Module 2 Review Questions

Who or what creates the index for a web directory?

a human editor

indicates a secure website connection

https in the URL

(T/F) The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) sets standards for webpage design.

False

(T/F) When you perform a search, a general search engine searches the entire Internet.

False

In the web address www.microsoft.com, the ".com" is the____ meaning ____.

top-level domain (TLD); commercial enterprise

(T/F) You must be online to use web apps.

True

A(n) ____ website gathers, organizes, and then distributes web content.

content aggregator

A business-to-consumer (B2C) website tracks the items you place in a shopping cart using ________.

cookies

Checking a website author's credentials is one way to establish a site's ________.

credibility

lets you use a sentence or paragraph of text without permission if you include a citation to its source

fair use doctrine

If you have ________, you can evaluate whether information is misleading, biased, or out of date.

information literacy

On a webpage, a ________ provides supplemental material such as social networking feeds and ads.

sidebar

Each webpage is assigned a(n) , an address that identifies the location of the page on the Internet.

uniform resource locator (URL)