Deck 5: The World Wide Web

Question 1

Your browser may be able to handle HTML files but not multimedia files.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Many Web browsers have built-in security features that let you block spyware and pop-up ads.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The term "player" can refer to plug-ins or to standalone software that does not need a host program to run.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Search engine technology has three components: a Web crawler, an indexer, and a database.

Question 5

You need to be an established business to buy or sell products through the Internet.

Question 6

You typically can view stock quotes on news Web sites, but you need an online broker for investment activities.

Question 7

In 1969 the United States Department of Defense connected four computers to create a network called ARPANET.

Question 8

Barcodes look like squares with square pattern blocks inside the main square object.

Question 9

Stealth marketing, also called stealth targeting, is a way to advertise by displaying visited merchants' stores in banner ads.

Question 10

Single merchants typically operate B2B sites.

Question 11

In 1988, Douglas Engelbart demonstrated several experimental technologies to the public, including the mouse, video conferencing, and a hypertext interface.

Question 12

Today, more than 2.5 billion people use the Internet and the World Wide Web.

Question 13

In 1993, the University of Illinois released the first Web browser, named Mosaic.

Question 14

Every domain name ends with an extension that indicates its base-level domain, or BLD.

Question 15

You can use a wildcard character such as the asterisk to search for derivations of a word.

Question 16

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the one group responsible for the Web.

Question 17

A site with a secure connection displays a lock icon and "httpd://" in the Address bar.

Question 18

Although people use the terms "Internet" and "Web" interchangeably, the Internet is only part of the Web.

Question 19

Text wrapping lets you read text on pages that were designed for large screens.

Question 20

The Web not only displays information but also lets you interact with it.

Question 21

A collection of Web pages makes up a Web ____.

A) browser
B) stream
C) site
D) master

Question 22

____ Message Service is available on most cellular phones so you can add video, picture, and sound to a message.

A) Streaming
B) Micromedia
C) Meta
D) Multimedia

Question 23

Each Web site has a unique HTML address and a corresponding unique domain name. _________________________

Question 24

English is the most used language on Web sites. _________________________

Question 25

Mozilla Firefox provides a(n) sync feature that connects your desktop and mobile Firefox devices so you can access your browsing history on all your devices. _________________________

Question 26

You can listen to ____, which are prerecorded audio files, to keep up with your favorite topics.

A) feeds
B) scripts
C) podcasts
D) streams

Question 27

Most browsers feature ____ browsing to access several Web pages in the same browser window.

A) tabbed
B) synced
C) linked
D) add-on

Question 28

HTML ____ are codes that define the Web page.

A) phrases
B) tags
C) addresses
D) links

Question 29

A(n) Meta operator is a word or symbol that identifies the relationship between keywords in a search. _________________________

Question 30

____ user interfaces require that a user use a keyboard to type a command to interact with a computer.

A) Command-line
B) Graphical
C) Browser
D) Console

Question 31

Businesses can market their products for free using ____ sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

A) social networking
B) Software as a Service
C) Business-to-Business
D) file-sharing

Question 32

The ____ bar on a browser typically has Back, Forward, Refresh, and Stop buttons.

A) title
B) status
C) address
D) navigation

Question 33

URLs use backward slashes and they cannot contain spaces. _________________________

Question 34

Animation is the process of creating the appearance of motion by displaying a sequence of still images, each with small changes from the previous image. _________________________

Question 35

In 1989, researcher Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea that became the World Wide Web . _________________________

Question 36

Browsers provide a(n) bookmark list of the Web pages you visit for a day, a week, a month, and so on. _________________________

Question 37

Videos are commonly transmitted using streaming , where a small segment of the file is transmitted and begins to play while the server sends the next segment. _________________________

Question 38

All browsers have a(n) ____ bar to let you know where you are on the Web.

A) title
B) domain
C) address
D) navigation

Question 39

Pharming is the use of emails that look legitimate to get sensitive data. _________________________

Question 40

The page that appears when you open a browser is called the ____ page.

A) spider
B) home
C) domain
D) hit

Question 41

____ create a unique address for each Web page so it can be found by any browser on the Internet.

A) URLs
B) HTTPs
C) SSLs
D) HTMLs

Question 42

You can use a ____ character such as the asterisk to search for derivations of a word.

A) wildcard
B) Boolean
C) keyword
D) scripting

Question 43

The ____ Boolean operator indicates that any one of the search terms must appear on a Web page for it to be included as a search result.

A) OR
B) AND
C) NOT
D) ANY

Question 44

____ means a computer has been taken over by an unauthorized user.

A) Pharmed
B) Phished
C) Hacked
D) Unsynced

Question 45

A(n) ____ is software that is added on to an existing application to provide additional features to that program.

