Deck 3: Syndicating Content

Question 1

Blogs and Web sites can share content using a process known as ____.

A) feeding
B) syndication
C) cascading
D) encryption

Answer 1

syndication

Question 2

-As per the accompanying figure, you can access a Web feed using a(n) ____ application.

A) media player
B) feed reader
C) Usenet reader
D) e-mail program

Answer 2

feed reader

Question 3

-According to the accompanying figure, the content from the TechCrunch blog is published as a ____.

A) Usenet
B) newsgroup
C) mailing list
D) Web feed

Answer 3

Web feed

Question 4

Clicking on the feed icon provides the user with the ____ for the site's feed.

A) HTTP
B) IP address
C) net address
D) URL

Question 5

The feed reader displays the feed's content by showing ____ each of the items on the site from which they originated.

A) buttons for
B) icons for
C) links to
D) summaries for

Question 6

-In the accompanying figure, the moreover site displays the prebuilt feeds arranged by ____.

A) date
B) category
C) the alphabet
D) all of the above

Question 7

-As per the accompanying figure, Syndic8 and Moreover ____ syndicated content.

A) serve specifications for
B) are search engines for
C) are spider applications for
D) are directories of

Question 8

You can read Lifehacker headlines embedded in a ____.

A) wiki's sidebar
B) blog's content
C) wiki's content
D) blog's sidebar

Question 9

____ is a Windows application for viewing RSS feeds.

A) FeedDemon
B) Defender
C) FeedReader
D) syndic7

Question 10

In Firefox, subscribed feeds are called ____.

A) favorite feeds
B) more bookmarks
C) live bookmarks
D) live feeds

Question 11

When you view a feed in Safari, a(n) ____ offers options for searching, sorting, and filtering items in the feed.

A) button
B) icon
C) sidebar
D) hyperlink

Question 12

Some Web browsers display a feed icon in the ____ if a Web site offers a Web feed.

A) navigation bar
B) taskbar
C) toolbar
D) address bar

Question 13

-The application in the accompanying figure is a(n) ____.

A) Usenet feed reader
B) client feed reader
C) IRC feed reader
D) Web-based feed reader

Question 14

-In the accompanying figure, new, unread items ____.

A) appear at the bottom
B) are displayed, but not read items
C) appear in bold
D) are displayed with an unread mark

Question 15

FeedDemon is a popular free feed reader application for the Windows operating system and is available for downloading from the ____ Web site.

A) NewsGator
B) Windows
C) Microsoft
D) Office

Question 16

To subscribe to a feed in ____, right-click the RSS feeds folder under your personal folders and select the Add a New RSS Feed command.

A) Google Reader
B) Firefox
C) Outlook
D) FeedDemon

Question 17

The data that feed reader applications display is the same regardless of whether you subscribe to Web feeds using a browser, a Web-based application, a client application, or a(n) ____.

A) server-based application
B) newsgroup application
C) Usenet application
D) cell phone

Question 18

Some blogs that often contain very lengthy posts will opt to syndicate ____ of each post.

A) only the first paragraph
B) an abstract
C) only the title
D) the links

Question 19

Feed-managing services provide content producers with ____, or quantitative results from periodically measuring and assessing Web traffic and usage, that summarize how users interact with a feed's content.

A) timers
B) counters
C) metrics
D) logs

Question 20

FeedBurner provides the ____ of the referring pages from which users accessed the single blog post.

A) IP addresses
B) names
C) URLs
D) e-mail addresses

Question 21

An extension of RSS, called ____, adds geographical location information (latitude and longitude coordinates) to items in an RSS feed.

A) RSS 3.0
B) GeoRSS
C) Mashup
D) Atom

Question 22

The information contained in an RSS feed and how it is represented has evolved since RSS was first developed in ____.

A) 1996
B) 1999
C) 2002
D) 2005

Question 23

The distinction between the RSS and ____ feed formats typically is transparent to the user.

A) wiki
B) blog
C) GeoRSS
D) Atom

Question 24

You can find the URL of the RSS feed for a Blogger blog by appending ____ to the blog's URL.

A) /feeds/posts/alt=rss
B) /feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
C) /feeds/posts/alt=atom
D) /feeds/posts/default?alt=atom

Question 25

-The accompanying figure illustrates some of the XML tags and the relationship between them used to represent ____.

A) RSS feeds
B) news feeds
C) Atom feeds
D) Web feeds

Question 26

-As per the accompanying figure, ____ is an XML tag used in the structure of an RSS feed.

A) <pubDate>
B) <uri>
C) <published>
D) <name>

Question 27

In an RSS feed file, the tags between <rss> and ____ describe the feed.

A) </end>
B) </feed>
C) </fin>
D) </rss>

Question 28

In the XML of a Web feed, the presence of the <feed> tag indicates that a feed is in ____ format.

A) RSS
B) podcast
C) Atom
D) Web feed

Question 29

____ is a popular podcast reader application that allows you to download and manage your podcast subscriptions.

A) Microsoft Outlook
B) Delicious
C) iTunes
D) Technorati

Question 30

Podcast files are usually stored in a(n) ____ format, such as MP3 for audio or MP4 for video.

A) Windows
B) compressed
C) encrypted
D) XML

Question 31

Each time that your portable media player is connected to your computer, the ____ can copy podcast files to it.

A) Windows Media Player program
B) software that manages your multimedia content
C) browser with your podcast plugin
D) Web-based feed reader

Question 32

iTunes synchronizes content with ____.

