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Subject
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it-skills
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. Bookmarks
public and private keys
Social Network
Features of Browsers
Bandwidth
2. Software that plays - displays - or downloads advertisements to the users computer
Browser
adware
Social Network
virus
3. A summary of web content changes
Streaming Audio/Video
RSS Feed
Features of Browsers
Email
4. Allows access to the internet
Browser
Internet Protocols
RSS Feed
encryption
5. Files are recovered from compressed form
IP Address
Internet Protocols
decompression
Firewall
6. An assigned series of numbers - separated by periods - that designates an address on the internet.
Database
IP Address
ISP
Push-Pull
7. The foundation for communication for the internet
DNS (Domain Name System)
Features of Websites
HTTP
spam
8. Internet Service Provider
Browser
ISP
Push-Pull
adware
9. World Wide Web
download
TCP/ IP
Web Databases
WWW
10. ______ technologies - example would be email news letters
Database
Push-Pull
DNS (Domain Name System)
Advertising
11. Collaborative tools
ISP
Practical Technique
HTTP
IP Address
12. When you send data
Cookies
adware
Social Network
upload
13. A quick and effective to communicate with other users
encryption
digital signature
Social Network
spam
14. Used for transferring files
Search Engine
Web 2.0
FTP
cache
15. Collects information without users knowledge
spyware
Email
Internet Protocols
upload
16. The amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a given amount of time.
Bandwidth
spam
E-mail
IP Address
17. An information hub
W3C
upload
Features of Browsers
Database
18. Attempting to steal personal information by posing as a business
Browser
phishing
Web 2.0
Bandwidth
19. Keeps the site up and running
Content Management Systems
Site Management
phishing
FTP
20. Hyperlinks
Site Management
FTP
Social Network
Features of Websites
21. Electronic Mail
Web 2.0
Streaming Audio/Video
TCP/ IP
E-mail
22. Sent information that is unwanted
spam
Firewall
adware
Push-Pull
23. HTTP - HTTPS - FTP - TCP
IP Address
Internet Protocols
compression
WWW
24. Stores data for the future
WWW
cache
Push-Pull
HTML
25. Prevents unwanted users from accessing your information
Internet Protocols
Firewall
cache
E-mail
26. The basis for all of the other protocols
TCP/ IP
Database
download
digital signature
27. A secure version of HTTP
encryption
WWW
spam
HTTPS
28. Affects computers and replicates itself
download
Practical Technique
virus
Advertising
29. A program that sends browsing information back to the originating website
spyware
virus
Cookies
spam
30. Allows you to detect of a message has been tampered with during transit
RSS Feed
Bandwidth
digital signature
Streaming Audio/Video
31. Internet tool
E-mail
Search Engine
phishing
decompression
32. The process of making text unreadable to anyone who doesn't have a key
Email
Practical Techniques
encryption
HTTPS
33. Tool to communicate with other users - i.e. Facebook
Social Networking
hacker
Streaming Audio/Video
Database
34. Collaborative online tools
Site Management
compression
HTTP
Practical Techniques
35. Public and private passwords
ISP
antivirus
public and private keys
decompression
36. An example would be pop ups - banners
TCP/ IP
Database
spam
Advertising
37. An example would be collaborative online tools. i.e. wikis - blogs
Web 2.0
IP Address
Social Network
spyware
38. Files are compacted to reduce size
digital signature
compression
Features of Websites
spyware
39. Someone who accesses information without consent
TCP/ IP
hacker
Internet Protocols
E-mail
40. When you receive data
Database
download
antivirus
RSS Feed
41. An example would be an online encyclopedias
download
cache
Web Databases
Bandwidth
42. A mediator of requests between users and the resource
Bandwidth
Cookies
proxy server
decompression
43. The language used in the creation of web pages
HTML
Cookies
antivirus
Practical Technique
44. Translates the domain name into an IP address
virus
Bandwidth
DNS (Domain Name System)
E-mail
45. Messing with the sites DNS so any login information is sent to the new site
RSS Feed
HTTP
pharming
download
46. When you are constantly receiving and reviewing media
decompression
Streaming Audio/Video
compression
Web 2.0
47. The World Wide Web Consortium organization is in charge of the World Wide Web standards
IP Address
Streaming Audio/Video
W3C
proxy server
48. Examples- Moodle - Blackboard
Practical Techniques
Content Management Systems
virus
Features of Websites
49. Electronic mail
decompression
Advertising
Email
FTP
50. A program used to prevent viruses from getting on computers
antivirus
RSS Feed
proxy server
Social Networking