1) The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months. This observation is known as ________ Law.
A) Murphy's
B) Moore's
C) Amdahl's
D) Metcalfe's
2) Which of the following statements is true of Moore's Law?
A) It is based on the technological advancements in weapon manufacturing.
B) It made the cost of data processing, communications, and storage essentially zero.
C) It states that the total number of transistors produced in the world doubles every 18 months.
D) It has resulted in obsoleting the use of transistors.
3) Which of the following is a result of Moore's law?
A) The risk of technology becoming obsolete has decreased.
B) The price to performance ratio of computers has fallen dramatically.
C) The outsourcing of nonroutine skills has increased drastically.
D) The cost of data processing has increased considerably.
4) Which of the following is true about the impact of Moore's Law on business professionals?
A) They need to be able to assess, evaluate, and apply emerging information technology to business.
B) They have to concentrate more on developing routine skills than nonroutine skills.
C) They need to be able to develop better communication and information technologies.
D) They no longer need to focus on skills such as abstract reasoning and collaboration.
5) Because the cost of data processing, storage, and communications is essentially zero, any routine skill can and will be ________.
A) considered a nonroutine cognitive skill
B) a strong marketable skill
C) outsourced to the lowest bidder
D) sufficient to attain job security
6) Which of the following is an impact of rapid technological change on job security?
A) Routine skills have more demand.
B) Nonroutine cognitive skills have gained more market value.
C) Nonroutine jobs are outsourced, thus reducing the need of an in-house workforce.
D) Routine skills are no longer required to complete a task.
7) Which of the following statements is true of nonroutine cognitive skills?
A) They have become less marketable.
B) They increase an individual's job security.
C) They do not experience any impact of technological changes.
D) They are usually outsourced by organizations to the lowest bidder.
8) ________ is the ability to make and manipulate models.
A) Abstract reasoning
B) Cognitive acceleration
C) Adaptive learning
D) Holacracy
9) ________ is the ability to model the components of a unit, to connect the inputs and outputs among those components into a sensible whole that reflects the structure and dynamics of the phenomenon observed.
A) Systems thinking
B) Collaboration
C) Adaptive learning
D) Critical reasoning
10) Which of the following best describes collaboration?
A) It is the ability of an individual to model the components of the system, to connect the inputs and outputs among those components into a sensible whole that reflects the structure and dynamics of the phenomenon observed.
B) It is the ability to assess, evaluate, and apply emerging information technology to business.
C) It is the activity of two or more people working together to achieve a common goal, result, or work product.
D) It is the activity of constructing or modifying models with the help of one's nonroutine cognitive skills.