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Technology In Action
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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.
Adobe Reader
netiquette
Express card slot (PC card slot)
True
2. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.
Web browser (browser)
newsgroup
cable
Internet Protocol (IP)
3. The 's' at the end of https
aircard
Internet
True
secure sockets layer
4. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________
Adobe Reader
Favorites
podcast
IP address
5. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.
metasearch engine
Adobe Reader
Internet Protocol (IP)
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
6. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
dial-up connection
keyword
metasearch engine
7. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
multiplayer online game
hyperlink
e-commerce (electric commerce)
8. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
asterisk
server
Internet
9. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
metasearch engine
domain name
256 Kbps or more
network interface card (NIC)
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.
streaming audio
breadcrumb list
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
streaming video
11. Seeing the VeriSign seal is a guarantee that a Web site is secure. True or False
streaming audio
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
Web browser (browser)
false
12. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.
wiki
asterisk
host
hyperlink
13. A location on the Web.
keyword
blog
True
Web site
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
Internet
asterisk
search engine
large-scale networking (LSN)
15. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
email clients
Web 2.0
Favorites
web server
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
podcast
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
Web server
17. E-mail communications are private. True or False.
secure sockets layer
.mil
False
web server
18. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
.mil
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
Web browser (browser)
Internet Protocol (IP)
19. E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as eBay.com.
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
newsgroup
netiquette
social networking
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.
search engine
IP address
spider
consumer to consumer
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.
chat room
home page
cable
consumer to consumer
22. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.
aircard
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Express card slot (PC card slot)
streaming video
23. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat
Facebook
flash player
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
aircard
24. E-commerce transactions between businesses.
1.5
business-to-business (B2B)
Firefox
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
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
web browser
dial-up modem
internet backbone
multiplayer online game
26. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
multimedia
web server
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
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.
search engine
e-mail (electronic mail)
domain name
Firefox
28. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.
video log (vlog or video blog)
domain name
7
ARPANET
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.
email clients
video log
streaming video
keyword
30. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
breadcrumb list
True
server
Satellite
31. The main or opening page of a Web site.
aircard
home page
e-mail client
hyperlink
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.
host
ARPANET
consumer to consumer
aggregator
33. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.
Internet backbone
modem
e-mail (electronic mail)
streaming video
34. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path
business-to-business (B2B)
hyperlink
ARPANET
wiki
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.)
client/server network
Favorites
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
host
36. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.
chat room
video log (vlog or video blog)
breadcrumb list
cable
37. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.
7
plug-in (player)
client/server network
e-mail client
38. Largest computer network in the world
client
Internet
asterisk
Firefox
39. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
hyperlink
secure sockets layer
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
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)
wiki
blog
domain name
digital subscriber line (DSL)
41. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube
podcast
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
video log
42. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
flash player
Favorites
multiplayer online game
internet backbone
43. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
internet backbone
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
client/server network
server
44. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.
business-to-consumer (B2C)
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
video log (vlog or video blog)
hyperlink
45. A popular open source browser software
True
Satellite
Firefox
ARPANET
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.
cable
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
satellite Internet
metasearch engine
47. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.
wiki
network interface card (NIC)
chat room
false
48. A social networking service
Facebook
domain name
True
data transfer rate
49. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.
social networking
e-mail (electronic mail)
webcast
Internet
50. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.
web server
Internet Protocol (IP)
dial-up connection
Internet