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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.






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






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






4. 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.






5. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.






6. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube






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






8. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.






9. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






10. 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.






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






12. A social networking service






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






14. The three parts of a search engine?






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. The portion of a domain name that identifies who maintains a given Web site. For example - berkeley.edu is the domain name for the University of California at Berkeley - which maintains that site.






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






24. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested






25. Also known as tagging






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






27. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






30. Most browsers now offer tabbed browsing - which allows for convenient navigation.






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






32. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet






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






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






35. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.






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






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






38. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.






39. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.






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






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






42. Software installed on a computer system that allows individuals to locate - view - and navigate the Web.






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






44. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






46. A location on the Web.






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






48. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.






49. 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






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