Quiz #2

A friend of Muna's suggested a website that she can use to download music. How should she check If the website is secure?

"https" as the protocol in the URL

If mark is developing a website to be optimized for mobile devices, what would be the top-level domain?

.mobi

Which of the following top-level domains is generally used by Internet service providers?

.net

Jodi is traveling to San Francisco for a conference. She has store her PowerPoint slides on Microsoft's web app. What could be of concern to her while presenting her slides?

A poor internet connection

Which type of website would allow Evan, an avid traveler, to share photos and videos with his friends?

A social networking webiste

Where can you find the information about using an image that you obtained in a search result?

A usage rights filter shows information about using an image

Which of the following people will benefit the most from using a B2B website?

Akiko, who helps smaller businesses establish themselves in the market.

Patricia intends to study analyses of the last five Presidential elections. Which of the following is an authentic source for the study?

Articles published in a newspaper known to be neutral toward any political party

Mateo is designing a technical diagram that many textbook publishers can use, and he wants to make sure he retains rights to the diagram before selling it. At what stage does a copyright for his creative work come into effect?

As soon as the image exists in physical form

Blackbaud is a company that supplies services and software designed for nonprofit organizations. Which type of e-commerce website will Blackbaud have?

Business to Business

In a web app, where is data usually stored?

Cloud storage

Ronald maintains a website that focuses on travel-related information. He gathers adventure posts from various travel blogs and shares them to his site. What type of a website does Ronald maintain?

Content aggregator site

Which of the following is NOT a factor search engines considers when ranking search results?

Design quality of the webpage

Dominic lists his camera for sale on an online auction site. Chloe is the highest bidder and purchases the camera. How does the auction site earn its revenue through the transaction?

Dominic pays a small fee to the auction site

Lionel wants to find images of colonies of emperor penguins to use for a school project. Which of the following phrases should he use as the search query to find the results he needs?

Emperor penguin colony

Which of the following does a secure website use to safeguard transmitted information?

Encryption

Kyle likes to keep in touch with his friends and family using the Internet. He enjoys sharing pictures, music, and ideas. He also enjoys playing games with others online. Which of the following online platforms should he use to do all of this?

Facebook, because it is an online social network that allows game play

When accessed, an e-commerce website that sells carpentry tools displays a lock icon somewhere in the window of the browser. The address bar in the Chrome browser would identify this website as "insecure."

False

Brendon wants to volunteer at the Red Cross, a nonprofit agency. He enters redress.com in his browser, but cannot find the right website. What mistake is he making?

He should enter redcross.org because Red Cross is a nonprofit organization

Victoria wants to add a new logo to her landscape management website. Where would be the most appropriate location for her to place it on the home page?

In the header

EasyMart (EM) has a physical store and an online shopping site and is coming up with deals on retail products for the week of Christmas. As a marketing consultant at EM, which of the following tactics would you recommend to achieve the highest sales?

Issue digital coupons for discounts on all products

Steve has built an online shopping website and he would like to increase his website ranking in the search results. you are his consultant. Which of the following would you recommend for him to help achieve his goal?

Link his website to other popular websites

What are "hits" that search engines list on the first page?

Most relevant results

Rajesh is considering whether to use a web app to collaborate with a group of friends on a project. What is one reason he should avoid using a web app for the project?

One friend has an unreliable, slow Internet connection

Why is it advisable to look beyond search engines like Google and Bing while conducting online research for assignments and projects?

Other search engines provide more reliable research

Joe wants to use an engaging image as a hook in his presentation, but he's afraid of violating any copyright laws. What should he do?

Search for an image on Creative Commons

Gertie wants to buy a smartwatch by making an electronic payment She is not willing to divulge her financial information, and her only bank account is not linked to any online payment service. Which of the following most aligns to what Gertie feels comfortable doing?

She should use a virtual account number to make the payment

Cathy wants to buy a new watch online, but is concerned about security when making the purchase. Which of the following increases the chance that her payment is NOT secure?

Shopping on a website that uses the HTTP protocol

Which of the following indicates a website is NOT secure?

The URL of the website begins with http.

Kay is researching the health benefits of avocados. She finds an article on the website of tracyshealthproducts.com. Which of the following can assure Kay that the content is credible?

The articles author has been a nutritionist for the last three years.

Keith is researching a controversial topic and wants to use websites he found as an information source. Which of the following is a sign that the website is not worthwhile resource?

The author uses emotional language to express a single point of view

Ms. Lawson, a primary school teacher, told her students that. a photograph of the president is in the public domain? What does she mean by this?

The photo is free of copyrights

Susan is reading through a collection of webpages that contains information about a software firm. The firm manages the information on these webpages. What is Susan most likely browsing?

The website of the software firm

The current Copyright Law states that, in general, works published after 1977 will fall into public domain 70 years after the death of the author. Which of the following will be true for those who want to use a whole portion of a novel published in 1978, with copyright years after the author dies?

They are free to do so without seeking permission or paying royalty

Bentley is the head of a software development team and needs to use a web app for project management. Which of the following web apps best suits his needs?

Trello

Which of the following is assigned to each webpage to identify its location on the Internet?

Uniform resource locator (URL)

Alicia often shows short, engaging videos to her fifth-grade science students. She has more success using RhythmOne instead of google to find appropriate videos. Which of the following most likely explains why?

Unlike google, RythmOne uses speech recognition to match the audio part of the video with the search term.

Gregory is researching the use of certain drugs for treating anemia in women living in developing country. Which of the following approaches is the most focused of his research?

Use the web directories created by health research institutions

Andy is writing an article and wants to verify a few facts. Which of the following websites is designed to provide answers to factual questions?

Wolfram Alpha

Google is an example of which type of website

a search site

Cloud storage refers to storage of data on ______

a server on the internet

Darren is hoping to get search results that begin the words "art history." Which of the following search terms will help him?

art history*

If you copy a drawing from the internet and use it in a report, you might be violating the artist's _______

intellectual property rights

Rogelio wants to buy appliances for his newly leased apartment. he looks for information on PriceGrabber, a compares shopping website. Which of the following advantages do sites such as this offer?

price comparisons from different vendors

Harry wants to buy a secondhand red skateboard online. Which of the following should he use as search keywords so the results include exactly what he wants?

secondhand "red skateboard"

Search engines use software that combs the web to find webpages and add new data about them to the database. What is this software called?

spiders

Jane volunteers at an orphanage called "We Are One" and is developing a website to seek financial assistance. Which server address should she use?

www.weareone.org

Amanda is used to buying clothes from physical stores. Her friend, Stuart, prefers online shopping and wants to persuade her to shop online as well. Which of the following arguments can Stuart make to convince Amanda without painting a false picture?

you can shop online at any time of day and in any weather conditions.