A) App tab
B) spider
C) plug-in
D) script

Question 46

Search engine ____ involves techniques to increase the chances your Web site will appear higher in search results.

A) phrasing
B) stuffing
C) optimization
D) mastering

Question 47

A(n) ____ looks for your search criteria in the indexed search engine database and then displays the list of results as URLs.

A) indexing utility
B) Web crawler
C) query processor
D) spider

Question 48

A ____ is an automated program that uses hyperlinks to jump between Web pages, collecting data about each page as it does.

A) plug-in
B) spider
C) cookie
D) QR code

Question 49

You can access Web pages on your mobile computing device using a mobile browser, or ____, which is specially designed for small screens.

A) mini browser
B) micro browser
C) spider browser
D) client-side browser

Question 50

With ____ Web publishing the HTML document is a snapshot of the data.

A) dynamic
B) optimized
C) extensible
D) static

Question 51

A ____ is a set of program instructions that make Web pages interactive.

A) plug-in
B) cookie
C) script
D) spider

Question 52

A ____ script runs on your local computer.

A) client-side
B) server-side
C) plug-in
D) static

Question 53

The Safari browser provides built-in support for Apple's ____ screen reader.

A) VocieOver
B) Dolphin
C) Multimedia Message Service
D) Mosaic

Question 54

Mozilla Firefox provides a ____ button whose color tells you how much identity information is available for the site.

A) VoiceOver
B) Secure Sockets
C) Digital Wallet
D) Site Identity

Question 55

Multiple keywords are called a ____.

A) Boolean operator
B) Web script
C) QR code
D) search phrase

Question 56

With ____ Web publishing, Web pages are created on demand, retrieving the most current data at the moment you request it.

A) dynamic
B) optimized
C) extensible
D) static

Question 57

____ provides a way to classify the contents of the Web page, making it easier to organize.

A) HTML
B) XML
C) HTTP
D) NFC

Question 58

The ____ Boolean operator indicates that all terms in the search criteria must appear on a Web page for it to be included in the results.

A) OR
B) AND
C) NOT
D) ALL

Question 59

A Web page is a document that contains ____ tags.

A) HTTP
B) RFID
C) TLS
D) HTML

Question 60

Most browsers feature ____ browsing mode, which lets you surf the Web without leaving history,  temporary  Internet files, or small text files called "cookies".

A) Spider
B) Private
C) Client-side
D) Unlinked

Question 61

____ are printed codes that look like a series of stacked bars.

A) QR codes
B) Meta codes
C) TLD codes
D) Barcodes

Question 62

A ____ is a collaborative Web site where you and your colleagues can modify content on a Web page.

A) file-sharing site
B) wiki
C) content aggregator
D) server-side site

Question 63

Online actions are an example of the ____ business model.

A) consumer-to-consumer
B) business-to-consumer
C) business-to-business
D) consumer-to-business

Question 64

A(n) ____ site such as mDigger or Google News gathers, organizes, and then distributes Web content.

A) content aggregator
B) spider
C)file-sharing
D) indexing

Question 65

____ is the process of temporarily scrambling data so it is not readable until it is unscrambled.

A) Encryption
B) Indexing
C) Stuffing
D) Optimization

Question 66

____ service providers provide software-based services over the Internet.

A) Server-side
B) Client-side
C) Application
D) Internet

Question 67

____ is a wireless technology used for tagging and tracking.

A) Near Field Communication
B) Uniform Resource Locator
C) Transport Layer Security
D) Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Question 68

Some Web site operators push their sites to the top of result lists by manipulating ____ keywords.

A) spider
B) bookmark
C) Boolean
D) meta

Question 69

E-commerce sites use ____ technology to encrypt data.

A) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
B) Secure Sockets Layer
C) Radio Frequency Identification
D) Uniform Resource Locator

Question 70

A ____ is a small file generated by a Web server that acts like a storage bin for the items you place in your shopping cart.

A) digital wallet
B) plug-in
C) spider
D) cookie

Question 71

A ____ is the person who maintains a Web site.

A) Domain master
B) Site master
C) Web master
D) Content aggregator

Question 72

A(n) ____ ad is an advertisement that appears in a Web page, typically near the top or at the side or bottom margins.

A) interstitial
B) pop-under
C) banner
D) pop-up

Question 73

____ graphics use mathematical formulas instead of pixels and are widely used on web pages.

A) Bitmap
B) Vector
C) Static
D) Scripted

Question 74

A ____ is software that stores the payment information you enter when you finalize an online purchase.
Digital wallet

A) wiki
B) helper application
C) digital wallet
D) cookie

Question 75

Once installed, your browser automatically runs ____ applications when needed.

A) sync
B) cookie
C) encryption
D) helper