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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. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.
Internet
Web 2.0
.mil
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
2. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3.
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
social bookmark (tag)
podcast
broadband
3. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s
podcast
dial-up modem
hyperlink
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
4. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.
Internet backbone
dial-up connection
wiki
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
5. A type of Web site that allows users to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content
video log
wiki
Express card slot (PC card slot)
instant messaging (IM)
6. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
e-mail (electronic mail)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
live bookmark
7. 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.)
Satellite
social networking
Favorites
newsgroup
8. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.
e-mail (electronic mail)
flash player
RSS
business-to-consumer (B2C)
9. 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)
business-to-consumer (B2C)
social bookmark (tag)
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
10. 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.
satellite Internet
large-scale networking (LSN)
chat room
secure sockets layer
11. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers
Express card slot (PC card slot)
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
multimedia
data transfer rate
12. A __________ is a structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and sub topics.
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
subject directory
13. A social networking service
Facebook
multimedia
Web server
host
14. The three parts of a search engine?
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
e-mail (electronic mail)
hyperlink
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
15. 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.
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
broadband
spider
client
16. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.
RSS
aircard
social bookmark (tag)
wiki
17. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.
large-scale networking (LSN)
aircard
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
social bookmarking
18. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
server
flash player
web server
streaming audio
19. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).
broadband
streaming audio
256 Kbps or more
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
20. The broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. Unlike a podcast - a webcast is not updated automatically.
video log (vlog or video blog)
cable
webcast
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
21. A keyword or term that Internet users assign to a Web resource such as a Web page - digital image - or video.
multimedia
digital subscriber line (DSL)
social bookmark (tag)
hyperlink
22. 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
metasearch engine
social networking
aircard
23. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.
modem
plug-in (player)
keyword
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
24. 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.
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Adobe Reader
Web 2.0
blog
25. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.
email clients
internet backbone
Express card slot (PC card slot)
1.5
26. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
webcast
Internet
streaming audio
Favorites
27. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.
netiquette
True
webcast
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
28. 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
Web 2.0
256 Kbps or more
multiplayer online game
Internet
29. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.
asterisk
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
host
home page
30. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
social bookmark (tag)
search engine
Adobe Reader
business-to-business (B2B)
31. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet
broadband
podcast
internet backbone
Web browser (browser)
32. 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.
podcast
metasearch engine
Boolean operator
social networking
33. The main or opening page of a Web site.
ARPANET
home page
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
webcast
34. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
top-level domain (TLD)
instant messaging (IM)
35. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
Adobe Reader
keyword
.mil
e-mail client
36. A location on the Web.
social bookmarking
Web site
1.5
True
37. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
ARPANET
instant messaging (IM)
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
38. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.
e-mail (electronic mail)
aggregator
dial-up connection
domain name
39. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).
top-level domain (TLD)
False
keyword
client
40. 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.
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
search engine
dial-up connection
chat room
41. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
live bookmark
blog
social bookmark (tag)
newsgroup
42. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.
podcast
instant messaging (IM)
e-commerce (electric commerce)
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
43. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
breadcrumb trail
hyperlink
cable
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
44. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.
ARPANET
secure sockets layer
podcast
Boolean operator
45. Largest computer network in the world
streaming video
metasearch engine
internet backbone
Internet
46. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
multiplayer online game
hyperlink
metasearch engine
7
47. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.
Boolean operator
IP address
server
spider
48. 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.)
Web server
client
True
bookmark
49. 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.
domain name
host
search engine
consumer to consumer
50. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
Internet Protocol (IP)
flash player
satellite Internet
bookmark