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Information Age Questions

The document contains a multiple choice quiz about types of computers, the history of the internet, truths about information selection and reliability, and true/false and identification questions. It tests knowledge across topics such as computers, the internet, information age, and evaluating the reliability of web sources. The quiz aims to assess understanding of key concepts and technologies related to computers and the internet.

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Information Age Questions

The document contains a multiple choice quiz about types of computers, the history of the internet, truths about information selection and reliability, and true/false and identification questions. It tests knowledge across topics such as computers, the internet, information age, and evaluating the reliability of web sources. The quiz aims to assess understanding of key concepts and technologies related to computers and the internet.

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Multiple choice

1. The following are types of computers EXCEPT.

a. PC

b. PDAs

c. Mainframes

d. gaming chair

2. The internet remained under government control until what year?

a. 1986

b.1987

c. 1983

d. 1984

3. What truth about the information is there’s a need for information to stand out and be
recognized in the increasing clutter.

a. Information must compete

b. Newer is equated with truer

c. Selection is a viewpoint

d. The early word gets the perm

4. What Truth of the information age that information reaches us is usually selected,
verbally charged, filtered, slanted and sometimes fabricated.

A. Newer is equated with truer

B. Selection is a viewpoint

C. The Media sells what the culture buys

D. The whole truth is a pursuit

5. All of the above is how to check the reliability of web sources except..

A. Who is the Author of the article?

B. Who published the site?

C. When the site was published?

D. What is the main purpose of the site?


True or False

1. Information age is also called the industrial age.


2. Information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the
management of information by computers and computer networks starting in the last
quarter of the 20th century.
3. Server is tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but rely on a touch
screen for user input.
4. Example of wearable computers is Desktop computer.
5. The internet contains a vast collection of highly valuable information but it may also
contain unreliable, biased information that mislead people.

Identification

1. It is a period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became
effortlessly accessible through publications and through the management of information
by computers and computer networks
2. It is the pressure we feel to maintain some level of information awareness in the face of
ever-increasing quantities of information.
3. This type of computer is commonly called notebooks
4. This is an electronic device that stores and processes data (information).
5. Give an example of example of Useful and reliable web sources.

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