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UMD FALL 2024: INST201 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS!!
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UMD FALL 2024: INST201 QUESTIONS WITHCORRECT ANSWERS!!
What does ENIAC stand for? Answer - Electronic Numerical Integrator And
Computer
ARPANET was an early computer network that connected Answer - universities
that were conducting research for the US government
Compression is best defined as Answer - a technical process that makes
messages shorter by removing elements considered inessential or redundant
The locations where NSPs meet to exchange traffic are sometimes called
Answer - carrier hotels
60% of the world's supply of cobalt is mined in: Answer - Congo
A data double is: Answer - a collection of data points meant to represent a
single individual
Which one of these is a credit bureau currently operating in the United States
Answer - Equifax
When appearing as part of a web address, ".com" is an example of Answer - a
top level domain (TLD)
, If you cannot directly measure the thing you are interested in, you might
measure a correlated or co-occurring phenomenon. This is called: Answer - a
proxy
A negative effect of German forestry science was: Answer - the production of
vulnerable monocultures
CompStat is best described as Answer - a method of collecting data about
criminal activity and organizing it according to time and geographic location to
aid in spotting patterns
One of the major issues identified with the Allegheny Family Screening Tool
was Answer - the databases it pulled from to determine risk were primarily
county and state welfare and child safety programs that poor families were
more likely to deal with than middle or upper class families
The data analytics tool that was used to determine if a customer was pregnant
was used by which retailer: Answer - Target
The best definition of a "cookie" is Answer - A piece of code inserted into your
browser that helps websites keep track of your online activities
CompStat was first developed for use in: Answer - New York City subways and
transit systems
What does PPC stand for? Answer - Pay Per Click
Clayton Christensen authored which influential text Answer - The Innovator's
Dilemma
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