Core Knowledge Assessment: Connectivity
Professional development in the 21st century requires a working knowledge on the ever growing and changing global internet connectedness. These statistics provide a foundation for thinking about the current and future state of how people around the world connect with one another and leverage technology for work and life. The quiz below provides a series of questions to answer about various aspects of connectivity. Click here to reveal the answers.
1. How many people around the world had Internet access in 2000 (approximately)? Circle one of the following choices
- 100 million
- 200 million
- 400 million
- 800 million
- 1 billion
2. How many people around the world currently have Internet access (approximately)? Circle one of the following choices
- 800 million
- 1 billion
- 1.5 billion
- 2 billion
- 3 billion
3. How many people around the world are projected to have Internet access by 2050 (approximately)? Circle one of the following choices
- 3 billion
- 4 billion
- 5 billion
- 6 billion
- 7 billion
4. How many hours of video are uploaded to YouTube each hour (approximately)? Circle one of the following choices
- 5 hours
- 15 hours
- 25 hours
- 35 hours
- 45 hours
5. How many photographs were uploaded to Facebook in 2010 (approximately)?
- 1 billion
- 10 billion
- 20 billion
- 40 billion
- 80 billion
6. During the 2010 Japanese earthquake what was the highest volume of messages tweeted around the world per second (Tweets per Second or TPS)?
- 1,000 TPS
- 1,500 TPS
- 3,000 TPS
- 5,000 TPS
- 7,000 TPS
7. How many articles have been published on Wikipedia and in how many languages?
- 6 million articles in more than 50 languages
- 8 million articles in more than 100 languages
- 10 million articles in more than 150 languages
- 13 million articles in more than 200 languages
- 18 million articles in more than 200 languages
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