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In early electronic computers, the component that held data currently being worked with was called the |
| | A) | CPU |
| | B) | UNIVAC |
| | C) | RAM |
| | D) | IBM |
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Before the adoption of ARPANET, the military used computers for |
| | A) | communication |
| | B) | mathematical equations |
| | C) | generating code |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The first newsgroups were carried on |
| | A) | USENET |
| | B) | Compuserve |
| | C) | ARPANET |
| | D) | AOL |
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On the web, a portal is |
| | A) | a collection of related sites |
| | B) | a computer that houses web sites |
| | C) | a set of newslinks |
| | D) | a site where people begin web surfing. |
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The most common protocol, apart from e-mail is |
| | A) | html |
| | B) | http |
| | C) | Java |
| | D) | URL |
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The term ______________ refers to search engines that combine results from more than one search engine at a time. |
| | A) | crawlers |
| | B) | directories |
| | C) | hybrid search engines |
| | D) | metacrawlers |
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In the world of netiquette, emoticons are used as a form of |
| | A) | acronym |
| | B) | chat |
| | C) | abbreviation |
| | D) | flaming |
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Which of the following sends messages posted by members of a group, to all the other group members' e-mail addresses? |
| | A) | newsgroup |
| | B) | listserv |
| | C) | discussion board |
| | D) | chat room |
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According to the text, one reason MMORPG's are so popular is that |
| | A) | they allow good friends and family to get to know each other better |
| | B) | individuals can create several characters and play against themselves |
| | C) | they are designed to quickly give rewards early in the game |
| | D) | highly talented players often win cash prizes as they gain levels |
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____________ are the people who design and build the systems that make up the Internet. |
| | A) | webmasters |
| | B) | knowledge workers |
| | C) | network engineers |
| | D) | network managers |
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One reason traditional retailers like Wal-Mart get into online commerce, is that it enables them to |
| | A) | employ more staff, by creating new jobs |
| | B) | completely change the image of the company |
| | C) | carry many more items than a typical store |
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According to the text, hacker attacks are motivated by |
| | A) | an interest in financial gain |
| | B) | a desire to impress peers |
| | C) | a desire to protest the commercialization of the net |
| | D) | all of the above |
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____________ are programs that take over e-mail systems and send themselves to other computers from the infected computer's address book. |
| | A) | viruses |
| | B) | worms |
| | C) | Trojan Horses |
| | D) | virus hoaxes |
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The Communications Decency Act of 1996 was overturned after a year because |
| | A) | it was too broad |
| | B) | it did not cover the entire Internet |
| | C) | the legal definition of indecency had changed |
| | D) | it allowed pornography to be sent via e-mail |
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Which of the following do library experts suggest as a good criterion to judge web pages used for research? |
| | A) | attribution |
| | B) | authority |
| | C) | objectivity |
| | D) | all of these |
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