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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.






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






3. The 's' at the end of https






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. A location on the Web.






14. 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






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






16. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s






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






18. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






24. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






25. 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






26. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.






27. 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.






28. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.






29. (1) A specific word a user wishes to query (or look for) in an Internet search. (2) A specific word that has a predefined meaning in a particular programming language.






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






31. The main or opening page of a Web site.






32. 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.






33. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.






34. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path






35. 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.)






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






37. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.






38. Largest computer network in the world






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






40. 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)






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






42. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






44. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






45. A popular open source browser software






46. 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.






47. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.






48. A social networking service






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






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