MCQ Bank
Which one of the following terms encompasses various forms of human communication through networked computers?
- A) Computer mediated communication
- B) Virtual community
- C) Digital divide
- D) Adopters
Which one of the following activity systems includes individuals who are united in action and in the meaning that action has for them and for the larger collective?
- A) Virtual learning communities
- B) Social networking system
- C) Virtual community system
- D) Communities of practices
Which one of the following is a characteristic of virtual community?
- A) Language
- B) Having members
- C) Social organization
- D) All of the given options
All of the following are the indicators of agency with reference to feminist principles of internet EXCEPT:
- A) Access
- B) Memory
- C) Anonymity
- D) Consent
According to virtual community, SCN stands for:
- A) Special Community Network
- B) Social Connectivity Node
- C) Seattle Community Network
- D) Special Circuit Network
Which of the following is a factor of digital divide?
- A) Cultural access
- B) Financial access
- C) All of the given options
- D) Cognitive access
According to the concept of community of practices, knowledge is a matter of ______ in respect to certain valued practices.
- A) Training
- B) Competence
- C) Flexibility
- D) Content
FPI Stands for:
- A) Foreign policies integration
- B) For public interest
- C) Feminist principles of internet
- D) For public internet
Which one of the following is a feature of virtual learning communities?
- A) Formal learning goals
- B) Participation is often required
- C) All of the given options
- D) Explicit set of social protocols for interaction
Which of the following is a feature of Netville?
- A) Variety of music, health and entertainment services
- B) All of the given options
- C) Computer videophone facility
- D) Neighborhood discussion forums
The concept of community of practice is part of which theory?
- A) Social adjustment theory
- B) Social skill theory
- C) Social learning theory
- D) Motivational theory
Which of the following element of virtual community explains that the community recognizes forms of exchange values, such as knowledge, experience, support, barter or money?
- A) Identity
- B) Purpose
- C) Reputation
- D) Exchange
Which one of the following terms describe the uneven distribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in society?
- A) Technological determinism
- B) Social shaping of technology
- C) Social construction of technology
- D) Digital divide
Communities of practices are NOT part of _____ structures.
- A) Informal
- B) Public
- C) Formal
- D) Regional
Which one of the following physical based virtual community is a wired suburb located on the outskirts of Toronto?
- A) Seattle Community Network
- B) Redbricks Intranet Collective
- C) Blacksburg Electronic Village
- D) Netville
Amplifying feminist discourse, freedom of expression and harmful content indicate which cluster of feminist principles of internet?
- A) Agency
- B) Access
- C) Expression
- D) Economy
A group of geographically dispersed professionals who share common practices and interests in a particular area of concern is called:
- A) Virtual learning communities
- B) Communities of practices
- C) Physical based virtual communities
- D) Distributed community of practice
According to Barry Wellman, CSSNs stands for:
- A) Community- supported social networks
- B) Computer-supported social networks
- C) Current supported social networks
- D) Contemporary specialized social networks
To use for personal videophone Blacksburg town was named as the:
- A) Social networking community
- B) Physical based virtual community
- C) Most wired community
- D) Virtual community
Which one of the following concepts describe that a community of people who come together online to learn a particular subject matter?
- A) Physical based virtual communities
- B) Virtual learning communities
- C) Netville
- D) Seattle community network