Intro to Computers - Ch 8 (Test)

Anthony is passionate about politics and enjoys sharing and discussing his views with others over the Internet. Every day, Anthony makes a new post to his personal ____, which is a Web page that displays entries in chronological order

Blog

____ is a new alternative for homes and businesses today in areas where there is fiber optic cabling available all the way to the building.

BoF

Direct Internet connections are typically ____ connections.

Broadband

____ is the most widely used type of home broadband connection, with over half of the home broadband market.

Cable Internet access

The program in the accompanying figure allows you to ____.

Instant message and video chat

The primary infrastructure that makes up the ____ is typically owned by communications companies, such as telephone and cable companies.

Internet backbone

Internet Explorer users can view and/or delete cookies and other temporary files by using the ____ dialog box.

Internet options

The ____ is the most commonly used Internet search type.

Keyword Search

Anthony is passionate about politics and enjoys sharing and discussing his views with others over the Internet. Anthony regularly visits several popular political ____, which are Web pages designed to facilitate written discussions between people on specific subjects.

Message Boards

Brenda is a college student who enjoys downloading music, movies, and television shows from the Internet. She also uses the Internet for other entertainment, such as sports. Brenda likes to download her music from a(n) ____ site and then transfer it to her portable digital media player so that she can listen to her music while she's away from her computer.

Online music store

One of the most straightforward ways to improve the quality of the hits returned in a search is to use ____—essentially typing more than one keyword in a keyword search.

Phrase Searching

The accompanying figure shows the MSN ____ Web page.

Portal

Brenda is a college student who enjoys downloading music, movies, and television shows from the Internet. She also uses the Internet for other entertainment, such as sports. Because she is an avid baseball fan, Brenda has subscribed to the ____ feed of her local team so that news about her team is delivered to her as it becomes available.

RSS

____ is an online news tool designed for facilitating the delivery of news articles, podcasts, and other content regularly published to a Web site.

RSS

____ sites allow you to generate map and driving directions and provide access to specific types of useful information.

Reference

Most search sites use a ____—a software program—in conjunction with a huge database of information about Web pages to help visitors find Web pages that contain the information they are seeking.

Search engine

One advantage of a dial-up connection is ____.

Security

Online music ____ allow you to purchase and then download music singles and albums to your computer, mobile phone, or portable digital media player.

Stores

____ cookies are cookies placed on your hard drive by a company other than the one associated with the Web page that you are viewing—typically a Web advertising company.

Third-party

A more advanced search strategy that can be used when basic searching is not producing the desired results is field searching. _________________________

True

A strategy that is sometimes used with keywords is the wildcard approach.

True

Before using a dial-up access number to connect to the Internet, verify that it is a local telephone number; if it is not, you will incur long-distance charges.

True

Businesses and ISPs typically archive e-mail messages that travel through their servers.

True

Even though in everyday use many people use the terms Internet and Web interchangeably, they are not the same thing. _________________________

True

Fixed wireless Internet access is similar to satellite Internet in that it uses wireless signals, but it uses radio transmission towers instead of satellites.

True

ISPs that offer free Internet access typically obtain revenue by selling on-screen ads.

True

In its early years, the Internet was used primarily by the government, scientists, and educational institutions.

True

Many news sites have searchable archives to look for past articles, although some require a fee to view back articles. _________________________

True

One advantage of using personal computers for Internet access is that they have relatively large screens for viewing Internet content, and they typically have a full keyboard for easier data entry. _________________________

True

Online auctions are the most common way to buy items online from other individuals. _________________________

True

Technically, the Internet is a physical network, and the Web is the collection of Web pages accessible over the Internet.

True

The Internet Society provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet and oversees the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards.

True

Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea of the World Wide Web. _________________________

True

Web conferences typically take place via a personal computer or mobile phone and are used by businesses and individuals.

True

Brenda is a college student who enjoys downloading music, movies, and television shows from the Internet. She also uses the Internet for other entertainment, such as sports. Brenda also orders movies and television through the Internet via a(n) ____ provider, which allows users to download video for a small fee.

VOD

Video content delivered at the user's request is called ____.

Video on demand

Video content delivered at the user's request is called ____.

Video-on-demand

Today, the standard term for placing telephone calls over any type of data network (including the Internet, as well as a LAN, WAN, or other type of data network) is ____.

VoIP

____ generally refers to applications and services that use the Web as a platform to deliver rich applications that enable people to collaborate, socialize, and share information online.

Web 2.0

____ refers to any instruction delivered via the Web.

Web-based training (WBT)

The ____ is cited as a disadvantage of Web-based training and distance learning by some educators.

lack of face-to-face contact

Common online investing services include the ability to set up a(n) ____ that displays the status of the stocks you specify.

online portfolio

One objective of the ____ project was to create a computer network that would allow researchers located in different places to communicate with each other.

ARPANET

____ are companies that manage and distribute Web-based software services to customers over the Internet.

Application service providers

To determine if the information from a Web page can be trusted, you should evaluate both the ____ and the source.

Author

A(n) e-diary is a Web page that contains short, frequently updated entries in chronological order. _________________________

False

A(n) keyword search uses a list of categories displayed on the screen. _________________________

False

According to the online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the term "aphorize" means "to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own" or to "use another's production without crediting the source."

False

All public Wi-Fi hotspots are free.

False

All public wifi hotspots are free

False

Application service providers (ASPs) supply the information that is available through the Internet.

False

Direct Internet connections are much slower than dial-up connections.

False

FTP programs block access to a computer from outside computers and enable each user to specify which programs on his or her computer are allowed to have access to the Internet. _________________________

False

In 1993, a group of professors and students at the University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) released the Netscape Web browser. _________________________

False

Lack of feedback is a disadvantage of Web-based training and distance learning.

False

One of the most important skills an Internet user can acquire today is how to successfully publish databases on the Internet.

False

One type of self-contained business application designed to work over the Internet or a company network is a(n) Internet service. _________________________

False

Online auctions allow you to check your account balances, make electronic payments, view your transaction history, and more.

False

Performance-based exams cannot be administered and taken online.

False

The Web is a worldwide collection of separate, but interconnected, networks that are accessed daily by millions of people to obtain information, disseminate information, or communicate with others. _________________________

False

Twittering allows up to 256 characters. ________________________

False

Twittering allows up to 256 characters. _________________________

False

____ limit search results to just those pages with a specific Web page title, URL, text, or top-level domain.

Field searches

____ is charged with such responsibilities as IP address allocation and domain name management.

ICANN

____ are businesses or other organizations that provide Internet access to others, typically for a fee.

ISP's

Online shopping and online investing are examples of ____.

E-commerce

A(n) ____ is a collection of an individual's work accessible through a Web site.

E-portfolio

Many Web pages today use ____ —small text files that are stored on your hard drive by a Web server, typically the one associated with the Web page being viewed—to identify return visitors and their preferences.

Cookies