Introduction to Computers Ch 2
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T/F To thwart attempts to steal your personal data, install a personal threat reporter, which is software that protects network resources from outside intrusions.
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False
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T/F The more compressed the graphics file, the smaller the image and the higher the quality.
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False
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T/F For watching HD streaming video for an hour, the approximate data usage is 3-6 MB.
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False
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T/F When using email, it is not important to use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
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False
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T/F Fixed wireless is a broadband Internet connection.
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True
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What is the term for the transmission of messages and files via a computer network?
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Email
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What consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents?
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The World Wide Web
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What program extends the capability of a browser?
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A Plug-in
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Who is the creator of the World Wide Web?
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Tim Berners Lee
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A DNS server is able to identify which of the following?
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An IP address based on a domain name.
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What is the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet; that is, it is the conduct expected of individuals while online?
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Netiquette
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What is a small version of a larger graphic on a webpage?
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A thumbnail
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What is the term for a combination of user name and domain name that identifies a user so he or she can receive Internet email?
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An email address
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If your cousin wanted to view information from the World Wide Web, what application software would you tell her to be sure she has on her computer?
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A browser
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Which of the following is a real-time Internet communications service that notifies users when one or more people are online and then allows them to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room?
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Instant Messenger (IM)
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What is multimedia?
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any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality.
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What is the use of computers to simulate a real or imagined environment that appears as three-dimensional (3-D) space?
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Virtual Reality (VR)
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What is the difference between a wiki and a blog?
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A wiki user can alter the original content of an article, but a blog user can only add information as a comment.
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What term refers to any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality?
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Multimedia
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What is the World Wide Web?
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a worldwide collection of electronic documents.
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According to netiquette, Internet users should that the use of writing in all capital letters is equivalent to what?
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Shouting
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___ provides high-speed internet using the telephone connection.
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DSL
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What is a graphic?
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A digital representation of non-text information such as a drawing, chart, or photo.
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A megabyte is equivalent to how many characters?
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1 million
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To what does the term, traffic, refer to when used in conjunction with the Internet?
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the communications activity on the Internet.
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When two people are conversing over the Internet in real time, what do you know about them?
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They both are online.
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What is the term for characters, such as :) or :( , used to express emotion in an email message or newsgroup article?
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Emoticons
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You are thinking about no longer using the default browser for your Mac and instead, want to switch to a new browser. Which browser will you no longer be using if you do this?
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Safari
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Your sister just started a company that provides individuals and organizations access to the Internet for a small fee. Which of the following describes her company?
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Access provider
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The Internet has its roots in a network that became functional in 1969, linking scientific and academic researchers across the United States. What was the name of that network?
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Arpanet
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Which of the following allows users to have multiple home pages that automatically open when the browser starts?
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Tabbed browsing (multiple tabs are up at once)
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What is the descriptor for a filter that warns or blocks you from potentially fraudulent or suspicious websites?
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Phishing
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You have just done some online banking. What could contain your account number?
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Cache
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What are valid TLDs?
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gov, org, net
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What is the role of the W3C?
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To oversee research and set standards for many areas of the Internet.
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You have a new web app and the host for it is going to provide storage for your data on their server. What is this called?
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Cloud storage
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An organization to which you belong is joining the W3C. What is the mission of the work you will undertake as a member?
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To ensure the continued growth of the web.
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You are looking for a browser that will run on your computer, that uses the Linux operating system. What browser would you chose?
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Firefox
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If you receive an email message in all capital letters, what does this signify?
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That the person who wrote you the email is "shouting" at you.
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If your friend is enjoying a cup of coffee in a trendy coffee shop and at the same time is surfing the web, how is she searching the web?
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A hotspot
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What is the purpose of an Internet Protocol address (IP address)?
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It uniquely identifies the location of each computer or device connected to the Internet.
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What is the software that finds websites, webpages, images, and other information called?
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A search engine
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_________ buy and register unused or lapsed domain names so that they can profit from selling them.
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Cybersquatters
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A ______ name is the text-based name that corresponds to the IP address of a server that hosts a website.
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Domain
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An ____ address is a number that uniquely identifies the location of each computer or device connected to the Internet.
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IP
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The major carriers of network traffic on the Internet are known collectively as the __________.
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Internet backbone
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The group that approves top-level domains is the _______.
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ICANN
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What is a wiki?
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A collaborative website that allows users to add to, modify, or delete the website content via their browser.
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What are the two most common graphic formats on the web?
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JPEG and Png
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Bing, Google, and Yahoo are all examples of what?
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Web search engines
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In a web address, the ____ is a set of rules that defines how pages transfer on the Internet.
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Http
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____ is a navigation system that consists of one or more earth-based receivers that accept and analyze signals sent by satellites in order to determine the receiver's geographic location.
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GPS
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Favorites, also called _______, are links to preferred websites.
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bookmarks
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When you enter a domain name, a(n) ______ translates the domain name to its associated IP address so data can be routed to the correct computer.
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DNS server
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What type of website offers exciting, challenging avenues for formal and informal ways of teaching and learning.
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An educational website
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A _______ is a filtering program that stops pop-up ads from displaying on webpages.
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Pop-up blocker
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What are the 5 steps in web publishing?
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1. Planning the website 2. Design the website 3. Create the website 4. Host the website 5. Maintain the website
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Audio includes what?
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Music, speech, or any other sound.
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What is a collection of related webpages and associated items, such as documents and pictures, stored on a web server?
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A website
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T/F A Wi-Fi's Internet service can be dial-up access.
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False
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You are looking for the basic storage unit on a mobile device. What storage system represents a single character?
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Byte
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What kind of server is another computer that screens all your incoming and outgoing messages?
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A proxy
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What occurs when one consumer sells directly to another consumer, such as in an online auction?
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consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce
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You are going to form a partnership with an organization that sells domain names. What kind of organization is your partner?
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Registrar
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A Uniform Resource Locator is the same as what?
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Web address
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A website's home page is most analogous (similar) to what.
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The cover of a book
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If someone's boss wanted to send a message to an employee that contains both a video and a Word processing document, which Internet service would be the most appropriate for her to use?
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Email
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For which of the following to work must both parties be online at the same time, and the receiver of a message be willing to accept messages?
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Instant Messaging
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When your friend is using a website that offers a variety of Internet services from a single convenient location, what type of website is she using?
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Portal
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A _______ is a type of software for computers and mobile devices that reads a user's specified web feeds and collects their most recent content.
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Aggregator
