Cumulative Quiz :Social Computing (Interaction Design Specialization) Answers 2026

Question 1

What asymmetry inhibited the adoption of shared calendars?

❌ Power asymmetry between managers and workers
❌ Desktop vs mobile screens
✅ Asymmetry between who does the work and who gets the benefit
❌ Upload/download bandwidth

Explanation:
People who entered calendar data often didn’t benefit as much as those who consumed it.

Question 2

What is another example of this asymmetry?

✅ Expense reporting systems where employees do the work but managers/accounting benefit

(Other valid examples: time tracking, CRM data entry, bug reporting tools)

Question 3

LinkedIn primarily fits in which quadrant?

❌ Same time, same place
❌ Same time, different place
✅ Different time, different place
❌ Different time, same place

Question 4

Walkie-Talkie fits which quadrant?

❌ Same time, same place
✅ Same time, different place
❌ Different time, same place
❌ Different time, different place

Question 5

Geocaching fits which quadrant?

❌ Same time, same place
❌ Same time, different place
❌ Different time, same place
✅ Different time, different place

Question 6

How many jellybeans are in the jar?

✅ 500
(Any reasonable estimate earns credit when paired with Question 7)

Question 7

Revised guess after correcting a mistaken assumption:

✅ 750
(Key idea: revising assumptions, not the exact number)

Question 8

What is this iterative strategy an example of?

❌ The crowd within
❌ Recursive guessing
❌ An easter egg hunt
✅ Parallel prototyping

Question 9

When porting physical collaboration online, what matters more?

❌ Replicating the form
✅ Replicating the function

Question 10

Best example of Social Proof online:

❌ Poking a friend
✅ Retweeting a Twitter post that you like
❌ Copying URL and tweeting manually
❌ Browser lock icon

Question 11

Algorithmic “People who liked this also liked…” is:

❌ A/B testing
❌ Wizard of Oz
✅ Collaborative Filtering
❌ Harry Potter’s Hegemony
❌ Responsive Design

Question 12

What principle is affected by removing cover stories?

❌ Multi-modality hypothesis
❌ Gulf of execution
✅ Plausible deniability
❌ Midas touch problem

Question 13

Which two strategies improve software quality? (Select all that apply)

❌ End project with a celebration
✅ Have sites work on mostly separable modules
✅ Begin with everyone together for a kick-off meeting
❌ UML diagrams alone solve coupling

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