Deck 12: Electronic Mail

Question 1

E-Mail is a common source of distributing worms and viruses.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A Telnet session to a POP3 server is accomplished by entering a command similar to ____.

A) telnet athena.sunybroome.edu 25
B) telnet athena.sunybroome.edu 1101
C) telnet athena.sunybroome.edu 110
D) telnet 110 athena.sunybroome.edu

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Electronic mail uses the ____ model to allow mail messages to be exchanged.

A) client-server
B) client-client
C) servlet-servlet
D) server-server

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The ____ is used to deliver e-mail content securely.

A) Safe Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
B) Secure Multipurpose Interface Mail Enabler
C) Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
D) Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Environment

Question 5

Using a protocol analyzer, it is possible to capture all of the activity associated with sending an electronic mail message.

Question 6

In order to use any e-mail client program, it must be ____________________ properly.

Question 7

The current version of IMAP is ____.

A) IMAP3rev1
B) IMAP3rev4
C) IMAP4rev1
D) IMAP4rev4

Question 8

____ provide a way for binary programs, graphical images, or other types of files to be attached to an e-mail message.

A) Multipurpose Internet Mail Environments
B) Multipurpose Interface Mail Extensions
C) Multipurpose Internet Management Extensions
D) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

Question 9

A(n) ____________________ program exchanges information with a designated e-mail server to send and receive messages.

Question 10

A blank line is used as the separator between the parts of an email message.

Question 11

The Internet Network Authority is responsible for maintenance of the Top Level Domains.

Question 12

The mailbox portion of the address is often made from a user's ____.

A) home address
B) first name
C) server name
D) account name

Question 13

A(n) ____ consists of a keyword followed by a colon and additional information.

A) body
B) header
C) message
D) address

Question 14

____ is designed to eliminate the typical problems that are caused by downloading the electronic messages to a client computer using the Post Office Protocol.

A) SMTP
B) IMAP
C) HTTP
D) RPC

Question 15

Managing e-mail with ____ allows for complete access to messages stored on the server from as many client computers as necessary.

A) IMAP
B) POP3
C) SMTP
D) IMAM

Question 16

The second part of an email message is called the ____________________ and contains the actual text of the message.

Question 17

The ____________________ encoding method is used to encode 8-bit text codes such as those used in a foreign language character set into 7-bit U.S. ASCII characters.

Question 18

____________________ is used to exchange messages between servers or between a client and a server.

Question 19

Two of the most common e-mail errors stem from the user incorrectly specifying either ____.

A) the mailbox name or the computer name
B) the username or the mailbox name
C) the computer name or the server name
D) the username or the user's address

Question 20

IMAP does not provide direct access to the messages that are stored on the server.

Question 21

List three features that the MIME standard provides.

Question 23

Describe the features of IMAP4rev1.

Question 24

Why should public e-mail client computer systems never be configured to save an e-mail password?

Question 25

What is IMAP and what does it do?

Question 26

Discuss the issue with sending messages in clear text.