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Question | Answer |
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What Internet resources allow you to subscribe to a group and obtain postings (usually on a daily basis) through electronic mail? | mailing lists |
An Internet Protocol address is a(n) ________. | series of four numbers separated by periods |
What does the acronym HTML mean? | hypertext markup language |
What is TCP? | transmission control protocol |
You can often recognize a personal website by looking for a ________ in the URL. | B) ~ C) % F) Both B and C |
Why do companies purchase search key words? | F) Both A and C. A) To create more business. C) To get their site to the top of your results list. |
Of the following four, which is the most popular standardized picture format used on the Internet? | JPEG |
What is the hypertext-based system for finding and accessing Internet resources? | world wide web |
The World Wide Web (WWW) was developed by ________. | Tim Berners-Lee |
What HTML tag is used to place multimedia files such as WAVE sounds and AVI or WMV movies on a web page? | EMBED |
The first part of a URL refers to the ________. | protocol |
Which of the following is NOT one of the original six top-level Internet domains? | biz |
What unix protocol allows you to upload and download files from the Internet? | FTP |
Who owns the Internet? | no one |
What is one of the most popular instant messenger clients available today? | AOL IM |
Which protocol is used to transport data through the world wide web? | HTTP |
What is the fundamental protocol upon which the Internet is based? | IP |
What are the characters called that are used in email messages to help convey emotion (i.e. icons of emotion)? | A) emoticons C) smileys (smilies) E) both A and C are correct. |
*APRANET was financed by ________. *Should be ARPANET | Department of Defense |
Which of the following is a valid internet protocol (IP) address? | 250.1.3.1 |
To send e-mail to someone, what do you need of the following: (1)your friend must be logged in, (2) their e-mail address, (3) their country code, (4) a computer, a mail application, and an outgoing mail server. | 2 and 4 |
The TCP/IP standards are owned by ________. | no one owns the standards |
Wikipedia can be a valid part of the search process if: | A) students cross-reference the information they find with other sources. C) students use the vast array of cited documents at the end of each Wikipedia article. E) Both A and C |
What is the purpose of truncating a URL? | F) A, B, and C A) To help navigate through a website. B) To help find the home page of a website. C) To help find more information on a website. |
What is the application in SeaMonkey used to develop web pages? | Composer |
How does RSS actually work? | It allows you to subscribe to feeds from other sites through an aggregator. |
What is the body of lines called appended to the end of an e-mail message which contains the senders name, address, phone, etc...? | signature |
What is the distributed database system called that translates computer names into numeric Internet addresses and vice-versa? | The Domain Name System (DNS) |
What are the code segments called that are written in Java and can be placed on a web page? | applets |
In what ways does knowing the owner of a website offer clues about a website's purpose? | The owner may be affiliated with a group that has a specific agenda. |