For the Past Several Years, Scientists and Engineers at Equatech

question 22

Multiple Choice

For the past several years, scientists and engineers at Equatech, Inc. have relied on the Internet to keep in touch with their peers at various universities and research organizations. In recent years these researchers have become frustrated because the increasing congestion on the Internet has disrupted their attempts to communicate and collaborate with colleagues at other institutions. Which of the following developments would be most likely to help Equatech's researchers overcome this problem? Equatech should:

• A) set up an intranet.
• B) allow its scientists and engineers to telecommute.
• C) assign each employee a second e-mail address.
• D) gain access to Internet2.

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Definitions:

Interdependence

The mutual reliance between two or more groups, organisms, or objects where each influences or controls the existence or actions of the others.

Confederate

An individual who is part of a group with a shared goal, often used in psychological experiments to play a specific role without the subject's knowledge.

Majority Judgment

A decision-making process where the choice supported by the majority of members is selected.

Truth

The quality or state of being in accordance with fact or reality.