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






2. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.






3. 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






4. Seeing the VeriSign seal is a guarantee that a Web site is secure. True or False






5. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.






6. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.






11. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.






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






13. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat






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






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






16. E-mail communications are private. True or False.






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






18. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet






19. 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






20. 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.






21. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.






22. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.






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






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






25. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.






26. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






27. Most browsers now offer tabbed browsing - which allows for convenient navigation.






28. Largest computer network in the world






29. An area on the Web where people come together to communicate online. The conversations are in real time and are visible to everyone in the chat room.






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






31. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






33. A popular open source browser software






34. A social networking service






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






36. Means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information and meet and connect with others of common interest






37. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.






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






39. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web






40. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






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






44. A software program that runs on a computer and is used to send and receive e-mail through the ISP's server.






45. A location on the Web.






46. 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)






47. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






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






50. Also known as tagging