Technology Exam 2
A(n) ___ is a web page or small website that contains a series of chronological posts and comments.
blog
It is through ___ that a copyright holder can grant usage or distribution rights to others.
licensing
Wireless ___ networks, where nodes connect directly to each other, may be used in large homes or businesses to easily cover the entire area.
mesh
A wireless ___ is the device that all nodes connect to in order communicate wirelessly.
access point
___ displays a form of artificial intelligence with its astounding capability to understand complex questions and quickly find the answers using large databases of information.
Watson
Which of the following is NOT one of the three general strategies that are used to authenticate individuals?
Who you know
The ___ is a global system of linked, hypertext documents.
World Wide Web
If you visit a website or page that you would like to remember for the future, you can add it to your browser's ___ or favorites.
bookmarks
Social engineering is a form of hacking that has a social or political agenda behind it.
false
Creative works such as books, songs, and photographs are protected by copyright law.
true
___ occurs when an organization transfers some aspect of their business to a third party.
Outsourcing
Which of the following words is NOT part of the green computing model?
Repair
The sleep mode on a computer generally saves more electricity than hibernate mode.
false
The scam known as ___ typically comes in form of an alert message that claims to be from the FBI or your security software.
scareware
A ___ provides multiple ports for connecting nodes and is aware of the exact address or identity of all the nodes attached to it.
switch
If you want to include a file with your email message, it should be placed it in the __ area.
attachments
Very few countermeasures are as effective as ___, which can help you recover data that was lost to almost any type of threat.
backups
When it comes to the best possible security for your wireless router, be sure to use WEP encryption to ensure that your transmissions are unreadable by hackers.
false
The term ___ is used to describe any digital data connection that can transmit information faster than standard dial-up by using a wider band of frequencies.
broadband
Which of the following is NOT one of the specifications of Wi-Fi technology?
802.11x
Dust can clog cooling systems such as fans, which in turn may cause hardware to overheat.
true
Ethics involves a rational analysis of the voluntary, moral choices that individuals make.
true
For those who have lost a limb, engineers have developed robotic prosthetics that can perform a variety of movements by simply projecting a thought to them.
true
Most Creative Commons licenses require, at a minimum, that the user provide attribution to the author wherever the work is used.
true
The wireless access points that are used in homes contain integrated routers, as do the devices that ISPs typically provide for Internet connectivity.
true
Your public, online activity may not only affect your ability to be hired, but it could also place you at risk of losing your job if you make your company look negative or careless.
true
A ___ is a type of malware that is attached to a host file and has the ability to replicate, or copy, itself.
virus
A ___ is a fully-contained program that self-replicates and spreads through computers and networks.
worm
Which of the following is NOT a web browser?
Bing
___ is an application of biology that uses living organisms to manufacture new products or improve existing ones.
Biotechnology
A ___ attack allows hackers to shut down or block access to websites and other network resources by overwhelming them with requests.
DDoS
Software is sometimes illegally modified in order to disable ___ technologies such as copy protection and authenticity checks.
DRM
___ refers to the technology gap that exists between different social and economic classes.
Digital divide
Most network installations use a(n) ___ star topology with twisted-pair cables that plug into the RJ45 port located on many devices.
Ethernet
Many websites have a(n) ___ area that should be checked for common questions and their responses.
FAQ
The ___ protocol is used to deliver requested web pages to a computer.
HTTP
In which of the following social networking sites are you most likely to find professionals who seek to make business-related connections
___ are files that record activities and events on a computer.
Logs
Each device with a NIC contains a unique identifier, known as a(n) ___ address, which distinguishes it from any other network-connected device in the world.
MAC
The most popular method for file transfer today is known as ___ file sharing, which uses a distributed network of individual users instead of a central server.
P2P
___ involves luring individuals into entering personal information into a website controlled by the hacker
Phishing
___ is a feature of all modern browsers that will delete your history, cache, and cookies the moment you close the private window.
Private browsing
Social news sites, such as ___, encourage users to share links to news and other interesting content they find on the Web.
