Deck 5: User-Generated Content on the Internet

Question 1

In 2011, Google launched its own social network called Google Chrome.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Most developers of operating systems do NOT make their APIs available to third-party developers on request.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Email lets users send and receive very short messages (usually 240 characters or less) in real time.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Sharing photos on the Web can be done privately or publicly, depending on your goal.

Question 5

A blog is a Web site that is published to express the blogger's opinions about a particular topic.

Question 6

On Twitter, you need to create an account to view someone else's postings.

Question 7

The term "podcast" is a combination of the words "iPod" and "broadcasting."

Question 8

When anyone can subscribe to a mailing list, it is called a free list.

Question 9

Blog postings appear with the oldest post at the top and newer postings below the older ones.

Question 10

You need to visit the YouTube Web site to view its content.

Question 11

Some industry analysts have estimated Facebook's annual revenues to be in excess of $1 billion, mostly from advertising.

Question 12

One limitation of podcasts is that users cannot subscribe to a podcast to receive it on a specific schedule.

Question 13

A podcast cannot be a video broadcast.

Question 14

Yahoo! and Bing include dedicated sites where users can post and share videos.

Question 15

Web 2.0 applications vary, but they all rely in some way on the interactions of communities of people and their data.

Question 16

A popular term for Usenet topic categories is Internet discussion group.

Question 17

Most Usenet groups are moderated.

Question 18

The Internet has thousands of newsgroups on many different topics.

Question 19

Some instant messaging software programs refer to online contacts as "buddies" or "friends."

Question 20

The primary disadvantage of VoIP is its limitations in identifying a caller's physical location for emergency services (911) operators.

Question 21

Facebook is open to anyone 13 years and older with an email address. _________________________

Question 22

You can search the Google Groups directory by typing keywords in the group box, or you can click the general group categories to open a list of subcategories. _________________________

Question 23

In a chat room, the practice of reading messages and not contributing to the discussion is called peeping. _________________________

Question 24

A podcast is an audio broadcast that is created and saved in a digital format and then stored on a computer or server. _________________________

Question 25

The most popular video-sharing site is Facebook. _________________________

Question 26

LinkedIn was started in 2003 for business professionals. _________________________

Question 27

The following is NOT an example of pull technology: ____.

A) mailing lists
B) online social networks
C) podcasts
D) newsgroups

Question 28

Web ____ creates users who actively participate in writing the content that they are viewing.

A) 1.0
B) 1.5
C) 2.0
D) 4.0

Question 29

The server that stores a newsgroup is called a(n) InfoSource server. _________________________

Question 30

A feed might include ____.

A) news topics
B) blog updates
C) podcasts
D) all of the above

Question 31

API stands for Application Programming Intercom. _________________________

Question 32

The following is NOT an example of push technology: ____.

A) chat
B) blogs
C) instant messaging
D) mashups

Question 33

One way of sharing information is to join, or follow, a mailing list. _________________________

Question 34

When only part of a Web page is coded to syndicate content, you can subscribe to it using a Web Slice (Internet Explorer). _________________________

Question 35

A microblog is a form of blogging that sends short messages on a very frequent schedule. _________________________

Question 36

Although you can play a podcast using a media player, you will need to use software to subscribe to a podcast. _________________________

Question 37

You can group the Internet's many communication methods into two basic categories: push and tug. _________________________

Question 38

A blog is a frequently updated Web site that expresses the opinions of the author(s), with content that is focused on a specific topic. _________________________

Question 39

A(n) ____ is a discussion group that occurs over a computer network with many users contributing to a specific topic.

A) chat group
B) blog group
C) distributed group
D) newsgroup

Question 40

RSS is an acronym for Read-only Simple Syndication. _________________________

Question 41

The topic categories in Usenet used to be called ____.

A) newsgroups
B) forums
C) subjects
D) either a. or b.

Question 42

A ____ stores items on a server as articles or postings that are sorted by topic.

A) newsgroup
B) podcast
C) chat
D) mailing list

Question 43

A(n) ____ database is stored in multiple physical locations, with portions of the database replicated in different locations.

A) distributed
B) virtual
C) adjustment
D) integrated

Question 44

A(n) ____ message is sent in real time between users who are chatting over a network.

A) instant
B) push
C) pull
D) email

Question 45

Referring to the figure above, when you navigate to an individual group page in Google Groups, the summary for each group includes the ____.

A) number of members in the group
B) number of messages per month the group generates
C) both a. and b.
D) neither a. nor b.

Question 46

A mailing list that does not have anyone monitoring messages sent to the list is called a(n) ____ list.

A) moderated
B) unmoderated
C) free
D) paid

Question 47

Podcasting lets a user subscribe to a(n) ____ podcast.

A) audio
B) video
C) either a. or b.
D) neither a. nor b.

Question 48

Originally the term "chat" referred to ____ chat.

A) voice
B) text
C) video
D) microblogging

Question 49

VoIP is an acronym for Voice over Internet ____.

