Quiz · Smart City Fieldwork Report

Question 1What is the main purpose of the meeting described in the recording?

To plan the observation of a conventional neighbourhood nearby To interview a wide range of local shopkeepers To criticise the developer for its public claims To report fieldwork findings about a smart district to a supervisor

Question 2How many interviews did the students actually complete?

Fifty Sixty Forty-two Fifty-two

Question 3What did Doctor Hughes identify as the real weakness of the study?

The lack of shopkeepers' perspectives in the interviews The small size of the interview sample The generous baseline used for energy calculations The use of the word revolutionary in the conclusions

Question 4How long did the students spend on their fieldwork in the smart district?

Two weeks, observing traffic patterns only Three weeks, observing the district and interviewing residents Six weeks, including the writing of the final report One term, divided between two different neighbourhoods

Question 5What happened to the students' initial hypothesis about residents' reactions?

It turned out to be only partially correct It was completely confirmed by every interview It was abandoned before the fieldwork began It was rejected by Doctor Hughes as implausible

Question 6How did younger interviewees generally respond to the transport information system?

They appreciated the real-time transport information it provided They described it as intrusive and asked for its removal They could not say which company controlled the system They ignored it in favour of conventional timetables

Question 7What particularly striking finding did the students report about personal data?

Most residents refused to discuss the topic of data at all Younger residents had already deleted their personal data Hardly any residents could say which company controlled their data Shopkeepers controlled more data than the developer did

Question 8What did the students discover about the district's celebrated energy savings?

They matched the developer's public claims exactly They were verified by an independent government agency They applied only to the newest buildings in the district They had been calculated using a rather generous baseline

Question 9What did Doctor Hughes advise the students to do about the study's limitation?

Acknowledge it openly in the report rather than hoping examiners overlook it Remove all mention of shopkeepers from the final report Repeat the interviews with a much larger sample immediately Blame the developer's claims for the weakness in the study

Question 10Which word did the supervisor tell the students to avoid in their conclusions?

Revolutionary Intrusive Generous Anonymised