Fran Is Shopping Online for Jeans and She Clicks on a Style

question 144

Multiple Choice

Fran is shopping online for jeans and she clicks on a style she likes. The site quickly presents her with a close-up view and additional information that will help her make a decision. When she adds the jeans to her shopping bag, the website quickly shows her that other customers that purchased the same pair of jeans also purchased a particular shirt and boots. As the retailer's website learns more about Fran and her purchase preferences, it is able to push other ideas toward her, and potentially increase the online retailer's units per transaction. The technology that generates this type of intelligence and personalization is called

• A) social media.
• B) cookie mining.
• C) Web 2.0.
• D) Web 3.0.

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Definitions:

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects have substance, maintain their identity when their location is changed, and ordinarily continue to exist when out of sight.

Abstract Reasoning

The ability to analyze information, identify patterns, and solve problems using complex concepts rather than relying on concrete and physical data.

Logic

The systematic study of valid rules of inference and the principles of valid reasoning, often applied in philosophy, mathematics, and computer science to deduce new statements from established premises.

Ossification

A process through which new bone tissue is formed at the growth plates of long bones.