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Technology In Action
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it-skills
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.
chat room
aircard
video log (vlog or video blog)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
2. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.
social networking
client/server network
Web server
dial-up connection
3. A popular open source browser software
breadcrumb list
search engine
Web browser (browser)
Firefox
4. Largest computer network in the world
data transfer rate
host
Internet
netiquette
5. 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.
host
business-to-business (B2B)
webcast
multimedia
6. Also known as tagging
server
bookmark
social bookmarking
flash player
7. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Internet backbone
e-commerce (electric commerce)
hyperlink
8. E-commerce transactions between businesses.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
satellite Internet
domain name
business-to-business (B2B)
9. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.
False
blog
business-to-business (B2B)
aircard
10. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.
ARPANET
domain name
Web browser (browser)
spider
11. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
256 Kbps or more
e-mail client
Satellite
hyperlink
12. A method of communication - similar to a discussion group or forum - in which people create threads - or conversations. In a thread - a newsgroup member will post messages and read and reply to messages from other members of the newsgroup.
bookmark
newsgroup
home page
keyword
13. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube
Boolean operator
consumer to consumer
True
video log
14. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.
consumer to consumer
client
multimedia
digital subscriber line (DSL)
15. 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
search engine
e-mail (electronic mail)
True
business-to-business (B2B)
16. A feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer that places a marker of a Web site's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in an easily retrievable list in the browser's toolbar. (Called Bookmarks in some browsers.)
Favorites
Web server
Web browser (browser)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
17. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.
hyperlink
business to consumer
chat room
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
18. Software installed on a computer system that allows individuals to locate - view - and navigate the Web.
Express card slot (PC card slot)
Web browser (browser)
wiki
Facebook
19. A program that constantly collects information on the Web - following links in Web sites and reading Web pages. Spiders get their name because they crawl over the Web using multiple 'legs' to visit many sites simultaneously.
metasearch engine
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
spider
Internet
20. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).
dial-up connection
client
video log (vlog or video blog)
data transfer rate
21. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
chat room
subject directory
video log (vlog or video blog)
22. 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.
hyperlink
subject directory
client/server network
multiplayer online game
23. 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.)
domain name
IP address
bookmark
secure sockets layer
24. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.
True
social bookmark (tag)
web server
netiquette
25. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.
Satellite
blog
wiki
internet backbone
26. 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
multiplayer online game
asterisk
cable
business to consumer
27. 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.
breadcrumb list
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
spider
True
28. E-mail communications are private. True or False.
netiquette
host
False
Web browser (browser)
29. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.
Internet Protocol (IP)
Boolean operator
client/server network
bookmark
30. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function
large-scale networking (LSN)
ARPANET
plug-in (player)
multiplayer online game
31. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
Internet
wiki
breadcrumb trail
blog
32. 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 -
satellite Internet
dial-up connection
Web site
subject directory
33. A device that converts (modulates) the digital signals the computer understands to analog signals that can travel over phone lines. The computer on the other end also must have a modem to translate (demodulate) the received analog signal back to a di
dial-up modem
Facebook
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
flash player
34. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.
newsgroup
aggregator
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Web site
35. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.
bookmark
top-level domain (TLD)
social networking
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
36. A part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Domain names consist of two parts: the site's host and a suffix that indicates the type of organization. (Example: popsci.com)
Express card slot (PC card slot)
web browser
Web site
domain name
37. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________
business to consumer
dial-up connection
IP address
Web site
38. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
email clients
e-commerce (electric commerce)
Adobe Reader
chat room
39. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.
e-mail (electronic mail)
modem
hyperlink
network interface card (NIC)
40. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
Facebook
web server
business-to-consumer (B2C)
Web site
41. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.
.mil
live bookmark
consumer to consumer
network interface card (NIC)
42. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.
data transfer rate
Firefox
Internet Protocol (IP)
Web server
43. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.
home page
Facebook
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
streaming audio
44. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path
social networking
Web server
hyperlink
live bookmark
45. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.
1.5
Web 2.0
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
home page
46. The 's' at the end of https
secure sockets layer
multiplayer online game
breadcrumb trail
Internet
47. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat
podcast
satellite Internet
blog
Facebook
48. A type of Web site that allows users to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content
plug-in (player)
Internet
IP address
wiki
49. The part of the Internet used the most. What distinguishes the Web from the rest of the Internet are (1) its use of common communication protocols (such as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - or TCP/IP) and special languages (such as th
multiplayer online game
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
live bookmark
instant messaging (IM)
50. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
256 Kbps or more
podcast
live bookmark
e-commerce (electric commerce)