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Technology In Action
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it-skills
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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. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
breadcrumb trail
IP address
social networking
asterisk
2. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
client
instant messaging (IM)
aircard
3. A keyword or term that Internet users assign to a Web resource such as a Web page - digital image - or video.
social bookmark (tag)
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
broadband
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
4. 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
broadband
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
multiplayer online game
path (subdirectory)
5. 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.
podcast
network interface card (NIC)
domain name
chat room
6. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.
internet backbone
flash player
chat room
streaming video
7. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.
dial-up modem
top-level domain (TLD)
web browser
.mil
8. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.
multiplayer online game
secure sockets layer
aircard
search engine
9. Largest computer network in the world
Internet
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
e-commerce (electric commerce)
home page
10. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________
client
IP address
Firefox
live bookmark
11. 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.
top-level domain (TLD)
Boolean operator
business to consumer
hyperlink
12. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
webcast
blog
.mil
e-mail client
13. E-mail communications are private. True or False.
video log (vlog or video blog)
subject directory
False
Internet
14. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
256 Kbps or more
Internet backbone
network interface card (NIC)
multiplayer online game
15. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
multiplayer online game
.mil
1.5
Boolean operator
16. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.
Favorites
blog
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
wiki
17. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
live bookmark
hyperlink
Facebook
18. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.
e-mail (electronic mail)
aircard
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
blog
19. 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.
dial-up connection
spider
business to consumer
netiquette
20. A type of Web site that allows users to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content
client
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
wiki
e-mail (electronic mail)
21. A social networking service
Facebook
business-to-consumer (B2C)
blog
host
22. The 's' at the end of https
secure sockets layer
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
subject directory
email clients
23. 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.)
domain name
streaming video
streaming audio
bookmark
24. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3.
podcast
256 Kbps or more
social bookmarking
dial-up modem
25. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.
Facebook
wiki
Favorites
network interface card (NIC)
26. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.
Boolean operator
asterisk
false
video log (vlog or video blog)
27. A location on the Web.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Web site
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Internet
28. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.
Internet
Facebook
breadcrumb trail
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
29. (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.
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
keyword
streaming audio
multiplayer online game
30. 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.)
internet backbone
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
flash player
Favorites
31. Software programs that access your Internet service provider - which acts like an electronic post office
chat room
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Facebook
email clients
32. Most browsers now offer tabbed browsing - which allows for convenient navigation.
cable
podcast
True
ARPANET
33. 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.
.mil
podcast
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Web browser (browser)
34. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
Internet
path (subdirectory)
Satellite
multimedia
35. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
home page
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
Internet backbone
36. A weblog is a personal log or journal posted on the web.
web browser
netiquette
blog
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
37. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.
dial-up connection
Web 2.0
flash player
server
38. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
Adobe Reader
live bookmark
cable
social bookmark (tag)
39. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.
cable
Internet backbone
podcast
domain name
40. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
Adobe Reader
Satellite
True
metasearch engine
41. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.
network interface card (NIC)
Web 2.0
large-scale networking (LSN)
metasearch engine
42. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
spider
Adobe Reader
top-level domain (TLD)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
43. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web
multiplayer online game
web browser
Internet Protocol (IP)
social networking
44. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
data transfer rate
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
hyperlink
45. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.
modem
subject directory
breadcrumb list
multimedia
46. The broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. Unlike a podcast - a webcast is not updated automatically.
webcast
home page
Express card slot (PC card slot)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
47. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.
1.5
Facebook
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Express card slot (PC card slot)
48. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.
secure sockets layer
business-to-consumer (B2C)
e-commerce (electric commerce)
social networking
49. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
breadcrumb list
flash player
client/server network
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
50. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube
instant messaging (IM)
streaming video
e-mail (electronic mail)
video log