Course Name: Developing Soft Skills and Personality

Course Instructor: Dr. T. Ravichandran

Institute Affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Assignment-5

1. Which of the following book is written by Donna Haraway?

• “Simians, Cyborgs, and Women”

• “Cyborgs: The Age of Machines”

• “New Atlantis”

• “Cybercrime: An Introduction”

2. Technological objects significantly influence:

• Our thought-patterns and thinking abilities

• Our ways of communication and language

• Our body and mind

• All of these

3. Technology inhabits humans:

• When their bodies are fitted with pacemakers

• When they work in an air-conditioned room

• When they have technical education

• When robots take over the control of the world

4. Identify the purpose of cell phone technology:

• Allowing mobility

• Saving time

• Keeping human contact intact

• All of these

5. Mobile etiquette involve—

• Avoiding calling people during their busy hours

• Using e-mails/text messages instead of calling if the purpose is served by that

• Calling only when it is absolutely necessary

• All of these

6. According to Dr. Robert Becker, the greatest pollution on a global scale is due to:

• Industrial pollutants

• Greenhouse gases

• Proliferation of electromagnetic fields

• Plastic
7. Identify the sign of a mobile addict:

• Feeling insecure without mobile phones

• Disturbed sleep routine owing to the usage of mobiles

• Getting anxious if some apps do not run or the mobile runs low on battery

• All of these

8. Being utterly dependent on mobile phones for every aspect of one’s life makes a person:

• A robot

• A superman

• A moborg

• A nomophobic

9. An email is incomplete without:

• A subject

• An attachment

• A post-script

• All of these
10. While sending an e-mail the sender must be careful in choosing the right words:

• Because the receiver is a human being, not a robot

• Because it shows that the sender is a human being, not a robot

• Both of these

• None of these

11. Identify the speaker:

“All media are extensions of some human faculty . . .”

• Alan Turing

• Donna Haraway

• Marshall McLuhan

• Jacques Derrida

12. Rectify the following email: “respected Sir, give me your notes. Take Care. ABC”

• Respected Sir, Give me your notes. Take care. Best, ABC

• Dear Sir, Please give me your notes. Take care. Cheers, ABC

• Respected Sir, Please give me your notes. Thank you, Yours sincerely, ABC

• Hello Sir, Give me your notes. Thanks and Regards. ABC

 13. Writing an email should involve:

i. Poetic sensibilities

ii. Planning the content of the email before writing it

iii. Using clear, concise and coherent sentences

• (i) and (ii)

• (i) and (iii)

• (ii) and (iii)

• All of these

14. The thumb rule for writing a meaningful email is:

• All paragraphs must contain only one idea

• One paragraph should contain only one idea

• Each paragraph should end with the same sentence

• It should never exceed one paragraph

15. The subject line of an e-mail:

• Must clearly represent the content

• Must be such that the receiver can choose between opening or deleting it
• Must not be tempting

• All of these

16. Who controls a sent e-mail?

• The sender

• The receiver

• The medium

• None of these

17. The accepted code of conduct on the internet is called

• Internethics

• Cryptoconduct

• Netiquette

• None of these

18. In contemporary world, the code of conduct on the internet has become very relevant because:

• Internet communication has become all-pervasive

• The world has become a global village

 • Both of these

• None of these

19. Which of the following is likely to add a personal touch to an email?

• Use of slangs

• Use of emojis

• Use of foreign words

• Dropping vulgar hints

20. Who said the following?

“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.”

• Potter Stewart

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Michel Foucault

• Jacques Derrida

21. In an email, one must never capitalize any word. False

22. Humans have become cyborgs because of their use of technology. True
23. Before making a business call, one should always note down the important points one is going

to talk about. True

24. One should never send carbon copies/blind carbon copies (CC and BCC) to many when the

message primarily seeks attention of a single receiver. True

25. Extensive use of idioms and figures of speech adds to the overall appeal of an e-mail. False