Deck 1: The Environment and the Tools

Question 1

____ allow(s) professionals, business partners, or employees to communicate with each other using text, audio, video, whiteboard, and shared files without leaving their own desks, thereby improving employee productivity and reducing expenses.

A) Virtual meeting spaces
B) IRC
C) IM chat
D) E-mail

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A(n) ____ is any of several types of digital lines that carry multiple signals over a single communication line.

A) T-carrier line
B) CATV line
C) ADSL line
D) dial-up line

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A ____ is a word, phrase, or image that connects Web pages.

A) weblink
B) quicklink
C) hyperlink
D) jumplink

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The accompanying figure illustrates Web sites that participate in ____ e-commerce.

A) B2C
B) C2C
C) B2B
D) C2B

Question 5

The term ____ defines the "next generation" Web that supports new types of Web-based services.

A) intranet
B) Web 2.0
C) Internet2
D) Web 1.0

Question 6

The ____ is a worldwide public network that connects private networks.

A) intranet
B) Web
C) home page
D) Internet

Question 7

A group of related specifically formatted electronic documents containing text, images, interactive elements, and hyperlinks accessed over the Internet is called a ____.

A) Web site
B) Web page
C) Web server
D) Web file

Question 8

____ exchange millions of electronic messages and share information using the Internet and the Web.

A) Friends
B) Families
C) Business professionals
D) All of the above

Question 9

____ is an example of a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG).

A) Wikipedia
B) Lineage
C) Facebook
D) LinkedIn

Question 10

A saved link is called a ____.

A) meta tag
B) robot
C) bookmark
D) spider

Question 11

Which of the following is a software application used to send and receive electronic mail or e-mail?

A) Mozilla Thunderbird
B) Windows Live Messenger
C) AOL Instant Messenger
D) WebEx

Question 12

The accompanying figure illustrates three examples of Web sites that participate in ____ e-commerce.

A) B2B
B) B2C
C) C2B
D) B2D

Question 13

The primary page at a Web site is called its ____.

A) first page
B) starting page
C) essential page
D) home page

Question 14

The accompanying figure illustrates Web sites that participate in ____ e-commerce.

A) C2C
B) B2C
C) B2B
D) A2Z

Question 15

____ is a set of standards for digital transmission of data over standard copper telephone lines.

A) DSL
B) CATV
C) ISDN
D) ADSL

Question 16

Who is credited with the early vision and technological developments that led to today's World Wide Web?

A) Tim Berners-Lee
B) Tim Whitcombe-Smythe
C) Tom Lee
D) None of the above

Question 17

____ is the worldwide telephone system that handles voice-oriented telephone calls.

A) PSTN
B) PIRC
C) PWEB
D) PTML

Question 18

A temporary connection that uses one or more analog telephone lines for communications is a ____ connection.

A) wireless hotspot
B) digital subscriber line
C) cable broadband
D) dial-up

Question 19

The slowest Internet access connection is a ____ connection.

A) cable broadband
B) digital subscriber line
C) regular dial-up
D) none of the above

Question 20

A computer ____ is composed of computers, printers, and data file storage devices connected together to enable the sharing of computing resources and data.

A) server
B) browser
C) network
D) Web

Question 21

Which of the following is the correct markup tag for applying the bold format to Web page text using the HTML 4.01 standard?

A) text
B) text
C) text
D) text

Question 22

As a ____, you would create and revise the text that visitors read when they visit a Web site.

A) Web page designer
B) content writer/editor
C) Webmaster
D) Web artist/graphic designer

Question 23

A content manager performs a(n) ____ role in Web design, development, and maintenance.

A) creative
B) high-tech
C) oversight
D) none of the above

Question 24

Which of the following is a programming language used to add dynamic and interactive elements to a Web page?

A) JavaScript
B) Active Server Pages (ASP)
C) MySql
D) All of the above

Question 25

Most ____ allow you to view and manipulate the underlying HTML code.

A) WYSIWYG editors
B) HTML editors
C) text editors
D) spam editors

Question 26

____ allows homes and businesses to connect to the Internet over the same coaxial cable as television transmissions.

A) ADSL
B) CATV
C) HTTP
D) ISDN

Question 27

Which of the following uses spider or robot software to build its index of Web pages?

A) search engine
B) search directory
C) metasearch engine
D) none of the above

Question 28

A transfer rate in thousands of bits per second is stated in ____.

A) Mbps
B) Kbps
C) Kzps
D) Nbps

Question 29

A software program that requests, downloads, and displays Web pages is called a Web ____.

A) page
B) server
C) hyperlink
D) browser

Question 30

A ____ facilitates the management of Web content development, including authoring, reviewing, editing, and publishing.

A) WYSIWYG editor
B) Web template
C) content management system (CMS)
D) Web server

Question 31

A(n) ____ is software used to create plain (ASCII) text files.

A) HTML editor
B) text editor
C) WYSIWYG editor
D) Web template

Question 32

Which of the following top-level domains is reserved for the noncommercial community?

A) )aero
B) )biz
C) )com
D) )org

Question 33

Designing and producing animation, digital video and audio, 2D and 3D models, and other media elements for the Web is generally the role of a ____.

A) multimedia producer
B) content writer/editor
C) Webmaster
D) network/security administrator

Question 34

Web page content created by a scripting language is also called ____.

