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