Flashcards and Answers – Test on Chapter 10
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All of the above.
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Broadcast journalist Tony Russell uses the following social media platform regularly on the job ___________________________. Instagram Twitter Ustream All of the above.
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true
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The purpose of hypertext is to let people move electronically from one document to another without necessarily knowing which computers the documents are located on. True False
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true
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HTML consists of a series of tags that say how text ought to be represented, where graphics should be placed, and what links should be included. True False
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false
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The Chinese government allows its citizens to freely search the Internet. True False
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all of the above
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Social media are online sites that allow users to: generate content comment tag all of the above
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false
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One of the biggest supporters of the net neutrality movement is Comcast. True False
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true
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Information from the Internet may be unreliable because it does not have the gatekeepers deciding what information should or should not be published. True False
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more than 80
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According to the lecture, in North America, ____ percent of the ovreall population has access to the Internet at home. less than 10 about 20 around 50 more than 80
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What are you doing?
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Twitter was originally created so people could share their answers to the question: What did you watch on television last night? What are you reading? What did you have for breakfast? What are you doing?
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The Times is in the business of selling news and advertising space.
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Arthur Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, has said which of the following? The Times is in the business of selling news and advertising space. The Times is in the business of selling newspapers. The Times will be selling newspapers 100 years from now. He always expects to be in the business of "putting black ink on white paper."
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all of the above.
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People connect to the Internet using which of the following? wireless services telephone lines cable television lines all of the above.
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concerns about privacy and the Web.
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One example of reversse synergy discussed in the lecture included __________________________. concerns about privacy and the Web. concerns about digital sites making more money than legacy platforms. concerns about companies with a strong Web presence controlling accesss to too much information. concerns about the Deep Web.
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false
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Google News has a large staff to decide which news stories will get posted to the site. True False
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true
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The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the address of content placed on the Web. True False
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url
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Which of the following is the abbreviation for the name of an address where Web pages are located? http url HTML TCP
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connecting mobile Internet, mobile phones, and computer-based Internet as part of a single channel.
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Twitter's big innovation was: connecting mobile Internet, mobile phones, and computer-based Internet as part of a single channel. combining GPS and mobile phones. allowing people to post mobile phone video to the Web. allowing people to "tag" where they had observed different birds.
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gave it away for free
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The World Wide Web became the standard for posting documents on the Internet because its creator did which of the following? heavily promoted his idea had support from both Microsoft and Apple gave it away for free bought out the competitors
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true
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Employers are increasingly wanting to view the social media sites for people they are considering hiring. True False
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false
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More than half of the world's population can be considered "active" Internet users according to a chart described in the lecture. True False
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false
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A major advantage of the Internet as a source of news is that only accurate information gets posted. True False
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false
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The World Wide Web was developed almost entirely as a for-profit venture. True False
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files used to identify and track visitors at a Web sites
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On a Web site, cookies are which of the following? visitors to the Web site the address of the Web site ads that pop up or under the main window files used to identify and track visitors at a Web sites
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false
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The audience for online news sites has now surpassed the size of the audience for television news. True False
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true
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If you are a journalist or a marketer, you should try to learn some HTML. True False
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true
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A blog is a collection of links and commentary in hypertext that can be created and posted on the Internet. True False
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Users should be able to link to any document at anywhere in the world.
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According to Tim Berners-Lee, which of the following is a principle upon which the Web is based? The Web should only be a tool for retrieving accurate information. Users should be able to link to any document at anywhere in the world. Some documents should only be accessible to a few people. Copyright should be eliminated.
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packet switching
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Paul Baran's idea of cutting messages into small pieces and sending them on the easiest route was known as which of the following? digital pipeline packet switching teleconferencing E-mail
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small files called cookies
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Web sites use _____ to track users while they are on the site. small files called cookies remote-controlled Web cameras the person sitting next to you at a cyber cafe a site map
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Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf
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Who developed TCP/IP, the original specification for the Internet's protocols? Tim Berners-Lee Steve Case Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