A) malware
B) active content
C) HTML content
D) a database

Question 35

The ____ markup language uses predefined codes, called tags, to organize and format Web page elements.

A) XML
B) THML
C) HTML
D) ZTML

Question 36

A ____ must be highly skilled in scripting languages.

A) Web programmer
B) content writer/editor
C) network/security administrator
D) Web artist/graphic designer

Question 37

Google, Ask.com, and Windows Live Search are all examples of a ____.

A) search directory
B) search engine
C) metasearch engine
D) Web browser

Question 38

Which of the following is an example of a WYSIWYG editor?

A) Notepad
B) Adobe Dreamweaver
C) NoteTab
D) BBEdit

Question 39

A(n) ____ is a predesigned model that can be customized for fast Web site or Web page creation or updating.

A) WYSIWYG editor
B) Web template
C) HTML tag
D) text editor

Question 40

A(n) ____ is a text editor enhanced with special features that are used to more easily insert HTML tags and their attributes.

A) HTML editor
B) enhanced text editor
C) WYSIWYG editor
D) Web template

Question 41

Streaming media is video or sound that is first downloaded to a user's computer and then played.

Question 42

The speed with which data can be sent from one device to another is called the transfer rate.

Question 43

You can often identify a hyperlink by its appearance.

Question 44

Internet3 is a nonprofit Internet initiative with more than 200 members.

Question 45

The Huffington Post is an example of a Web-based chat site.

Question 46

Modified Multiple Choice Which of the following allow Internet users to communicate with each other in real time?

A) Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
B) Web-based chat
C) e-mail
D) blogs

Question 47

The term Internet can safely be used interchangeably with the term World Wide Web because they are the same thing.

Question 48

ADSL supports faster transmission when sending data than when receiving data.

Question 49

To indicate visually that you have previously clicked a text line, the shape of the text link might change.

Question 50

Millions of people turn to the Web for entertainment because of the Web's unique ability to provide interactive multimedia experiences.

Question 51

The Web offers exciting, challenging new avenues for formal and informal teaching and learning, as illustrated in the accompanying figure.

Question 52

Modified Multiple Choice Which of the following are members of the Internet2 initiative?

A) government members
B) university members
C) corporate members
D) international members

Question 53

Modified Multiple Choice Which of the following elements make up the World Wide Web?

A) electronic documents that contain images, text, interactive elements, and links
B) Internet-connected computers that store electronic documents
C) groups of related electronic documents
D) electronic document printers

Question 54

High-speed dial-up access is only twice as fast as regular dial-up access.

Question 55

Modified Multiple Choice Which of the following are considered e-commerce activities?

A) consumer shopping
B) consumer investing
C) exchange of business data between employees
D) exchange of business data between companies

Question 56

Which of the following Internet access methods are considered broadband access?

A) ISDN
B) dial-up
C) ADSL
D) CATV

Question 57

Visitors might quickly move on from a Web site if its pages are poorly designed or their content appears unreliable, outdated, or trivial.

Question 58

Designing and building a Web site remains a difficult, intimidating undertaking because of the lack of evolution in Web technologies.

Question 59

Private computer networks are found everywhere - in home offices, in student computer labs, and in the offices of organizations and businesses around the world.

Question 60

Businesses discourage employees from participating in collaborative workspaces because doing so reduces employee productivity and increases expenses.

Question 61

YouTube is an example of a(n) ____________________ site.

Question 62

You can access a Web page by entering its unique address, called the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in a browser.

Question 63

As shown in the accompanying figure, the PSTN generally uses ____________________ technology, with the exception of the final link from the local telephone company to a home or office.

Question 64

In addition to technologies, creating a Web site with Web pages that successfully communicate, educate, entertain, or provide a venue for conducting business transactions also requires applying the elements of good ____________________.

Question 65

The most popular Web browser used today is Mozilla Firefox.

Question 66

____________________ sites allow participants to create a personal network of friends or business contacts and then use communication tools provided by the site to interact with those in their personal network.

Question 67

In the past, the most common way to access the Internet was using a(n) ____________________ telephone line.

Question 68

A personal Web site is used to promote and sell products or services.

Question 69

Pointing to either a text or image ____________________ with the mouse pointer changes the pointer from an arrow to a hand pointer.

Question 70

A Web page might appear differently depending on the browser, so you should test your pages with different browsers as you develop your Web site.

Question 71

Some countries have their own TLDs, such as Australia (.au), France (.fr), and Canada (.ca).

Question 72

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a convenient way to ensure that all the pages at a site have a different look.

Question 73

Exploring the Web by jumping from one Web page to another is called ____________________ the Web.

Question 74

XHTML-created Web pages lessen many of the user-access issues concerning accessibility and Web browsers.

Question 75

A smartphone provides regular cell phone service plus offers other features, such as a camera, calendar, and Internet access.

Question 76

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and Yahoo! Messenger are two examples of ____________________ programs.

Question 77

____________________ is a major cooperative initiative among academia, industry, and government agencies to increase the Internet's possibilities.

Question 78

Mobile wireless using radio signals transferred between a transmitting tower and an antenna on a house or business provides high-speed Internet connections for users who do not have access to DSL or cable.

Question 79

As a Web page designer, your primary role is to convert text, images, and links into Web pages using tools, such as markup languages; CSS; and text, HTML, and WYSIWYG editors.

Question 80

Web pages at the same site or across different sites are connected by ____________________, as illustrated in the accompanying figure.