Deck 10: Technology and the Internet: Understanding the Basics

Question 1

A gigabyte (GB) is equal to

A)billion bytes
B)great byte
C)one quadrillion bytes
D)none of these

Answer 1

billion bytes

Question 2

A peta byte of data-that's more than------------------------------bytes

A)one billion
B)one million
C)ten thousand
D)one quadrillion

Answer 2

one quadrillion

Question 3

---------------------------------feature helps the user to return to a specific Web page without always having to remember to type the address.

A)Tick mark
B)Dial Up
C)Bookmark
D)Search Engine

Answer 3

Bookmark

Question 4

A Search engine has ------------parts

A)Three
B)four
C)five
D)two

Question 5

Which of the following is not a part of search engine?

A)indexer program
B)spider
C)engine software
D)bookmark

Question 6

Which of the following is a search engine?

A)Google
B)AlltheWeb
C)Yahoo
D)all of these

Question 7

-----------------------------------is a guide to the internet organized by topics and subtopics.

A)a search engine
B)a blog
C)a subject directory
D)podcast

Question 8

Among the following which one is not a subject dictionary?

A)Google
B)Yahoo!
C)Triton
D)none of these

Question 9

What is the name of the program that enables us to communicate in real time with others who also are online?

A)Instant messaging
B)E. mail
C)Electronic messaging
D)none of these

Question 10

A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the internet using compressed files is called

A)instant messaging
B)e. mail
C)spider
D)podcast

Question 11

Weblogs or blogs are

A)a written message that is sent and received over electronic communication systems
B)audio or video content over the Internet
C)personal logs or journal entries that are posted on the web.
D)All of these

Question 12

Which of the following is a blog site that devotes itself to discussing techno gadgets?

A)www.rottentomatoes.com
B)www.gizmodo.com
C)www.tech. com
D)www.itec.com

Question 13

A written message that is sent and received over electronic communication systems is called

A)E .mail
B)Weblogs
C)podcast
D)none of these

Question 14

-------------------------is the broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. a.

A)podcast
B)a webcast
C)weblogs
D)e .mail

Question 15

Name of the educational initiative backed by government of India for information technology is called

A)Sakshat
B)Rakshat
C)Prathyashat
D)none of these

Question 16

E.-books and e-journals are

A)a written message
B)audio or video content
C)the content of open access publishing
D)a subject directory

Question 17

Claiming another person's words as your own- this action is known as

A)copyright
B)plagiarism
C)patent
D)none of these

Question 18

WebCT and Enspire are the tools for

A)E .mail
B)Electronic messaging
C)E-learning
D)Instant messaging

Question 19

Through ----------------------students can get online education from remote places.

A)virtual classrooms
B)subject directory
C)NICNET
D)INFLIBNET

Question 20

-------------------------------is a virtual network of libraries

A)NICNET
B)INFLIBNET
C)BRNET
D)None of these

Question 21

Name the networking infrastructure built by NIC for the e-governance applications.

A)NICNET
B)INFLIBNET
C)BRNET
D)None of these

Question 22

BRNET is related with

A)library information resources
B)geological information resources
C)biological information resources
D)all of these

Question 23

WBT is an example for

A)a library information resources
B)a geological information resources
C)a biological information resources
D)a computer-based training

Question 24

Which of the following is true?

A)podcast content includes radio shows
B)podcast content includes audio books
C)podcast content includes magazines
D)all of these

Question 25

Which of the following statement is not true to e-mail

A)it is not the most secure form of transmission
B)it is not a safe way to send personal or sensitive information
C)it is not a popular means of communication
D)None of these