___ are sophisticated services that store the URL of millions of web pages and most of the content on those pages.
Search engines or Web browsers or News aggregators or Webcasts
___ is a type of malware which is designed to report activity on your computer to another party.
Spyware
___ passwords are long and generally use a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and at least one symbol such as a dash or period.
Strong
A ___ is a program that disguises itself as an interesting, useful, or desirable program in order to gain access to your system.
Trojan horse
___ is the act of being annoying and antagonistic in online social interactions.
Trolling
In the United States, there are laws to prevent VPN providers from keeping logs on your activity, so it is safe to assume that you have complete anonymity when browsing websites with a VPN.
True
Web pages have a standard addressing system known as a(n) ___, which allows them to be located on the Internet.
URL
Because it increases the security of a network connection, a ___ is often required for users who wish to access a company's private network over an Internet connection.
VPN
If a company had its corporate headquarters in one city but its manufacturing plant in another, it would likely set up a(n) ___ to connect the systems in these two locations.
WAN
A(n) ___ is a document containing an organization's policies for the ethical, secure, and appropriate use of computing resources.
acceptable use policy
For modern networks, ___ is measured in either megabits per second (Mbps) or gigabits per second (Gbps).
bandwidth
In the field known as ___, experts use modeling software and statistics to extract knowledge from large volumes of data.
data analytics
A ___, such as apple.com and whitehouse.gov, uniquely identifies a site and a brand on the Web.
domain name
A ___ cable consists of a thin strand of glass that transmits pulsating beams of light rather than electric current.
fiber-optic
Today, a ___ generally refers to an individual who uses a computer and/or network to commit a variety of crimes.
hacker
Data moves through networks in structures known as ___, which are pieces of a message broken down into small units by the sending device and reassembled by the receiving device.
packets
In the world of computing, ___ means acquiring or exchanging copies of protected digital creations without payment or permission from their creator.
piracy
A ___ is an inexpensive product that guards connected equipment against large power spikes or surges that may infrequently occur.
surge protector
___ occurs when computers or machines can perform the work that was once done by a human.
Automation
___, which are large networks of compromised computers, can be used by a hacker to spread malware, send spam, and conduct carefully orchestrated network attacks.
Botnets.
___ is a form of electronic money that is decentralized and whose transactions are encrypted, processed, and recorded via peer-to-peer networks.
Cryptocurrency
Many government agencies, such as the ___, monitor the Internet and mobile activities of individuals all over the world.
NSA
___ involves the creation or manipulation of matter at the smallest possible scale.
Nanotechnology
___ aim(s) to revolutionize AI by asking computers to process data and learn in a manner inspired by the human brain.
Neural networks
___ is the process of working for a company without being physically present at the company's office.
Telecommuting
Most experts recommend that companies monitor their employees secretly in order to prevent workers from circumventing the technologies used to track them.
True
The service known as ___ contains original content in the form of live or recorded streams showing individuals playing video games.
Twitch
___ is a feature that requires two forms of identification, such as a password and possession of your phone, to log into an account.
Two-factor authentication
When the power fails completely, the battery in a(n) ___ contains enough power to run a computer system for a given amount of time.
UPS
___ is the act of alerting the public about harmful activities that are being hidden by an organization.
Whistleblowing
___ is not always considered to be a reliable site because you cannot be certain that the information you are reading comes from a credible source.
Wikipedia
Copyright law contains an exception known as ___, which provides for a limited set of circumstances where others can use portions of copyrighted material without first obtaining permission.
fair use
Copyright protection lasts 20 years after the date of publication or release.
false
Twitter popularized a system that uses the ___ symbol to mark keywords or topics in a message.
hashtag
The term ___ refers to the set of online behaviors that are considered polite and proper.
netiquette
Online companies typically have a(n) ___ on their websites that clearly state what information is collected from users and what is done with that information.
privacy policy
__ systems can include anything from sophisticated programs that answer questions to futuristic robots that can think and act like humans.
AI
The seeds of the Internet were planted in 1969 with ___, which connected computers at four universities in the western United States.
ARPANET
Which of the following alternatives to piracy will allow you to listen to your favorite songs for free?
Ad-supported streaming
Any step you take to ward off a threat is called a:
countermeasure
