Deck 10: The Internet: Convergence in a Networked World

Question 1

___ convinced the U.S. government that a fail-safe computer system was needed.

A) The Vietnam War
B) World War II
C) Gulf War
D) The Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 1

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 2

Packet switching is

A) giving your friend your homework to copy.
B) a simplified means of navigating the Internet based on hypertext links.
C) a system of tracking Internet users' activities and reporting them back to advertisers.
D) sending digital messages in chunks through any open pathway, to be reassembled at their destination.

Answer 2

sending digital messages in chunks through any open pathway, to be reassembled at their destination.

Question 3

Standardized codes that allow one computer to communicate with another are called

A) hosts
B) hypertext links
C) servers
D) protocols

Answer 3

protocols

Question 4

The Internet is a ____ system and the World Wide Web is a ____ system.

A) software, hardware
B) software, software
C) hardware, software
D) hardware, hardware

Question 5

____ is when a file is viewed as it is downloaded.

A) mashing up
B) downviewing
C) buffering
D) hyperlinking

Question 6

Web 2.0

A) is a term that was invented just after the dot-com crash of 2001.
B) sites are highly interactive and highly participatory.
C) includes the use of open-source software.
D) all of these

Question 7

An example of cloud computing is

A) Facebook
B) YouTube
C) Flickr
D) all of these

Question 8

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he thought it would be

A) a device to receive news and music.
B) an office intercom system.
C) a device to aid deaf people.
D) a means for interpersonal communication over a distance.

Question 9

The first truly mobile phone

A) weighed about 2 pounds
B) cost about $1,000
C) was 8 inches long
D) became available to the public in 1989

Question 10

______ percent of Americans own cell phones.

A) 60
B) 70
C) 80
D) 90

Question 11

Ways to make money online include

A) paid content
B) advertising
C) e-commerce
D) all of these

Question 12

Blackboard and Moodle are examples of

A) code names for hackers
B) groups supporting net neutrality
C) course management systems
D) none of these

Question 13

MMORPGs are

A) online journals or diaries
B) online role-playing games
C) metacrawlers
D) robotic software programs to perform searches

Question 14

Programs that track the user's activities and report them back to advertisers are called

A) spyware
B) distance learning
C) lurkers
D) phishware

Question 15

By 2000, ______ had the reputation of the world's best search engine.

A) Yahoo!
B) Netscape
C) Internet Explorer
D) None of these.

Question 16

In Internet commerce, "the long tail" refers to

A) niche items
B) spam
C) money making schemes
D) using a wireless mouse

Question 17

Someone who uses programming skills to gain illegal access to a computer network is called a

A) defacer
B) spammer
C) flamer
D) none of these

Question 18

Phishing is the practice of

A) sending computer viruses and worms to infect victims' computers.
B) sending out official-looking fake e-mails to lure victims into revealing sensitive information.
C) skipping class to take part in outdoor sports activities.
D) sending inquiries to computer companies learn about employment opportunities.

Question 19

A 2004 federal law to address spam

A) required unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to be labeled.
B) required the sender to include opt-out instructions.
C) prohibited the use of deceptive subject lines.
D) all of these

Question 20

Right now, Internet control is

A) government regulated
B) centralized
C) neutral
D) all of these

Question 21

The Internet is strictly censored in

A) The United States
B) Mexico
C) China
D) Australia

Question 22

The Communication Decency Act of 1996

A) is currently in effect.
B) was considered too specific of a law by many.
C) made it illegal to make "indecent communication" available to those under 18.
D) all of these

Question 23

An identifying number placed on the user's hard drive after visiting a Web site is called

A) a portal
B) spyware
C) software
D) a cookie

Question 24

What criteria does the textbook suggest when evaluating Web pages for research?

A) authority, bibliography, currency, objectivity
B) attribution, currency, fraud, objectivity
C) attribution, authority, currency, objectivity
D) attribution, fraud, objectivity, validity

Question 25

Snopes.com is a Web site that

A) verifies information or shows that it is false.
B) snoops on celebrities and reports their activities.
C) gives weather conditions for snowboarding and skiing.
D) provides term papers for students to plagiarize.

Question 26

ARPANET, set up in 1969, is considered to be the original Internet.

Question 27

World War II sparked the development of the Internet.

Question 28

The first funding for the Internet came from big business.

Question 29

The first successful general-interest online service was America Online.

