Test your basic knowledge |

Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.






2. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.






3. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.






4. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).






5. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat






6. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.






7. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.






8. 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.






9. 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






10. Ebay is an example fo this type of web site






11. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).






12. 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.)






13. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.






14. A method of communication - similar to a discussion group or forum - in which people create threads - or conversations. In a thread - a newsgroup member will post messages and read and reply to messages from other members of the newsgroup.






15. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.






16. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.






17. A location on the Web.






18. Software programs that access your Internet service provider - which acts like an electronic post office






19. A means of synchronous group communication used in discussion forums.






20. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






21. 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






22. Also known as tagging






23. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.






24. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.






25. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






26. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






27. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.






28. 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.






29. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.






30. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.






31. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function






32. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.






33. Means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information and meet and connect with others of common interest






34. The three parts of a search engine?






35. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.






36. The main or opening page of a Web site.






37. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path






38. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.






39. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3.






40. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.






41. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.






42. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).






43. The 's' at the end of https






44. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.






45. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.






46. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.






47. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.






48. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.






49. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.






50. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.