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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. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function
e-mail (electronic mail)
plug-in (player)
Adobe Reader
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
2. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
True
Web 2.0
newsgroup
1.5
3. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.
dial-up modem
Facebook
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
Boolean operator
4. 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.
satellite Internet
Web browser (browser)
streaming audio
hyperlink
5. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers
bookmark
Facebook
data transfer rate
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
6. 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)
domain name
podcast
flash player
wiki
7. 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.
spider
flash player
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
subject directory
8. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
search engine
e-commerce (electric commerce)
hyperlink
9. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.
chat room
True
keyword
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
10. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.
social networking
Facebook
Express card slot (PC card slot)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
11. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.
Internet Protocol (IP)
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Adobe Reader
12. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.
newsgroup
false
aggregator
server
13. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.
false
video log
broadband
wiki
14. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.
netiquette
modem
search engine
flash player
15. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________
social networking
e-commerce (electric commerce)
IP address
asterisk
16. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
256 Kbps or more
False
Web browser (browser)
Internet backbone
17. 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.
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
Facebook
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
multiplayer online game
18. The three parts of a search engine?
hyperlink
Internet backbone
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
business-to-consumer (B2C)
19. 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.)
web browser
Internet
Favorites
hyperlink
20. 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
dial-up connection
ARPANET
False
dial-up modem
21. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.
False
Adobe Reader
path (subdirectory)
host
22. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
web server
newsgroup
consumer to consumer
Web browser (browser)
23. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
secure sockets layer
satellite Internet
7
email clients
24. Largest computer network in the world
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Internet
False
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
25. 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
large-scale networking (LSN)
email clients
newsgroup
business-to-business (B2B)
26. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web
web browser
aircard
dial-up modem
modem
27. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.
home page
ARPANET
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
broadband
28. Also known as tagging
social bookmarking
Satellite
asterisk
spider
29. Walmart.com is an example of this type of web site
host
True
business to consumer
Adobe Reader
30. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.
client
Internet backbone
asterisk
hyperlink
31. 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 -
webcast
dial-up modem
blog
satellite Internet
32. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
Express card slot (PC card slot)
Satellite
netiquette
asterisk
33. A popular open source browser software
multimedia
Firefox
data transfer rate
newsgroup
34. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
internet backbone
ARPANET
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
breadcrumb trail
35. The broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. Unlike a podcast - a webcast is not updated automatically.
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
email clients
webcast
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
36. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.
multiplayer online game
subject directory
domain name
asterisk
37. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.
streaming video
secure sockets layer
web server
cable
38. 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.
host
Satellite
multiplayer online game
consumer to consumer
39. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).
server
client
netiquette
breadcrumb list
40. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
Internet
IP address
subject directory
Web site
41. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat
True
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
Facebook
Internet
42. A __________ is a structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and sub topics.
subject directory
False
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
256 Kbps or more
43. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.
client/server network
satellite Internet
digital subscriber line (DSL)
live bookmark
44. A weblog is a personal log or journal posted on the web.
False
social bookmarking
blog
social bookmark (tag)
45. A social networking service
Internet Protocol (IP)
256 Kbps or more
Facebook
plug-in (player)
46. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.
multiplayer online game
webcast
dial-up connection
false
47. 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
hyperlink
e-mail (electronic mail)
blog
48. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).
network interface card (NIC)
multiplayer online game
broadband
False
49. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s
business to consumer
podcast
broadband
Web server
50. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.
video log (vlog or video blog)
Satellite
False
RSS