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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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1. 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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. A location on the Web.






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






10. E-mail communications are private. True or False.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.






18. 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 -






19. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web






20. The 's' at the end of https






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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)






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






31. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).






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






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






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






35. E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as eBay.com.






36. (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.






37. 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






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






39. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.






40. 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.






41. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






50. 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