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Technology In Action
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
false
podcast
Express card slot (PC card slot)
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
2. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.
keyword
ARPANET
Express card slot (PC card slot)
breadcrumb list
3. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
streaming audio
Internet
social bookmarking
dial-up connection
4. Most browsers now offer tabbed browsing - which allows for convenient navigation.
data transfer rate
podcast
flash player
True
5. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
blog
asterisk
business to consumer
256 Kbps or more
6. A popular open source browser software
Firefox
host
web browser
asterisk
7. 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.
spider
breadcrumb list
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
.mil
8. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
dial-up connection
cable
webcast
9. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube
video log
e-mail (electronic mail)
Express card slot (PC card slot)
blog
10. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.
chat room
cable
false
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
11. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.
Boolean operator
flash player
social bookmark (tag)
client/server network
12. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.
aircard
wiki
cable
modem
13. 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.)
Web browser (browser)
Favorites
breadcrumb list
wiki
14. A social networking service
webcast
streaming video
Facebook
1.5
15. The three parts of a search engine?
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
flash player
search engine
top-level domain (TLD)
16. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.
True
256 Kbps or more
asterisk
spider
17. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.
consumer to consumer
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
secure sockets layer
Internet backbone
18. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s
Boolean operator
podcast
breadcrumb trail
Web site
19. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.
RSS
business-to-business (B2B)
wiki
multimedia
20. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.
false
Internet backbone
social networking
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
21. Also known as tagging
social bookmarking
chat room
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
business-to-business (B2B)
22. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.
blog
top-level domain (TLD)
network interface card (NIC)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
23. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
Adobe Reader
business to consumer
subject directory
24. 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.
Satellite
social networking
Internet Protocol (IP)
modem
25. Largest computer network in the world
Internet
wiki
256 Kbps or more
Web 2.0
26. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.
false
Satellite
subject directory
internet backbone
27. 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)
digital subscriber line (DSL)
domain name
Firefox
breadcrumb list
28. The 's' at the end of https
streaming audio
newsgroup
secure sockets layer
Internet backbone
29. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
wiki
data transfer rate
web server
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
30. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.
large-scale networking (LSN)
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
subject directory
aggregator
31. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat
chat room
Satellite
keyword
Facebook
32. 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
Facebook
host
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
True
33. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.
social bookmark (tag)
instant messaging (IM)
modem
host
34. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
chat room
7
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
host
35. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________
path (subdirectory)
instant messaging (IM)
1.5
IP address
36. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).
multiplayer online game
satellite Internet
broadband
blog
37. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.
podcast
plug-in (player)
instant messaging (IM)
modem
38. 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
dial-up modem
e-mail (electronic mail)
video log (vlog or video blog)
client/server network
39. E-commerce transactions between businesses.
Express card slot (PC card slot)
blog
data transfer rate
business-to-business (B2B)
40. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path
hyperlink
home page
search engine
Boolean operator
41. Software programs that access your Internet service provider - which acts like an electronic post office
email clients
Favorites
Internet
hyperlink
42. Ebay is an example fo this type of web site
True
instant messaging (IM)
consumer to consumer
live bookmark
43. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
subject directory
Satellite
dial-up modem
Web server
44. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.
large-scale networking (LSN)
home page
Express card slot (PC card slot)
ARPANET
45. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
flash player
breadcrumb trail
live bookmark
instant messaging (IM)
46. 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
network interface card (NIC)
large-scale networking (LSN)
plug-in (player)
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
47. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function
plug-in (player)
podcast
video log (vlog or video blog)
email clients
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.)
bookmark
streaming video
top-level domain (TLD)
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
49. A means of synchronous group communication used in discussion forums.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Internet
consumer to consumer
client/server network
50. The main or opening page of a Web site.
podcast
social bookmarking
home page
social bookmark (tag)