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1

Technology is clearly headed into which phase?
A)Change of life.
B)Software.
C)Service.
D)Hardware.
2

CAVEs would be classified as an emerging technology in this category?
A)Computer and their interfaces.
B)Pushing the envelope.
C)Internet home.
D)The changing Internet.
3

Emerging technologies that are changing computers themselves and our interfaces to them include:
A)Three-dimensional.
B)Automatic speech recognition.
C)Virtual reality.
D)All of the above.
4

Intelligent home appliances fall into which of the following categories?
A)Emerging technologies for the Internet.
B)Emerging technologies for e-commerce.
C)Emerging technologies for your personal life.
D)Emerging technologies that push the envelope.
5

During ________, ASR attempts to recognize your spoken phonemes by locating a matching phoneme among words stored in an acoustic model database:
A)pattern classification
B)discovery analysis
C)feature analysis
D)language processing
6

Which of the following is especially important when using an ASR system?
A)Body language.
B)Speaking.
C)Fingerprint identification.
D)Listening.
7

Emerging technologies such as this may make it possible to believe that the world inside the computer is integrated with the world outside it.
A)Virtual reality.
B)Biometrics.
C)Global positioning.
D)Nanotechnology.
8

Which one of the following would not be a part of biometrics?
A)Iris.
B)Fingerprint.
C)Password.
D)Facial.
9

These devices are used to capture readings such as white-cell count and send the information to your doctor's computer:
A)Wearable computers.
B)Internet-enabled toilets.
C)Active badges.
D)Smart badges.
10

Computer can be ________.
A)Strapped on.
B)Sewn into clothing.
C)Worn in eyeglasses.
D)All of the above.
11

The Mind Drive is an example of one device that makes use of a(n) _______user interface.
A)GUI
B)command
C)thought-control
D)menu
12

GPS can be used in:
A)Cells phones.
B)Automobiles.
C)Satellite tracking.
D)All of the above.
13

In a pull technology environment on the Internet you:
A)Pull information to server computers.
B)Are required to have a browser to initiate a request.
C)Automatically receive information from a server computer.
D)Automatically deliver information to the other people.
14

A push technology environment:
A)Automatically delivers information to the user.
B)Requires a browser to initiate a request.
C)Automatically delivers information to the server computer.
D)Pushes information to the server computer.
15

Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
A)Pull technology requires a browser to initiate a request.
B)Push technology automatically delivers information to the user.
C)The Web was designed with push technology.
D)In a push technology environment you can automatically receive producdescriptions and notices from companies.
16

This technology encourages atoms and modules to "self assemble":
A)Nanotechnology.
B)Microscopic.
C)Miniscule.
D)Biophysics.
17

These chips can perform a variety of physiological functions when inserted into the human body:
A)Nanotechnologies.
B)Biochips.
C)Holographics.
D)Implant chips.
18

These micro-chips can contain personal information about you:
A)Nanochips.
B)Biochips.
C)Membrane chips.
D)Implant chips.
19

Implant chips fall into which of the following categories?
A)Emerging technologies that push the envelope.
B)Emerging technologies for E-commerce.
C)Emerging technologies for the intelligent home.
D)Emerging technologies for all the senses.
20

These GPS-enabled chips have raised much concern in the area of privacy as they may be used to track the movemenof people by satellite:
A)Nanochips.
B)Biochips.
C)Implant chips.
D)CAVE chips.





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