following can be used for writing Python Programs in an Ubuntu Terminal ?
vim
neovim
vi
All of the Above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
All of the Above
1 point
What is used to install and manage packages for Python?
pip
npm
apt get
Anaconda
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
pip
1 point
Why is a "Graph" API called so?
It allows users to draw and create graphs and charts
It represents social connections and relationships as a graph data structure
It primarily deals with geographical mapping and location-based services
It is used exclusively for graph theory and mathematical computations
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
It represents social connections and relationships as a graph data structure
1 point
What characteristics did the researchers find among top link farmers?
They had low in-degree compared to random samples
They were unpopular and inactive users
They had high in-degree compared to random samples
None of the Above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
They had high in-degree compared to random samples
1 point
Which of the following are/were virtual worlds in Social Media ?
Club Penguin
Habbo
Twitter
All of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Club Penguin
Habbo
1 point
Which V of social media represents “Amount of content generated across social media platforms.”
Value
Velocity
Volume
Veracity
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Volume
1 point
Which of the following is/are e-crimes on online social media ?
Phishing
Clickbaiting
Work From Home Scam
All of the Above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
All of the Above
1 point
Which of the following is/are the goals of a phishing attack ?
Stealing personal information
Stealing your financial information
Stealing your identity
Attacking your social networking contacts
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Stealing personal information
Stealing your financial information
Stealing your identity
Attacking your social networking contacts
1 point
Hitesh has 400 followers on Twitter, 500 followers on Facebook and 1400 followers on Instagram. The act
of finding the actual number of unique followers across all his social media profiles is called de-
duplicating. This statement is:
True
False
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
True
1 point
A node in a graph has an in-degree of 2 and an out-degree of 4. The degree of this node is:
2
4
6
8
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
6
1 point
Which of the following is the correct command for initializing a git repository in a newly created empty
folder ?
git initialize
git create
git initiate
git init
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
git init
1 point
Latanya Sweeney's research highlighted how two seemingly unrelated pieces of information can be linked
to reidentify an individual. Which term best describes this concept?
Data Anonymization
Data Aggregation
Reidentification
All of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Reidentification
1 point
Which of the following OSNs have an API ?
X (formerly Twitter)
Facebook
YouTube
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
X (formerly Twitter)
Facebook
YouTube
1 point
Which of the following are not stopwords in the following list?

stopwords = ["i", "me", "my", "myself", "we", "our", "ours", "ourselves", "you", "your", "yours", "yourself",
"yourselves", "he", "him", "his", "himself", "she", "her", "hers", "herself", "it", "its", "had", "having", "do",
"does", "did", "doing", “mango”, "a", "an", "the", "and", "but", "if", "or", "because", "as", "until", "while",
"of", "at", "by", "for", "with", "about", "against", "between", "into",”now"]
because, against, mango, yourself
mango, now
mango
All the words in the list are stopwords
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
mango
1 point
A sentiment analysis study analyzes a text passage for valence and arousal values. On a scale of -1 to 1,
the valence and arousal score is 0.80 and 0.90. What do these values suggest about the emotional
characteristics of the text?
Negative sentiment, low emotional intensity
Positive sentiment, High emotional intensity
Negative sentiment, high emotional intensity
Positive sentiment, low emotional intensity
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Positive sentiment, High emotional intensity