Deck 10: Emergent Knowledge Management Practices

Question 1

Web 2.0 is a next generation software offering authored by Tim O'Reilly in 2005.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Web 2.0 was made possible thanks to breakthrough proprietary technologies like Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flash.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

AJAX stands for Asymmetric Java and X-Serv.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The most significant aspect of Web 2.0 is its ability to harness collective intelligence

Question 5

Enterprise 2.0 technologies focus on channels like e-mail and instant messaging and platforms like intranets and portals.

Question 6

The biggest difference between Enterprise 2.0 and traditional KM systems is that the former provide users the potential to create intranets built by distributed autonomous peers and are subject to network effects.

Question 7

The main innovation of LinkedIn, one of the first social networks, was the ability to see "Who's Viewed Me."

Question 8

The density property of social networking ties refers to the ratio of actual ties to the number of possible ties in a network.

Question 9

Social networking ties between nodes are characterized by type, strength, and stickiness.

Question 10

Knowledge sharing researchers have determined that strong ties in social networks are better for cultivating trust and reliability.

Question 11

Social networking inroads made into talent management measure the relationship strength of individuals both within and outside of the organization by measuring email inflow and outflow.

Question 12

A wiki is a microblogging service that enables online awareness.

Question 13

Wikipedia is subject to an informal peer review process by its users, who volunteer endless hours to create or edit articles.

Question 14

A blog is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language.

Question 15

The Dunbar number refers to the limit on how many twitter followers an individual may have.

Question 16

The open source initiative allows free distribution of software as long as source code remains unmodified for derivative works.

Question 17

Users in Second Life can trade their Linden dollar virtual currency for dollars on the LindeX dollar exchange.

Question 18

The Facebook beacon allows users to find people they might know and want to add as a friend.

Question 19

What is not a component in AJAX?

A)XHTML and CSS.
B)XML.
C)Asynchronous data transfer.
D)SQL.
E)Javascript.

Question 20

Who of the following is credited with coining the phrase "Web 2.0?"

A)Tim O'Reilly.
B)Steve Wozniak.
C)Sergey Brin.
D)Matt Zuckerberg.
E)Walt Mossenberg.

Question 21

Which of these technologies is a feature of Web 2.0?

A)signals
B)authoring
C)tags
D)extensions
E)All of the above

Question 22

Which of the following is not a Web 2.0 application?

A)blogs
B)instant messaging
C)social networks
D)virtual worlds
E)wikis

Question 23

Which of the following is a technology that uses signals?

A)RSS feeds
B)wikis
C)blogs
D)e-mail
E)None of the above

Question 24

Which of the following is not a social network?

A)Friendster
B)LinkedIn.
C)MySpace.
D)YouTube
E)None of the above

Question 25

Which social network experienced phenomenal growth to become the number 1 most trafficked site in the United States in 2006?

A)MySpace
B)YouTube
C)Yahoo Sports Fantasy
D)Facebook
E)LinkedIn

Question 26

All of the following are aspects of social networks studied by researchers except

A)strength of ties
B)density of ties
C)reciprocity between nodes
D)types of nodes
E)None of the above

Question 27

Which of the following are recognized enterprise applications for social networking?

A)Contact management.
B)Asset management
C)Talent management
D)a & b
E)a & c

Question 28

Which of the following is not part of the Wikipedia guidelines?

A)legal and copyright
B)content and style
C)what actions to take to enforce other policies
D)the body of policies concerning deletion
E)privacy concerning confidential information about contributors

Question 29

Which of the following is false about Wikipedia?

A)Contributors may do so anonymously
B)informal peer review from the collective wisdom of interested parties
C)periodic auditing of content and sources by industry and academic associations
D)It is freely available on the Internet
E)a & b

Question 30

Which of the following are characteristics of blogs

A)online journals
B)published in reverse chronological order
C)entries are usually collaborative and dynamic over time
D)a & b
E)a & c

Question 31

What is the Dunbar number?

A)the theoretical maximum number of social contacts anyone can maintain
B)it is named after researcher Robin Dunbar.
C)127
D)a & b
E)a & c

Question 32

Which of these technologies were implemented at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein?

A)RSS
B)blogs
C)wikis
D)a & b
E)a & c

Question 33

Which of the following is not a characteristic of open source software?

A)No modification of the author's source code
B)No discrimination against fields or endeavors
C)No licenses will be issued discriminating a user
D)No license may restrict other software
E)No royalty shall be requires for distribution

Question 34

Which of the following is not an open source project?

A)Gmail
B)Linux
C)BIND
D)Apache
E)MySQL

Question 35

Which of these are benefits derived by open source contributors?

A)affiliation with a community of like minded individuals
B)boost in reputation and status
C)enjoyment from the desire to create
D)fulfillment of a need for a specific product
E)all of the above

Question 36

Which of these are aspects of Second Life?

A)Interactive 3D metaverse
B)Virtual economy with currency convertible to dollars
C)Artificial Intelligence characters that guide users on missions, quests, and games
D)a & b
E)b & c

Question 37

What is not true about Project Wonderland?

A)Free and open source
B)Written in Silverlight
C)Its focus is on entertainment and gaming
D)a & b
E)b & c

Question 38

Which of these is incorrectly defined?

A)Function IT-IT that supports interaction
B)Network IT-delivers increased collaboration
C)Enterprise IT-delivers standardization and monitors work
D)Function IT-spreadsheets and simulation software
E)Network IT-wikis and blogs

Question 39

Briefly define Web 2.0 and how is it related to Enterprise 2.0?

Question 40

What is Enterpise 2.0?

Question 41

Explain the difference between Web 2.0 and traditional KM systems.

Question 42

Briefly explain the evolution of popular social networking site, their unique features, and the innovations each one brought.

Question 43

Describe the methodologies and inputs for researching social networks.

Question 44

What is a wiki and give an example of a popular wiki?

Question 45

Explain blogs and how twitter has affected blogging?

Question 46

What is the Open Source Movement?

Question 47

What are the motives for contributing to Open Source?

Question 48

Explain an example of how virtual worlds are helping businesses.

Question 49

Explain the three types of IT needed for a comprehensive model of an organization.