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Technology In Action
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.
podcast
Internet backbone
bookmark
multimedia
2. 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.
secure sockets layer
search engine
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
3. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.
Express card slot (PC card slot)
Internet Protocol (IP)
Favorites
subject directory
4. Also known as tagging
hyperlink
cable
wiki
social bookmarking
5. Software programs that access your Internet service provider - which acts like an electronic post office
business-to-consumer (B2C)
hyperlink
email clients
Firefox
6. The broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. Unlike a podcast - a webcast is not updated automatically.
Web 2.0
.mil
webcast
Internet Protocol (IP)
7. 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
web server
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
flash player
8. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
keyword
7
metasearch engine
Facebook
9. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.
RSS
chat room
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
live bookmark
10. A type of connection that uses telephone lines to connect to the Internet and that allows both phone and data transmissions to share the same line.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
streaming video
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
consumer to consumer
11. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.
internet backbone
web browser
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
server
12. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.
keyword
e-commerce (electric commerce)
False
path (subdirectory)
13. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
false
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
Web server
spider
14. 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.
Satellite
host
network interface card (NIC)
podcast
15. 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.)
secure sockets layer
Favorites
Internet Protocol (IP)
home page
16. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path
host
hyperlink
server
breadcrumb list
17. The 's' at the end of https
secure sockets layer
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
live bookmark
client/server network
18. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.
Facebook
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
aggregator
multimedia
19. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
plug-in (player)
flash player
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
Facebook
20. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
netiquette
Facebook
top-level domain (TLD)
21. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.
Web site
aggregator
Firefox
dial-up modem
22. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.
client/server network
Facebook
social bookmarking
Web 2.0
23. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
flash player
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
hyperlink
24. A type of Web site that allows users to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content
wiki
satellite Internet
e-mail client
Internet Protocol (IP)
25. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.
Satellite
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Firefox
podcast
26. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube
business to consumer
7
video log
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
27. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.
metasearch engine
streaming audio
hyperlink
web server
28. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.
web browser
wiki
breadcrumb list
hyperlink
29. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
Web browser (browser)
digital subscriber line (DSL)
.mil
30. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
streaming video
Web browser (browser)
breadcrumb trail
31. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.
Express card slot (PC card slot)
email clients
video log (vlog or video blog)
256 Kbps or more
32. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.
Web browser (browser)
business-to-consumer (B2C)
True
breadcrumb list
33. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.
dial-up modem
multimedia
Web 2.0
Favorites
34. A social networking service
business-to-business (B2B)
subject directory
asterisk
Facebook
35. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
business to consumer
secure sockets layer
Satellite
36. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3.
podcast
Facebook
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
top-level domain (TLD)
37. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function
digital subscriber line (DSL)
plug-in (player)
business to consumer
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
38. The main or opening page of a Web site.
internet backbone
IP address
home page
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
39. Seeing the VeriSign seal is a guarantee that a Web site is secure. True or False
false
spider
.mil
netiquette
40. 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.
social networking
multiplayer online game
false
video log (vlog or video blog)
41. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.
consumer to consumer
bookmark
Boolean operator
Internet Protocol (IP)
42. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).
broadband
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Firefox
false
43. Largest computer network in the world
Favorites
Internet
Facebook
podcast
44. The protocol that allows files to be transferred from a Web server so that you can see them on your computer by using a browser.
blog
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Favorites
asterisk
45. 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
chat room
blog
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
46. Means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information and meet and connect with others of common interest
podcast
Express card slot (PC card slot)
social networking
Web site
47. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.
e-mail client
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
web server
keyword
48. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.
false
Internet
multimedia
network interface card (NIC)
49. 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.)
blog
bookmark
streaming audio
domain name
50. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
host
social bookmark (tag)
Internet
social bookmarking