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






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






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






4. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.






5. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.






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






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






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






9. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).






10. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.






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.






12. A social networking service






13. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






14. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.






15. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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.






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.






18. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






20. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






22. A keyword or term that Internet users assign to a Web resource such as a Web page - digital image - or video.






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






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






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.






26. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.






27. Largest computer network in the world






28. A location on the Web.






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






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






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






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






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).






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






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






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.






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)






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.






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.






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






41. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.






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.






43. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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.






46. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.






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






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






49. A popular open source browser software






50. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.