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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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. A means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information among their immediate friends - and meet and connect with others through common interests - experiences - and friends.






2. An online game in which play occurs among hundreds or thousands of other players over the Internet in a persistent or ever-on game environment. In some games - players can interact with other players through trading - chatting - or playing cooperativ






3. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






4. A social networking service






5. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.






6. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.






7. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).






8. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.






9. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






10. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.






11. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.






12. A feature in some browsers that places a marker of a Web site's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in an easily retrievable list. (Bookmarks are called Favorites in Microsoft Internet Explorer.)






13. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3.






14. It can actually be safer to use your credit card online than in a traditional retail store because it eliminates the human factor from the equation. True or False






15. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.






16. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.






17. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.






18. A type of specially coded text that - when clicked - enables a user to jump from one location - or Web page - to another within a Web site or to another Web site altogether.






19. A way to connect to the Internet using a small satellite dish - which is placed outside the home and is connected to a computer with coaxial cable. The satellite company then sends the data to a satellite orbiting the Earth. The satellite - in turn -






20. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested






21. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________






22. Largest computer network in the world






23. (1) A specific word a user wishes to query (or look for) in an Internet search. (2) A specific word that has a predefined meaning in a particular programming language.






24. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.






25. A __________ is a structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and sub topics.






26. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s






27. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.






28. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.






29. An online game in which play occurs among hundreds or thousands of other players over the Internet in a persistent or ever-on game environment. In some games - players can interact with other players through trading - chatting - or playing cooperativ






30. A weblog is a personal log or journal posted on the web.






31. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.






32. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






33. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.






34. Software installed on a computer system that allows individuals to locate - view - and navigate the Web.






35. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).






36. Software programs that access your Internet service provider - which acts like an electronic post office






37. The three parts of a search engine?






38. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function






39. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.






40. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.






41. The portion of a domain name that identifies who maintains a given Web site. For example - berkeley.edu is the domain name for the University of California at Berkeley - which maintains that site.






42. Walmart.com is an example of this type of web site






43. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube






44. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.






45. A type of Web site that allows users to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content






46. A list that shows the hierarchy of previously viewed Web pages within the Web site that you are currently visiting. Shown at the top of some Web pages - it aids Web site navigation.






47. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.






48. E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as eBay.com.






49. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.






50. A set of programs that searches the Web for specific words (or keywords) you wish to query (or look for) and then returns a list of the Web sites on which those keywords are found.