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MULTIPLE CHOICE More than one answer may be correct for each multiple choice question. Your instructor may choose only one-answer multiple choice questions for the actual exams, but the multiple answer format provides excellent preparation for the tests with consequences. This format eliminates much of the guesswork and requires precise knowledge. There's no process of elimination in which answers can be ignored (i.e., if the correct answer is a, answers b, c, and d don't need to be read at all). You receive credit for every correct answer and you get dinged for every incorrect answer.

 

TRUE/FALSE This portion of the Quizzes Without Consequences follows a standard format. Your only choices are True or False. Nevertheless, for each answer, especially the false ones, formulate in your mind an explanation for each answer chosen.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Consult the appropriate chapter in the text for explanations of the answers to these quiz questions.

1

Trends in communication technologies include which of the following?
A)The pace of communication technological change is decreasing
B)There is an increasing bias for speed
C)The pace of communication technological change is accelerating
D)Pressure to multitask has increased
2

Consequences of electronic communication technologies include
A)too little information for sound decision making
B)an increase in misinformation
C)less likelihood of attacking, abusive messages targeted towards others
D)a blurring of the lines between public and private conversation and personal space
3

The effects of information overload include
A)retards critical thinking
B)promotes indecisive decision making
C)creates normalization of hyperbole
D)decreases civility and good taste
4

Ways to cope with information overload include
A)narrowing the search for information
B)increasing the use of communication technologies for better efficiency
C)screening information
D)stopping the creation of so much information
5

Guidelines for cell phone etiquette (rules of appropriate use) include
A)raising your voice during a conversation so the party on the other end can hear you clearly
B)being certain to have cute jingles or funny sound effects for your cell phone ring so everyone can be amused when you receive a call
C)not using a cell phone on a date or during a business meeting unless you're certain an emergency has arisen
D)switching to a vibrating ringer in restaurants, theaters, or public performances
6

Pattern recognition is
A)the best means of narrowing a search for information
B)an effective means of coping with information overload
C)a method of de-nichifying to cope with information overload
D)a means of breaking an e-mail feedback loop
7

Which of the following are effective and appropriate ways to combat misinformation spread by electronic communication technologies?
A)Censor the Internet
B)Reduce competition in the journalistic marketplace
C)Slow down the transmission of information
D)Question the reliability of any unidentified source of information
8

Some of the benefits of electronic communication technologies include
A)communicating readily with groups with shared interests
B)connecting with family and friends separated by long distances
C)using them as electronic leashes to maintain constant access to family members, friends, and coworkers
D)permitting the development of support groups online
9

Flaming
A)is the frustration that we experience when our communication technologies don't work
B)is a cyberterm for an abusive, attacking e-mailed message
C)is more likely because communication between individuals is not face to face
D)often produces sender's regret
10

Ways to improve our effectiveness and appropriateness when using communication technologies include
A)delaying sending any e-mail that has strong emotional content
B)using communication technologies selectively
C)not using e-mail to fire or reprimand an employee
D)exercising etiquette on the Net
11

Hyperbole is exaggeration for effect that is not meant to be taken literally.
A)True
B)False
12

Put in its simplest form, a technology is a tool to accomplish some purpose, and a communication technology is a tool to communicate with others.
A)True
B)False
13

The paradox of the new Technological Age is that our world is slowed down enormously, and our ability to make decisions is equally slowed.
A)True
B)False
14

When composing an e-mail it is a good idea to assume that anything written could become public knowledge.
A)True
B)False
15

Cultural imperialism is the invasion of an indigenous people's culture by powerful foreign countries through mass media.
A)True
B)False





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