Exam 30: Technology and Society

E-_____________________ means conducting business on the Internet.

Digital cash is a technology that allows you to pay by transmitting a number from one computer to another.

Commercial Web sites let you conduct business online.

25 years ago, IBM hired Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC, which was the beginning of the Apple Corporation.

Which of the following is true about a POS system?

Crowdsourcing combines the collective effort of many people to complete a task.

Stella is writing a report on how the Internet has changed the way we conduct business, learn, and live. Stella learns that businesses often use ____ tags to identify and track goods instead of bar codes.

When computers are connected through a network or the Internet, they can exchange information instantaneously.

How can you use computers to organize and evaluate information? How can you use Web services to collaborate with others and solve problems? How can computers be used to facilitate learning from a textbook?

Most of the online companies are big Fortune 500 companies.

The figure above shows a(n) ____ system.

At home, you might use a database to track a personal budget or maintain expenses for income tax purposes.

Which of the following is NOT a good tip about credit card safety?

ATM stands for Automated _____________________ Machine.

A phone number is usually a required field for online purchases.

An embedded system is also called a single-purpose system.

____ is an online community where people share photos, reviews, comments, and photography information.

A remote _____________________ entry system is available for cars, and doors to houses and buildings.

Ergonomic devices can match patterns stored in a database with a persons's iris, retina, voice, or fingerprint.

An embedded computer is a special-purpose computer system incorporated into other devices such as appliances.