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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.






4. 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.






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






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






7. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.






8. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s






9. A social networking service






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






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






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






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






14. A list that shows the hierarchy of previously viewed Web pages within the Web site that you are currently visiting. Shown at the top of some Web pages - it aids Web site navigation.






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






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






17. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.






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






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






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






21. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.






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






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






24. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.






25. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






27. Seeing the VeriSign seal is a guarantee that a Web site is secure. True or False






28. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________






29. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






30. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






31. Walmart.com is an example of this type of web site






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






33. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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 protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.






42. A way to connect to the Internet using a small satellite dish - which is placed outside the home and is connected to a computer with coaxial cable. The satellite company then sends the data to a satellite orbiting the Earth. The satellite - in turn -






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






44. A weblog is a personal log or journal posted on the web.






45. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.






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






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






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






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. A popular open source browser software