MMC2000 Fake Exam 4 1 Which was the main reason for the Internet s creation a The Cold War b To help people communicate more easily with each other c To advance beyond Soviet Russian d To create a secret means of communication for the US 2 Which was the first electronic digital computer a UNIVAC b ENIAC c the Colossus d the Baran share information a Babbage b Licklider c IBM d Soviet Russia 3 Who is credited with having thought of the idea for computers potential to 4 Which isn t true of the ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency a It was created by President Eisenhower b It was in charge of the space program before NASA c It employed several pioneers of the computer industry to come up with an indestructible means of communication d It s responsible for the flow of information through packets called packet switching network 5 Which is a contributing factor to the success of the Internet a The combination of distributed control and demand access b The combination of protocols and common computer language c The availability of minicomputers d All the above 6 Which was not one of the major problems ARPAnet had to overcome a Computers not being designed to run all the time b How to keep the networks from overloading c How to get one computer to send information to another d Determining where network problems occur 7 What are LANs a Local area networks connecting computers within the same vicinity b Large network areas connecting several networks in different locations c Limited area networks that couldn t access networks without the proper d Listed area networks which allowed users to know when networks were connection available 8 The www that exists before the page you are trying to access stands for a the hypertext transfer protocols to transport files from one place to another b the sites official address c the software programs that are loaded onto the users computer and used to download and view web files d the world wide web 9 A browser is another a the hypertext transfer protocols to transport files from one place to b the sites official address c the software programs that are loaded onto the users computer and used to download and view web files d the world wide web 10 What is the most popular online activity a Social media sites b E mail c Checking the news and weather d GPS navigation 11 Types of online communities have emerged from the Internet s success Which best describes the communities of relationship a facilitate the exchange of buying and selling goods and information b bring together participants who wish to interact about specific topics of interest to them worlds c allow participants to create new environments identities or imagined d center on intense personal experiences and creak a network of support 12 Which of the following opinions would not be called a utopian idea of internet access a The idea that the new communication technologies will permit people to become increasingly involved in one another s lives b The idea that the internet can make citizens more informed c The idea that internet creates a divide between those that have internet and those that don t d McLuhan s global village concept 13 What is dataveillance a massive collection of consumer data that is distributed and shared among organizations other than the one for whom it was originally intended b people accessing your personal information using a public network c user generated content d charging for different types of downloads 14 Which of the follow is not true of the internet a The internet raises a ton of issues of freedom of expression b No one person controls it c The creation of the internet was all about development of space technology d It is free from limits of time and distance 15 Which is a micro level view of the effect of media a televised violence has little impact because although some people may be directly affected most people are not b it impacts everything from what we wear to the things we buy c violence on TV has a great impact because it influences the cultural climate d kids are effected by what they see on TV everyday 16 How has the communication process change when looking at messaging a it has become more personalized as an expression of self b it has become more specific to what the sender feels and wants to say c it has become both more specific and personalized d it has become more generalized and less personalized 17 How does media create culture 1 It serves as a storyteller highlighting importance characteristics 2 It influences how media consumers spend their money and their time 3 It provides information to us about things we want to know a B only b B C c A B d All the above 18 Which is not considered a key change that we have seen in media industries and society throughout the course this semester a Consumerism b Globalization c Conglomeration d Audience fragmentation 19 Which best describes a transmissional perspective a people s ideas of themselves their world and their place in it are shaped and maintained primarily through television b the media are senders of information for the purpose of control c relating mass communication to various aspects of our personal and cultural lives or social systems d media is necessary to understand the cultural importance of mass communication 20 Which best describes the cultivation analysis a people s ideas of themselves their world and their place in it are shaped and maintained primarily through television b the media are senders of information for the purpose of control c relating mass communication to various aspects of our personal and cultural lives or social systems d media is necessary to understand the cultural importance of mass 21 Why is social science harder to measure when evaluating theories of media effects a Theories about social science are often borrowed from other fields of communication science b Social science deals with only or cognitive effects of media and so it is hard to evaluate this effect on a person entirely c Social science deals with only behavioral effects of media and so it is hard to evaluate this effect on a person entirely d Social science s inconstancy in it s constantly evolving and changing field 22 Which accurately describes limited effects theory of media a the idea that the media are corrupting influences that undermine the social order and that average people are limited in defense against their influence b the idea that media is dangerous drug or a killing force
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