Ch. 1: Tasks & Quizzes

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This quiz encourages you to do some quick internet searches to find out more about open-source software.

Q1.1 Which of these is an open-source alternative to Microsoft Word?

Google Docs
LibreOffice Writer
Pages

Q1.2 Which of these is an open-source alternative to Microsoft Powerpoint?

Keynote
LibreOffice Impress
Google Slides

Q1.3 Not only can software be open source, programming languages can, too. In fact, most modern programming languages are open source. In this book, we will focus on the open-source programming language R. Which of these is not an open-source programming language?

Python
JavaScript
MATLAB

Q1.4 There are also many open-source operating systems. Which of these is an open-source alternative to the operating system Windows?

iOS
Ubuntu
MacOS

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Q1.5 Is it possible to reuse Figure 1.2 on a company website?

Yes, but you must mention the name of the artist.
Yes, but only if it is the website of a non-profit company.
Yes, but only after having obtained written consent from the artist.
Yes, but you must mention the image's sell-by date.

Q1.6 Which of these resources can be published as OERs?

Textbooks
Homework tasks
Serious games
Lesson plans
Course syllabi
Lecture slides
Course assessments
Massive Open Online Courses

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