1. The Internet system most resembles:
2. What we consider today’s Internet is due to the efforts of the Department of Defense and _____________.
3. In the mid-2000s, easy-to-use software programs made it easy to upload content to the Internet. This
encouraged the growth of:
4. A common language enabling computers to communicate with one another is called a(n):
5. As of 2010, _______ percent of U.S. adults were Internet users.
6. Spam is:
7. The electronic address of an online item is its:
8. With _______ technology, information can be carried at many times the speed of a dialup modem.
9. WiFi stands for:
10. Which of the following is NOT true about blogs?
11. A popular way to make a profit over the Internet is to:
12. Which of the following is an implication of the Internet and Social Media?
13. If the Internet has no gatekeepers,
14. States posting the names and addresses of sex offenders on the Web:
15. A future convergence of wireless, broadband and other devices, resulting in someone being continuously
connected to the Internet, is called:
16. Early computers were essentially adding machines.
17. The development of the modem allowed the computer’s communication function to expand.
18. When Internet technology was developed in the 1970s by the Department of Defense, it was called
ARPANET.
19. Hypertext allows Internet users to link one electronic document to another.
20. E-mail is the most widely used Internet resource because it is fast and extremely private.
21. The World Wide Web is synonymous with the Internet.
22. The U.S. is the world leader in the adoption of broadband.
23. Using blogs, anyone can become a mass communicator.
24. The major source of information about the Internet audience is I-tron Inc.
25. As Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase their penetration across the globe, they are discovering that
bigger audiences mean fewer expenses.
26. More than a trillion people worldwide now use the Internet.
27. The information obtained on the Internet must be viewed with caution, because the Internet’s lack of
gatekeepers means there is no guarantee of accuracy.
28. Privacy concerns abound on the Internet due to the ease with which personal information can be found
online.
29. The Evernet will enable people to be continuously connected to the Internet, anywhere, using any
information device.
30. The use of Facebook has resulted in several negative consequences including a contributing cause of
increased divorces and cyber bullying. Discuss other negative consequences that you have personally observed.
31. Social media have encouraged young people to help overthrow an oppressive regime but have not been
successful in promoting the task to create a more responsive government. Do you see this as a possibility?
