ISDS 1100 - Exam 1 Module 2

Open websites typically include ____.

- Commercial sites - Personal websites

You can use a browser to _____.

- Research information - Work in web apps - Watch videos

Brendon is browsing a website called "chalknboardforums.com." What is chalknboardforums most likely?

A for-profit organization

Google is an example of which type of website?

A search site

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

A social networking website

Miller logged into his school email account using a browser on his iPhone. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY to have been the browser he used?

Apple Safari

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

Art history*

A search operator is a _____.

Character, word, or symbol you can enter to narrow a search

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.

When using a Windows Internet browser, pressing _____ reloads a page.

F5

A search site is the same thing as a search engine. (T/F)

False

Placing a dash before a term tells Google to search only for that word. (T/F)

False

What is consumer-to-consumer e-commerce?

Individuals selling to individuals online

A sponsored link is defined as a _____.

Link from an advertiser to a product or service related to the search

An application programmed to run on a specific platform is called a ____.

Native app

Should you gather information from a website where no author information is available?

No

__________ services act as a middleman, allowing individuals to securely send and receive money.

P2P

Cookies that remain on your device indefinitely are called ______.

Persistent

Which of these sites provides coupon codes and offer alerts for discounts?

RetailMeNot

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

She should check whether the URL of the website starts with "http" or "https."

Cloud storage refers to the storage of data on ______.

The web app's server

Tier 1 networks provide the main travel routes for Internet data. (T/F)

True

Web spiders or crawlers search the Internet for new and updated webpages. (T/F)

True

You can use some social search tools to search multiple sites at once. (T/F)

True

Alicia often uses short, engaging videos to engage her fifth-grade science students. She finds RhythmOne a lot more intuitive than Google in offering the most relevant videos when she performs a search. Which of the following most likely explains why?

Unlike Google, RhythmOne uses speech recognition to match the audio part with the search keyword.

The ____ develops and disseminates protocols to maintain global web compatibility.

W3C

Stuart is explaining search results rankings to his younger brother. Which of the following should he NOT state as parameters for page rankings?

- Design quality of the webpage - Location of the server hosting the webpage

Sylvie wrote a short story and obtained a copyright for it. With regard to using her story, which of the following is she legally allowed to do now?

- Offer it to a school teacher at no cost to use in the classroom - Offer it to a publisher at no cost to use commercially - Sell it to a school teacher or a publisher - Publish it in a local newspaper or magazine

Elements that have little or no effect on search results include ____.

- Stop words - Capital letters

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

Four students came across a photograph of a painting on the Internet that they wish to use in their respective reports. Who has best practiced the ethics of intellectual property rights in using it?

Clarence, who sent an email to the photographer and got his written approval, which he preserved. He mentioned the photographer's name in his report.

A business transaction carried out with a person after being introduced on a social networking website is an example of e-commerce. (T/F)

False

A web app is an app that you access instead of a web browser. (T/F)

False

B2B e-commerce relies increasingly on in-person sales calls to businesses. (T/F)

False

Google Scholar and Google News are examples of specialty search engines that allow a person to access information sources of a particular category. (T/F)

False

Online fraud does not affect your credit score. (T/F)

False

To buy a DSLR camera online, Willa should first evaluate different models based on specifications, read customer reviews, choose a product, make online payment, and finally add it the cart. (T/F)

False

Using the CARS checklist is one way to evaluate if a webpage's content as an information source. CARS stands for Crisp, Accurate, Responsible, Supportable. (T/F)

False

Francis has designed a picture book appropriate for third graders. He wants teachers across the world to freely download, use, and distribute his work, but he would still like to retain his copyright on the content. On which of the following platforms should he upload the book?

Project Gutenberg

Which of the following is an example of B2C e-commerce?

Purchasing items online with a store credit card

Sharon wants to find out the server address of the URL of a webpage that she was routed to while using her school website http://www.blissfieldschools.us/students/technologyresources/ What should she do?

Read the name of the website of her school in the URL

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.

Digital coupon tools are available as browser extensions. (T/F)

True

Information literacy can help us recognize the fact that information on the web cannot be taken for face value and must be evaluated critically. (T/F)

True

Information literacy helps us to identify the tool most suited to elicit the kind of information we need. (T/F)

True

Bentley is the head of a Software Development team and needs to organize his team's workflow. How can he use web apps to efficiently manage his team's projects, schedules, and processes?

Use Trello to plan and monitor activities, and maintain dashboards

Andy is a freelance reporter and is reviewing an article he wrote for a magazine. He wants to quickly crosscheck some facts he stated in his article. Which of the following can help Andy?

Wolfram Alpha

Recent top-level domains include _____.

- .aero - .mobi

Helga runs a website on which she sells houseplants. She also earns through pay-per-click advertising that allows search engines to show targeted ads on her site. Which of these products are likely to be advertised on her website?

- Gardening gloves - Terracotta planters - Garden scissors - Watering cans

Keith, a 9th grade student, wants to find out if a Pete Clifford, an author of an article on inflation, is an expert in Applied Economics or not. Which of the following can he do to find this information?

- He can search the Internet for other articles written by Pete on this topic. - He can post a question on different social media platforms. - He can search LinkedIn to learn if Pete is an expert in that field.

Marco needs a free image of a monkey swinging on a tree branch for a project. How can he find and use it without violating copyrights?

- Look for the image on Creative Commons using keywords 'monkey swinging.' - Enter the keyword 'monkey swinging' in a search engine and filter for images that are labeled for reuse.

Advantages of web apps include _______.

- No need to install an app - Collaboration with coworkers and friends - Available anywhere with an Internet connection

Benny is writing a research paper on a specific method of farming. He really admires the methods used by one farmer, who is also a published author, and wants to use his explanations in his research paper. How can Benny ensure he doesn't plagiarize?

Add a formal citation and use the farmer's explanation in his paper.

Cathy wants to buy a new watch online. Though she's heard of instances of online fraud, she is tempted to make the purchase because the watch she wants is not available in the stores in her town. Which of the following increases her chance of the payment NOT being secure?

Shopping on a website that requires her to share her One Time Password with a caller