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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. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
client/server network
business-to-business (B2B)
hyperlink
2. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet
Internet
internet backbone
Boolean operator
home page
3. Walmart.com is an example of this type of web site
domain name
client
metasearch engine
business to consumer
4. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.
Satellite
e-mail (electronic mail)
business to consumer
social networking
5. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s
internet backbone
podcast
multimedia
search engine
6. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.
social networking
path (subdirectory)
e-mail client
webcast
7. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.
subject directory
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
server
Facebook
8. 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
IP address
large-scale networking (LSN)
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
newsgroup
9. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.
wiki
aircard
streaming audio
True
10. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.
256 Kbps or more
live bookmark
modem
wiki
11. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.
Facebook
e-commerce (electric commerce)
newsgroup
asterisk
12. (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.
top-level domain (TLD)
keyword
True
server
13. 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.
256 Kbps or more
asterisk
Facebook
chat room
14. 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
business-to-business (B2B)
streaming video
multiplayer online game
satellite Internet
15. 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.
social networking
domain name
Internet
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
16. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
domain name
RSS
Satellite
large-scale networking (LSN)
17. Software programs that access your Internet service provider - which acts like an electronic post office
business-to-consumer (B2C)
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
aggregator
email clients
18. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
podcast
digital subscriber line (DSL)
business-to-consumer (B2C)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
19. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.
Boolean operator
e-commerce (electric commerce)
video log (vlog or video blog)
video log
20. The three parts of a search engine?
wiki
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
top-level domain (TLD)
multiplayer online game
21. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.
RSS
false
e-mail client
web server
22. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.
search engine
multiplayer online game
blog
client/server network
23. 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.
e-mail client
video log (vlog or video blog)
digital subscriber line (DSL)
podcast
24. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).
webcast
dial-up connection
broadband
modem
25. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.
server
Boolean operator
blog
top-level domain (TLD)
26. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
flash player
network interface card (NIC)
chat room
consumer to consumer
27. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.
multimedia
wiki
instant messaging (IM)
business-to-consumer (B2C)
28. 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.
multiplayer online game
spider
network interface card (NIC)
video log (vlog or video blog)
29. A __________ is a structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and sub topics.
subject directory
True
e-mail (electronic mail)
asterisk
30. Seeing the VeriSign seal is a guarantee that a Web site is secure. True or False
false
Internet Protocol (IP)
domain name
1.5
31. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.
modem
flash player
client/server network
Satellite
32. 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.
streaming audio
search engine
dial-up modem
flash player
33. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.
hyperlink
client/server network
metasearch engine
e-commerce (electric commerce)
34. 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.
business-to-business (B2B)
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Favorites
path (subdirectory)
35. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers
data transfer rate
web server
broadband
aircard
36. 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
network interface card (NIC)
business-to-business (B2B)
subject directory
37. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.
cable
ARPANET
Web server
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
38. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
e-mail client
1.5
internet backbone
secure sockets layer
39. The main or opening page of a Web site.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Favorites
home page
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
40. E-mail communications are private. True or False.
e-mail (electronic mail)
False
IP address
newsgroup
41. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.
Internet backbone
bookmark
IP address
dial-up modem
42. A type of Web site that allows users to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content
dial-up modem
subject directory
wiki
social networking
43. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.
host
webcast
Web browser (browser)
streaming video
44. A type of specially coded text that - when clicked - enables a user to jump from one location - or Web page - to another within a Web site or to another Web site altogether.
e-mail client
ARPANET
hyperlink
True
45. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
Facebook
plug-in (player)
bookmark
breadcrumb trail
46. A popular open source browser software
256 Kbps or more
True
Web site
Firefox
47. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.
podcast
dial-up connection
Web server
Express card slot (PC card slot)
48. A location on the Web.
subject directory
host
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
Web site
49. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
digital subscriber line (DSL)
business-to-consumer (B2C)
satellite Internet
50. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
Web browser (browser)
host
256 Kbps or more
business-to-consumer (B2C)