Question 30

The Internet is a huge hardware system made up of different types of computers.

Question 31

Hyperlinks are highlighted words/images within a Web page that allow a user to move from one site to another.

Question 32

Tim Berners-Lee patented the World Wide Web and initially made $5 million on it.

Question 33

In the mid 90s, so many people were online, that the military turned the Internet over to the public sector.

Question 34

Buffering is downloading and saving a video file at the same time it is being viewed.

Question 35

The term "mashup" originated in the music world, where it refers to combining parts of different songs.

Question 36

Facebook and Hotmail use the concept of cloud computing.

Question 37

Radio technology and telephone technology were developed by the same inventor.

Question 38

Satellite technology made mobile phones possible.

Question 39

MySpace was purchased by Google in 2006.

Question 40

Examples of Web based information services include LexisNexis, ProQuest and InfoTrac.

Question 41

Critics worry that MMORPGs have an addictive quality.

Question 42

SMS combines a text message with an image, sound or video.

Question 43

How Internet communication has revolutionized commerce can be explained by the "long tail" concept.

Question 44

Twitter is a form of microblogging.

Question 45

TrustE certifies Web sites as trustworthy.

Question 46

Discuss the origins of the Internet, including the international incident that sparked its development.

Question 47

What were the differences between the first two commercial, general interest online services?

Question 48

What does the textbook mean by the "YouTube Phenomenon"?

Question 49

What is "Web 2.0"? When did the term come about and what does it include?

Question 50

Describe the impact cell phones had on people and society.

Question 51

Describe the three basic revenue sources for mobile and online media. Give specific examples.

Question 52

What are some of the sites that charge for access to their Web pages? Why do you think people are willing to pay for access to these sites?

Question 53

Describe what a "micropayment" system is, and why it works well.

Question 54

What are MMORPGs? What are criticisms about them? Do you think the criticisms are valid? Why or why not?

Question 55

Why is spyware controversial?

Question 56

What is e-commerce? What are examples of it? Elaborate on your experiences using e-commerce.

Question 57

Discuss three online dangers.

Question 58

What are pro and con arguments about using Twitter?

Question 59

The idea for the Internet was formed from the United States government needing a computer network with a ______ of connectivity.

Question 60

Software codes that enable one computer to communicate with another are called

Question 61

The first national system of computers, prior to the Internet, was called ______.

Question 62

The first commercial online service was ______.

Question 63

Among the World Wide Web's innovations are hypertext links, also known as ______.

Question 64

______ technology enables video to be delivered via the Web and viewed on a computer screen.

Question 65

Users share their homemade videos and favorite movie/TV clips on ______, which the textbook calls "the epitome of user-generated content."

Question 66

Social ______ sites are important parts of Web 2.0.

Question 67

______ refer to a form of online participation in which users add something to the application as they use it.

Question 68

An aspect of Web 2.0 in which individuals use online software applications rather than depending on information housed on their own personal computers is called ______ computing.

Question 69

Radio wave towers set up on a grid so that each area of the grid is supplied with radio service is called
______ technology.

Question 70

There are three basic revenue sources for mobile and online media: paid content, ______, and e-commerce product sales.

Question 71

______ learning is a way for students who can't make it to a traditional classroom to take advantage of college courses offered online.

Question 72

Critics worry that ______ (online games like EverQuest and the Sims) have an addictive quality.

Question 73

Programs that track Internet users' activities and report them back to advertisers are called ______.

Question 74

Sites from which users begin Web surfing are called ______.

Question 75

A ______ is someone who uses programming skills to gain illegal access to computer networks or files.

Question 76

______ is the practice of sending out official looking fake e-mails that use stolen brand names of businesses with the intent of luring the victim into revealing their passwords or account numbers.

Question 77

By 2020, survey respondents believe touch user interfaces and ______ recognition will be more prevalent than they are now.

Question 78

An identifying code from a Web site that is placed a user's hard drive is known as a ______.

Question 79

Match the inventors/innovators with their Internet/computer innovation

-Microsoft

A)Alexander Graham Bell
B)Tim Berners-Lee
C)Bill Gates
D)Steve Jobs
E)Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Question 80

Match the inventors/innovators with their Internet/computer innovation

-Apple Computer

A)Alexander Graham Bell
B)Tim Berners-Lee
C)Bill Gates
D)Steve Jobs
E)Larry Page and Sergey Brin