Deck 9: The Internet and New Technologies: the Media Converge

Question 1

The Linux operating system was developed by Microsoft in an attempt to deter an antitrust suit by the U.S.government.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson, who invented e-mail, established the "login name@host computer" convention for e-mail addresses.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Microprocessors led to the development of personal computers.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Many Internet visionaries talk about Web 3.0 as the Romantic Web.

Question 5

The Internet moved into the mass medium phase of development with the invention of

A)Web browsers
B)Search engines
C)56K modems
D)E-mail
E)Computer bulletin boards

Question 6

Which of the following is not part of Web 2.0?

A)Instant messaging
B)Blogs
C)Wiki Web sites
D)The semantic Web
E)Social networking sites

Question 7

The iconic achievement of Web 2.0 is social networking.

Question 8

Wikis are informative Web sites that are strictly controlled by professional editors.

Question 9

According to the text, which of the following technological advancements have aided the Internet's role in media convergence?

A)The development of digital technologies that allow information to be transferred as a series of binary codes
B)The development of smaller, personal computers, made possible through the development of microchips and microprocessors
C)The development of fiber-optic cable, which allowed a massive amount of information to be transmitted extremely quickly
D)All options are correct

Question 10

Mosaic was the first user-friendly browser.

Question 11

The Internet was designed so that a centralized authority could control electronic communication during a nuclear disaster.

Question 12

The Web is a participatory medium in which anyone can be involved.

Question 13

The primary use of the Internet in the 1990s was social networking.

Question 14

Facebook is a

A)Blog
B)Wiki
C)Social networking site
D)Browser

Question 15

Most Web sites follow an "opt-in" data policy when collecting information from online consumers.

Question 16

The Internet was created by private enterprise, but it has been taken over and expanded by the federal government.

Question 17

ARPAnet is a browser.

Question 18

Open-source software has code that can be updated by anyone interested in modifying it.

Question 19

Recent court decisions have upheld Congress's authority to restrict children's access to pornographic Web sites.

Question 20

HTML stands for "HyperText Markup Language."

Question 21

Talking Points Memo is a leading

A)Mash-up video
B)Blog
C)MMORPG
D)Avatar
E)Wiki Web site

Question 22

What is the main difference between Linux software and Microsoft software?

A)Microsoft is cheaper
B)Linux is much less reliable
C)Linux is open-source software
D)Linux is funded by the government
E)Microsoft is open-source software Fill in the Blank

Question 23

How do major Web companies make money from e-mail?

A)Advertisements in subscribers' e-mail messages
B)Fees charged to users
C)Government subsidies
D)Reimbursements from computer manufacturers

Question 24

One form of media convergence is

A)The tendency of news media to focus on local stories
B)The use of digital technology to access different forms of traditional media
C)The theory that there are more and more media outlets
D)The way media coverage tends to follow a mob mentality in reporting
E)The idea that every media format will eventually be replaced by another

Question 25

What was the original motivation for developing the Internet?

A)Technical innovation
B)Entrepreneurial ambition
C)Military research
D)Popular demand for a more democratic medium of communication
E)Desire for a new toy or "novelty"

Question 26

User-created content on the Web includes which of the following phenomena?

A)Sponsored links
B)Wiki Web sites
C)Blogs
D)Phishing
E)Both Wiki Web sites and blogs