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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Examples- Moodle - Blackboard
IP Address
Content Management Systems
HTTPS
antivirus
2. An assigned series of numbers - separated by periods - that designates an address on the internet.
Practical Techniques
IP Address
digital signature
decompression
3. A program used to prevent viruses from getting on computers
Search Engine
spyware
antivirus
HTML
4. A quick and effective to communicate with other users
W3C
cache
Web Databases
Social Network
5. An example would be an online encyclopedias
Web Databases
compression
DNS (Domain Name System)
public and private keys
6. The foundation for communication for the internet
Advertising
decompression
Internet Protocols
HTTP
7. Allows access to the internet
adware
proxy server
Database
Browser
8. When you receive data
digital signature
Practical Technique
download
FTP
9. Files are recovered from compressed form
Email
Firewall
phishing
decompression
10. ______ technologies - example would be email news letters
ISP
pharming
Push-Pull
Cookies
11. Stores data for the future
Features of Websites
Push-Pull
cache
proxy server
12. When you send data
upload
Web Databases
decompression
TCP/ IP
13. Electronic mail
Push-Pull
WWW
Features of Websites
Email
14. Bookmarks
proxy server
Social Network
upload
Features of Browsers
15. Attempting to steal personal information by posing as a business
phishing
Streaming Audio/Video
TCP/ IP
upload
16. Sent information that is unwanted
spam
decompression
spyware
HTML
17. An example would be pop ups - banners
Advertising
cache
antivirus
FTP
18. Keeps the site up and running
Firewall
Streaming Audio/Video
E-mail
Site Management
19. Hyperlinks
Cookies
Email
Web Databases
Features of Websites
20. An example would be collaborative online tools. i.e. wikis - blogs
Web 2.0
Database
upload
Push-Pull
21. Internet tool
antivirus
RSS Feed
Search Engine
E-mail
22. Translates the domain name into an IP address
WWW
W3C
Streaming Audio/Video
DNS (Domain Name System)
23. Tool to communicate with other users - i.e. Facebook
Features of Browsers
FTP
Database
Social Networking
24. Affects computers and replicates itself
Social Networking
virus
W3C
Site Management
25. The amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a given amount of time.
Bandwidth
TCP/ IP
Practical Techniques
DNS (Domain Name System)
26. The language used in the creation of web pages
spyware
HTML
Bandwidth
W3C
27. The World Wide Web Consortium organization is in charge of the World Wide Web standards
Push-Pull
W3C
Site Management
decompression
28. When you are constantly receiving and reviewing media
Practical Techniques
Streaming Audio/Video
DNS (Domain Name System)
Site Management
29. Collects information without users knowledge
upload
RSS Feed
spyware
virus
30. Files are compacted to reduce size
spyware
antivirus
Advertising
compression
31. Collaborative tools
proxy server
Practical Technique
HTTPS
FTP
32. Someone who accesses information without consent
spyware
Search Engine
ISP
hacker
33. An information hub
spyware
download
HTTPS
Database
34. Public and private passwords
Practical Technique
public and private keys
HTTPS
W3C
35. Messing with the sites DNS so any login information is sent to the new site
Social Network
Streaming Audio/Video
Email
pharming
36. Collaborative online tools
Practical Techniques
spyware
TCP/ IP
HTTP
37. Prevents unwanted users from accessing your information
Site Management
WWW
Firewall
Web 2.0
38. World Wide Web
WWW
RSS Feed
DNS (Domain Name System)
Email
39. The basis for all of the other protocols
Site Management
TCP/ IP
Practical Techniques
Database
40. Used for transferring files
Features of Browsers
FTP
Streaming Audio/Video
Web Databases
41. A mediator of requests between users and the resource
proxy server
IP Address
cache
Internet Protocols
42. The process of making text unreadable to anyone who doesn't have a key
Features of Browsers
encryption
upload
HTML
43. Allows you to detect of a message has been tampered with during transit
digital signature
Practical Technique
Site Management
Cookies
44. Internet Service Provider
FTP
Firewall
antivirus
ISP
45. HTTP - HTTPS - FTP - TCP
Practical Technique
Internet Protocols
proxy server
Browser
46. A summary of web content changes
RSS Feed
Site Management
TCP/ IP
compression
47. Software that plays - displays - or downloads advertisements to the users computer
Practical Technique
adware
HTTPS
W3C
48. A program that sends browsing information back to the originating website
WWW
Cookies
virus
upload
49. Electronic Mail
antivirus
Advertising
E-mail
Web Databases
50. A secure version of HTTP
decompression
HTTPS
DNS (Domain Name System)
digital signature