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Mobilities and Information Technology - Revision 1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Sheller (2011), the mobilities paradigm explores the movement of people, ideas and things, as well as the broader social implications of those movements

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Mobile technologies enable the fluidity and liquidity of experiences by softening the links between activities, space and time

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

Technology creates occasional, imagined and virtual co-presence where travelers enjoy an experience not just for themselves but also for others (Green, 2002)

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

Pearce (2011) describes digital ubiquity as how travelers remain electronically linked with everyday life as they explore other places

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

The technologies of mobility are characterized by communication, saturation, hybridization and ubiquity (Pellegrino, 2009).

a)

Yes

b)

No

6.

One of the components in mobile technologies ecosystem is_______________ that can include intermediaries, travel supplier, advertiser, social media, websites, search engine and third party information

a)

Mobile devices

b)

Context

c)

Content provider

d)

Network provider

e)

Traveler

7.

Unifi, celcom, U-mobile are some of the examples of ________________ that users must subscribe

to a network provider or carrier to access a

cellular network.

a)

network supplier

b)

network provider

c)

context

d)

content provider

8.

Samsung Galaxy Gear and Sony Smartwatch and optical

head-mounted displays (OHMD), or smart glasses are categorized under which key features of mobile devices?

a)

GPS - global positioning systems and navigation devices

b)

Digital cameras

c)

Smartphone and tablets

d)

Wearable devices

9.

GIS stand for?

a)

Geography Information Systems

b)

Geographic Information Systems

c)

Geology Information System

d)

Geographical Information Systems

10.

GISs are used by rail, bus and other services to improve on-time performance, monitor vehicle __________ and advise passengers of precise arrival times

a)

condition

b)

location

c)

size

11.

Tablets are the big cousin of smartphones

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

Smartphones are a hybrid of many other technologies, including the __________, PDA, mobile phone, wristwatch, portable music device, camera and GPS navigation device.

a)

PC

b)

laptop

c)

rice cooker

d)

food processor

e)

ceiling fan

13.

______________ is the miniaturization and portability of electronics has resulted in the amalgamation of multiple technologies into one device.

a)

Hybridization

b)

Convergence

c)

Saturation

d)

Ubiquity

14.

Ubiquity in mobile technologies refer to the ____________________

a)

technologies converge and saturate our environment, they blur

the distinction between the human and non-human

b)

mobile technologies are omnipresent and are embedded into our surroundings

c)

mobile devices saturate the environment, increasing expectations of continuous availability.