Deck 16: The World Wide Web

Question 1

Which of the following contains the address for accessing a Web page?

A) Uniform resource locator
B) Web server
C) Web browser
D) Weblog
E) Cookie

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is a computer dedicated to responding to requests for a Web page?

A) Uniform resource locator
B) Web server
C) Web browser
D) Weblog
E) Cookie

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is part of an HTML tag and provides additional information about the element?

A) Tag
B) Attribute
C) Markup language
D) Hypertext

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is a text file used to store a small amount of information on your computer regarding your Web activities?

A) Uniform resource locator
B) Web server
C) Web browser
D) Weblog
E) Cookie

Question 5

Which of the following is accurate about cookies?

A) A cookie is a type of program.
B) A cookie executes a program on your computer.
C) Using cookies for personalizing the visit on a website always works.
D) A cookie can collect personal information about you or your machine.
E) Cookies can be used to implement shopping carts that can be maintained from visit to visit.

Question 6

A website is a collection of related web pages.

Question 7

The World Wide Web was developed in the 1970s.

Question 8

HTML is considered to be a markup language.

Question 9

A weblog allows users to publish periodic articles on a website.

Question 10

An XML document is designed to be transformed into one particular output format.

Question 11

HTML includes six predefined heading elements for creating titles and subtitles in documents.

Question 12

A(n) _______________ is a small text file that a web server stores on your local computer's hard disk.

Question 13

A Java _______________ is a small piece of code that is executed by the web server to contribute dynamic content to a Web page.

Question 14

A(n) _______________ is a specification of the organization of an XML document.

Question 15

What is a web browser?

Question 16

What is a markup language?

Question 17

Which of the following is a mechanism for publishing periodic articles on the Web?

A) Uniform resource locator
B) Web server
C) Web browser
D) Weblog
E) Cookie

Question 18

Which of the following is the primary mechanism for representing the content of a web page?

A) HTML
B) Tag
C) Attribute
D) Cookie
E) Hypertext

Question 19

In an HTML document, what section contains the information to be displayed?

A) Head
B) Body
C) HTML
D) Style

Question 20

Which of the following is a Java program designed to be embedded into a web page and executed in a browser?

A) XML
B) Applet
C) Scriptlet
D) XSL
E) Metalanguage

Question 21

Which of the following is a language for transforming XML into various output formats?

A) XML
B) Applet
C) Scriptlet
D) XSL
E) Metalanguage

Question 22

Which of the following allows the user to define the tags used to markup document content?

A) HTML
B) XML
C) Chemistry Markup Language (CML)
D) URL
E) Java applet

Question 23

A Web server generates Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).

Question 24

Instant messages are encrypted before they are sent.

Question 25

A social network is a collection of related web pages.

Question 26

Web analytics is the collection and analysis of data regarding website usage.

Question 27

HTML documents can be created using a regular text editor.

Question 28

A Java scriptlet is code embedded in an HTML document to create dynamic content on a web page.

Question 29

Metalanguage is a specification of the organization of an XML document.

Question 30

Online casinos are regulated by the American Gaming Association, so users have good reason to trust that the games will be run fairly.

Question 31

Which of the following is a software tool that retrieves and displays web pages?

A) Uniform resource locator
B) Web server
C) Web browser
D) Weblog
E) Cookie

Question 32

Which of the following is a notation that uses a name in angle brackets to annotate a piece of web page information?

A) HTML
B) Tag
C) Attribute
D) Markup language
E) Hypertext

Question 33

Which of the following refers to the fact that the information on the web is not organized in a linear fashion?

A) HTML
B) Tag
C) Attribute
D) Markup language
E) Hypertext

Question 34

A web browser is a software tool that retrieves and displays web pages.

Question 35

Tags are used in a markup language to annotate the information stored in a document.

Question 36

An attribute is an HTML tag that links to another web page.

Question 37

HTML has a predefined set of tags and XML does not.

Question 38

A Java applet is a program that is designed to be executed via the World Wide Web.

Question 39

XML is a metalanguage, used to define other markup languages.

Question 40

A browser will usually number an ordered list and use bullets for unordered lists.

Question 41

A web _______________ retrieves and displays web pages.

Question 42

The primary language used to represent a web page is _______________.

Question 43

XSL stands for _______________.

Question 44

An HTML anchor tag is used to define a(n) _______________ between one web page and another.