A) Program
B) Process
C) Protocol
D) Procedure

Question 50

To receive feed content, you can install a program called a(n) ____ on your device.

A) pie slicer
B) feed holder
C) aggregator
D) appetizer

Question 51

Usenet was founded in 1979 at ____ and is a way of collecting information and storing it by topic category.

A) Harvard University
B) Cornell University
C) Duke University
D) Northwestern University

Question 52

A(n) ____ occurs over a cellular network between users who are connected to the network using cell phones or other mobile devices.

A) text message
B) podcast
C) email message
D) post

Question 53

A(n) ____ is a form of blogging in which users send short messages on a very frequent schedule.

A) microblog
B) blog
C) mailing list
D) pod

Question 54

The first instant messaging program, ICQ, started in ____, and still has millions of worldwide users.

A) 1991
B) 1996
C) 2001
D) 2006

Question 55

When APIs are shared, the term Web ____ describes the process of organizations communicating through a network to share data without needing extensive knowledge of each other's systems.

A) aggregation
B) coordination
C) discussions
D) services

Question 56

On a(n) ____ list, an individual or group monitors messages sent to the list and discards inappropriate content.

A) moderated
B) unmoderated
C) free
D) paid

Question 57

A podcast with educational content is sometimes referred to as a ____.

A) smartcast
B) learncast
C) teachcast
D) lecturecast

Question 58

____ software manages the schedule for downloading podcast files to your device.

A) Podplanning
B) Webplanning
C) Podcatcher
D) Webcatcher

Question 59

Referring to the figure above, you can click the general group categories to open a list of ____.

A) search terms
B) subcategories
C) links to dictionaries
D) Web 2.0 communities

Question 60

A mailing ____ uses a list server to send subscribers messages from other list members.

A) list
B) podcast
C) feed
D) chat

Question 61

____ is a photo-sharing site.

A) Sight-Flight
B) Flickr
C) Pixar
D) Pickr

Question 62

Many blogs are published using free blogging tools available from sites such as Blogger, WordPress, and Windows ____ Writer.

A) Press
B) Social
C) Expression
D) Live

Question 63

To delete a feed in Firefox, right-click the button on the ____ Bar or the feed's name on the Bookmarks Toolbar, and then click Delete on the shortcut menu.

A) Favorites
B) History
C) Feeds
D) Information

Question 64

An example of VoIP is ____.

A) Twitter
B) Facebook
C) Chrome
D) Skype

Question 65

The provider shown in the figure above stores millions of newsgroup articles dating from ____ in its database.

A) 1971
B) 1976
C) 1981
D) 1986

Question 66

The correct format for a hashtag is ____.

A) $professor
B) #professor
C) &professor
D) *professor

Question 67

Photo-sharing and video-sharing sites are geared toward ____.

A) communities of users
B) business-to-business activities
C) governments
D) database managers

Question 68

A(n) ____ of tools lets you post blog content on other sites.

A) widget
B) waddle
C) cornucopia
D) hack

Question 69

To delete a feed in Internet Explorer, right-click the feed's name on the Feeds tab in the ____ Center, and then click Delete on the shortcut menu.

A) Favorites
B) History
C) Feeds
D) Information

Question 70

Facebook has a large number of active users, and more than ____ of its users check their Facebook pages daily.

A) 30%
B) 50%
C) 70%
D) 90%

Question 71

Sometimes the link to subscribe to feeds is a text link with the letters "____" to indicate the file format of the syndicated content.

A) RSA
B) RSL
C) RSP
D) RSS

Question 72

YouTube was started in ____ as a private venture.

A) 2001
B) 2003
C) 2005
D) 2007

Question 73

Referring to the figure above, if you were to click the "Create a group..." button you will be ____.

A) asked to log in
B) asked if you are a Google Administrator
C) asked to pay a group set-up fee
D) all of the above

Question 74

Podcasting's original use was to make it easy for people to create and broadcast their own ____, but many other uses soon followed.

A) radio shows
B) tv shows
C) blog feeds
D) community announcements

Question 75

Mashup developers usually include additional APIs on the mashup site that link to customized ____ to generate revenue.

A) retail sites
B) community home pages
C) forums
D) advertising

Question 76

Ryze, LinkedIn, and ____ connect business professionals.

A) Facebook
B) Sermo
C) Classmates
D) Safari

Question 77

____ was the first to make APIs available to other developers.

A) YouTube
B) Amazon.com
C) eBay
D) Craigslist.com

Question 78

Tweets and tweeting are references to the popular Microblogging site ____.

A) Facebook
B) Twype
C) Twitter
D) Classmates

Question 79

A blog often contains ____.

A) text and comments
B) photographs
C) videos
D) all of the above

Question 80

When the Usenet News Service began operating in 1979, the only way to read or post articles to newsgroups was to install and run a software program, called a ____.

A) news widget
B) news catcher
C) newsreader
D) news group