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Technology In Action
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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.
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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. 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.
Internet Protocol (IP)
satellite Internet
streaming audio
host
2. (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.
e-mail (electronic mail)
top-level domain (TLD)
keyword
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
3. A social networking service
Facebook
Firefox
search engine
Express card slot (PC card slot)
4. The broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. Unlike a podcast - a webcast is not updated automatically.
webcast
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
top-level domain (TLD)
secure sockets layer
5. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.
keyword
broadband
aggregator
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
6. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
dial-up connection
digital subscriber line (DSL)
dial-up modem
.mil
7. 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
email clients
spider
modem
large-scale networking (LSN)
8. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
asterisk
Internet
social networking
chat room
9. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
subject directory
host
instant messaging (IM)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
10. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.
secure sockets layer
newsgroup
streaming audio
keyword
11. 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.
hyperlink
digital subscriber line (DSL)
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
social networking
12. The 's' at the end of https
podcast
secure sockets layer
home page
search engine
13. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.
Web 2.0
client/server network
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
14. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function
plug-in (player)
social networking
True
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
15. A popular open source browser software
.mil
host
multimedia
Firefox
16. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.
metasearch engine
RSS
video log
hyperlink
17. 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)
.mil
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
keyword
domain name
18. 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.
social networking
Facebook
breadcrumb list
blog
19. Most browsers now offer tabbed browsing - which allows for convenient navigation.
path (subdirectory)
True
wiki
cable
20. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.
server
Web server
256 Kbps or more
chat room
21. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
live bookmark
video log (vlog or video blog)
ARPANET
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
22. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
social networking
webcast
Adobe Reader
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
23. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
web server
7
1.5
domain name
24. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
video log
Express card slot (PC card slot)
25. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.
domain name
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
path (subdirectory)
bookmark
26. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.
asterisk
server
hyperlink
email clients
27. Means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information and meet and connect with others of common interest
social networking
Web browser (browser)
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
flash player
28. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.
plug-in (player)
Internet Protocol (IP)
aircard
256 Kbps or more
29. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
streaming audio
video log
podcast
30. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.
instant messaging (IM)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
social bookmark (tag)
business-to-business (B2B)
31. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.
e-mail (electronic mail)
home page
plug-in (player)
RSS
32. A keyword or term that Internet users assign to a Web resource such as a Web page - digital image - or video.
Boolean operator
aircard
Internet backbone
social bookmark (tag)
33. 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
hyperlink
multiplayer online game
Facebook
e-commerce (electric commerce)
34. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.
Web site
digital subscriber line (DSL)
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
netiquette
35. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
multimedia
dial-up modem
streaming video
36. E-commerce transactions between businesses.
internet backbone
e-commerce (electric commerce)
business-to-business (B2B)
broadband
37. 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.)
plug-in (player)
bookmark
256 Kbps or more
chat room
38. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.
Internet backbone
business-to-consumer (B2C)
host
search engine
39. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.
Express card slot (PC card slot)
True
subject directory
satellite Internet
40. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.
Adobe Reader
spider
breadcrumb trail
ARPANET
41. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
breadcrumb trail
web server
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
e-mail (electronic mail)
42. Software installed on a computer system that allows individuals to locate - view - and navigate the Web.
subject directory
streaming audio
Firefox
Web browser (browser)
43. 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.
Web site
Favorites
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
web browser
44. 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
data transfer rate
True
Internet Protocol (IP)
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
45. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web
hyperlink
web browser
consumer to consumer
Boolean operator
46. 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
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
secure sockets layer
dial-up modem
47. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.
e-commerce (electric commerce)
blog
.mil
True
48. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat
Internet
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Facebook
True
49. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
business to consumer
modem
False
50. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.
video log
blog
Internet Protocol (IP)
Favorites