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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. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.
dial-up modem
Satellite
e-mail (electronic mail)
podcast
2. 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.
Internet
newsgroup
flash player
social networking
3. 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
breadcrumb trail
video log
multiplayer online game
Facebook
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).
social bookmark (tag)
client
internet backbone
multiplayer online game
5. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
Satellite
social networking
podcast
RSS
6. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.
social bookmarking
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
video log
RSS
7. E-mail communications are private. True or False.
False
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
data transfer rate
dial-up connection
8. A means of synchronous group communication used in discussion forums.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
aircard
dial-up modem
9. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path
.mil
hyperlink
Firefox
path (subdirectory)
10. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
Express card slot (PC card slot)
.mil
hyperlink
live bookmark
11. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
false
plug-in (player)
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
webcast
12. 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.
email clients
wiki
search engine
newsgroup
13. Means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information and meet and connect with others of common interest
network interface card (NIC)
social networking
business-to-consumer (B2C)
chat room
14. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.
podcast
video log (vlog or video blog)
wiki
path (subdirectory)
15. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
client/server network
256 Kbps or more
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Satellite
16. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
.mil
video log (vlog or video blog)
home page
17. 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.
email clients
chat room
ARPANET
Satellite
18. A software program that runs on a computer and is used to send and receive e-mail through the ISP's server.
e-mail client
home page
video log (vlog or video blog)
webcast
19. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.
True
Web 2.0
Web browser (browser)
e-mail client
20. 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.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
search engine
consumer to consumer
client
21. (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.
instant messaging (IM)
keyword
false
business-to-business (B2B)
22. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
7
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
podcast
social networking
23. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________
breadcrumb list
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
subject directory
IP address
24. 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.
hyperlink
secure sockets layer
newsgroup
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
25. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.
Internet
hyperlink
cable
netiquette
26. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
e-mail client
breadcrumb trail
spider
Facebook
27. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.
multimedia
flash player
search engine
client
28. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.
aggregator
webcast
streaming video
e-commerce (electric commerce)
29. A weblog is a personal log or journal posted on the web.
blog
Adobe Reader
social networking
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
30. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.
.mil
e-mail client
aircard
instant messaging (IM)
31. Software programs that access your Internet service provider - which acts like an electronic post office
business-to-consumer (B2C)
email clients
path (subdirectory)
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
32. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
Internet Protocol (IP)
flash player
hyperlink
business-to-business (B2B)
33. 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
multiplayer online game
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
digital subscriber line (DSL)
instant messaging (IM)
34. It can actually be safer to use your credit card online than in a traditional retail store because it eliminates the human factor from the equation. True or False
True
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
hyperlink
Web server
35. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat
podcast
blog
Facebook
webcast
36. E-commerce transactions between businesses.
business-to-business (B2B)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
streaming video
streaming audio
37. A part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Domain names consist of two parts: the site's host and a suffix that indicates the type of organization. (Example: popsci.com)
Satellite
domain name
Favorites
aircard
38. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
Facebook
Internet
network interface card (NIC)
Boolean operator
39. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
7
Adobe Reader
false
Web server
40. 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.
subject directory
e-mail (electronic mail)
spider
plug-in (player)
41. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.
7
video log (vlog or video blog)
blog
Internet Protocol (IP)
42. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
aggregator
1.5
live bookmark
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
43. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.
.mil
Boolean operator
metasearch engine
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
44. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet
e-mail client
dial-up connection
internet backbone
multiplayer online game
45. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.
bookmark
keyword
Web 2.0
top-level domain (TLD)
46. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s
aggregator
Internet
podcast
business-to-business (B2B)
47. A feature in some browsers that places a marker of a Web site's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in an easily retrievable list. (Bookmarks are called Favorites in Microsoft Internet Explorer.)
large-scale networking (LSN)
bookmark
client
host
48. 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.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
host
metasearch engine
server
49. The part of the Internet used the most. What distinguishes the Web from the rest of the Internet are (1) its use of common communication protocols (such as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - or TCP/IP) and special languages (such as th
webcast
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
breadcrumb list
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
50. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.
Web 2.0
streaming audio
path (subdirectory)
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology