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Technology In Action
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Subjects
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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.
Internet Protocol (IP)
metasearch engine
path (subdirectory)
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
2. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
social bookmarking
network interface card (NIC)
business-to-business (B2B)
Adobe Reader
3. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.
dial-up connection
video log (vlog or video blog)
multimedia
web browser
4. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
social networking
podcast
256 Kbps or more
wiki
5. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.
blog
Facebook
social networking
Internet Protocol (IP)
6. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.
aggregator
.mil
Web browser (browser)
dial-up modem
7. A software program that runs on a computer and is used to send and receive e-mail through the ISP's server.
business-to-consumer (B2C)
e-mail client
live bookmark
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8. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.
modem
client
streaming audio
asterisk
9. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
e-commerce (electric commerce)
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
256 Kbps or more
Facebook
10. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.
breadcrumb trail
wiki
client
dial-up connection
11. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.
Web server
asterisk
Facebook
Internet
12. A social networking service
Facebook
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
business to consumer
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
13. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
.mil
hyperlink
secure sockets layer
wiki
14. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.
netiquette
client
social bookmark (tag)
keyword
15. E-commerce transactions between businesses.
dial-up modem
podcast
Express card slot (PC card slot)
business-to-business (B2B)
16. 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.
top-level domain (TLD)
web server
Web 2.0
hyperlink
17. 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.
internet backbone
spider
network interface card (NIC)
newsgroup
18. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
RSS
True
flash player
Satellite
19. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
Satellite
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aggregator
20. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
social bookmarking
social networking
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
7
21. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
hyperlink
22. A keyword or term that Internet users assign to a Web resource such as a Web page - digital image - or video.
social bookmark (tag)
.mil
digital subscriber line (DSL)
RSS
23. A __________ is a structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and sub topics.
subject directory
client
Web browser (browser)
aggregator
24. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube
client/server network
subject directory
video log
business-to-business (B2B)
25. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.
web browser
Boolean operator
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
client
26. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.
1.5
server
network interface card (NIC)
dial-up connection
27. Largest computer network in the world
Internet
broadband
consumer to consumer
secure sockets layer
28. A location on the Web.
False
Web site
1.5
blog
29. 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
business-to-business (B2B)
e-mail client
wiki
30. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.
subject directory
e-mail (electronic mail)
data transfer rate
Facebook
31. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
web server
spider
video log
multimedia
32. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web
bookmark
e-mail client
breadcrumb list
web browser
33. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).
business-to-business (B2B)
7
client
path (subdirectory)
34. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.
podcast
dial-up connection
subject directory
broadband
35. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat
Facebook
Express card slot (PC card slot)
Favorites
e-commerce (electric commerce)
36. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.
top-level domain (TLD)
multiplayer online game
ARPANET
subject directory
37. 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)
domain name
satellite Internet
hyperlink
dial-up modem
38. 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.
newsgroup
instant messaging (IM)
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
Web 2.0
39. 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.
dial-up modem
search engine
internet backbone
Satellite
40. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.
metasearch engine
ARPANET
cable
spider
41. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
modem
aircard
wiki
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
42. 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.
.mil
social networking
metasearch engine
Satellite
43. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.
breadcrumb trail
domain name
business-to-consumer (B2C)
multiplayer online game
44. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.
podcast
aircard
streaming audio
ARPANET
45. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3.
domain name
satellite Internet
podcast
web browser
46. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.
breadcrumb list
Express card slot (PC card slot)
e-mail client
social networking
47. A program created by the U.S. government - the objective of which is to fund the research and development of cutting-edge networking technologies. Major goals of the program are the development of enhanced wireless technologies and increased network
hyperlink
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
e-commerce (electric commerce)
large-scale networking (LSN)
48. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function
business-to-business (B2B)
plug-in (player)
hyperlink
Firefox
49. A popular open source browser software
modem
client
Firefox
dial-up connection
50. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
client
Internet
7
e-mail client