A) iPhone media players
B) Blackberry media players
C) Nokia media players
D) Nexus One media players

Question 33

When you subscribe to a podcast, you give ____ permission to access the podcast's multimedia files and download them to your computer.

A) your iPhone
B) Internet Explorer
C) iTunes
D) Apple

Question 34

____ is a Web-based podcast directory and subscription management service.

A) Odeo
B) FeedDemon
C) Outlook
D) Podcastlines

Question 35

Odeo has elements of a(n) ____; you can rank and share your favorite podcast episodes with friends.

A) mailing list
B) online community
C) video wiki
D) video blog

Question 36

In addition to managing Web feeds, FeedBurner manages ____.

A) Web-based feed readers
B) your podcast settings
C) audio and video podcast feeds
D) blogs and wikis

Question 37

The podcast feed uses the same tags as the RSS feed does, except that there is an <enclosure> tag within each ____ tag.

A) <title>
B) <description>
C) <link>
D) <item>

Question 38

Once you have created an audio file, audio-editing software, such as Audacity for Windows, or ____ for Mac can be used to edit the file.

A) Zune
B) GarageBand
C) Odeo
D) FeedBurner

Question 39

Many people who create podcasts use a ____ application to post and archive each episode of a podcast.

A) newsgroup
B) blogging
C) wiki
D) Web feed

Question 40

When you upload your video to Blogger, Blogger will convert it into two different formats: an MP4 version for the podcast feed and a(n) ____ to display in the show notes blog post.

A) Adobe version
B) JavaScript version
C) Flash version
D) Java version

Question 41

A Web feed distributed as ____ is known as a podcast.

A) text
B) audio
C) video
D) code

Question 42

You can find feeds that are registered with syndicated content directories such as ____.

A) Syndic8
B) Moreover
C) FeedDemon
D) Audacity

Question 43

____ may be configured to download new information from your subscribed feeds directly to your device so that you can read them without having to be connected to the Internet.

A) Cell phones
B) E-mail readers
C) Client feed readers
D) Some Web-based feed reader applications

Question 44

Some users may view a blog's content without actually subscribing to it because ____.

A) they found it via a blog search engine
B) the service is inexpensive
C) of the large file sizes
D) it appeared in a blog's sidebar

Question 45

____ is an XML tag used to represent Atom feeds.

A) <published>
B) <email>
C) <feed>
D) <author>

Question 46

Syndicated content is delivered to Web sites and applications via a Web feed.

Question 47

-As shown in the accompanying figure, you can access a Web feed in a browser.

Question 48

A green icon is the symbol for Web feeds.

Question 49

Using a feed reader, the user subscribes to feeds from favorite Web sites, and the reader checks for updated content.

Question 50

Blog search engines, such as Google Blog Search and Technorati, update their listings based on their own spider programs.

Question 51

-As shown in the accompanying figure, some sites display orange XML buttons with links to feeds.

Question 52

You can subscribe to and read feeds in one of two ways.

Question 53

XML supplies instructions for how to display the content.

Question 54

In Firefox,each live bookmark is the title of a blog post from the feed.

Question 55

Client feed readers store feed information locally.

Question 56

-In the accompanying figure, the Add a Subscription button displays a text box to enter a feed's URL or search terms to find feeds.

Question 57

You can download a feed reader program and install it on your computer.

Question 58

You can configure a feed gadget for your blog by specifying the feed's IP address.

Question 59

A blog's reach is a term used to describe the total number of people who have viewed or clicked on the content in a blog.

Question 60

FeedBurner's Analyze tab gives options for displaying a feed with easy subscription options using a variety of feed reader applications.

Question 61

Google's Blogger uses the newer Atom format by default but offers the RSS format as an option.

Question 62

-As shown in the accompanying figure, <url> is one of the tags used in the structure of an RSS feed.

Question 63

Atom uses the same set of tags to convey information about syndicated content than does RSS, plus additional tags.

Question 64

Podcasting became popular long after personal media players such as Apple's iPod had become the preferred portable device for listening to music.

Question 65

The tools for creating and publishing podcasts are within the reach of professionals only.

Question 66

Podcast readers automatically check for new content and download it to your computer.

Question 67

Each time that you launch iTunes, it will automatically check the podcasts to which you are subscribed and download any new episodes.

Question 68

To synchronize podcasts with your personal media player, you need to use the manufacturer's application.

Question 69

After creating an account on Odeo, you can subscribe to podcasts and receive alerts when new episodes become available.

Question 70

A podcast is an Atom feed with additional information about the multimedia file associated with each episode.

Question 71

-The accompanying figure shows the Technorati blog and several different ways that users can access its content.

Question 72

The ability to subscribe to a feed is standard in many Web browsers.

Question 73

To subscribe to a feed using a feed reader application, enter the feed's URL in a dialog box.

Question 74

You can subscribe to Web feeds within Microsoft Outlook.

Question 75

FeedBurner's Analyze tab provides instructions for activating Google AdSense to include ads as part of the Web feed.

Question 76

A(n) ____________________ represents the list of items, such as blog posts, news headlines, and other frequently updated Web content, that are being shared.

Question 77

Web sites that provide feeds usually display an orange Web feed ____________________.

Question 78

-In the accompanying figure, moreover displays the small business ____________________.

Question 79

Some search engines offer the results of a search query as a(n) ____________________.

Question 80

To assist with feed management, you can use ____________________ to group related feeds.