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1.
Through _____, information in analog form (such as text or pictures) is translated into
binary code—a series of ones and zeros that can be encoded in software and transmitted
between computers.
A)
Web 2.0
B)
Facebook
C)
Arpanet
D)
digitization
2.
What was the original motivation for developing the Internet?
A)
Technical innovation
B)
Military and academic research
C)
Popular demand for a more democratic medium of communication
D)
Desire for a new toy or “novelty”
3.
The Internet moved into the mass medium phase of development with the invention of
_____.
A)
Web browsers
B)
search engines
C)
e-mail
D)
computer bulletin boards
4.
One form of media convergence is the
A)
tendency of news media to focus on local stories.
B)
use of digital technology to access different media channels.
C)
theory that there are more and more media outlets.
D)
way media coverage tends to follow a mob mentality in reporting.
5.
Facebook is a _____.
A)
blog
B)
wiki
C)
social networking site
D)
Web browser
6.
Talking Points Memo is a leading _____.
A)
mash-up video
B)
blog
C)
MMORPG
D)
avatar
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7.
User-created content on the Web includes which of the following phenomena?
A)
Sponsored links
B)
Wiki Web sites
C)
Blogs
D)
Both Wiki Web sites and blogs
8.
How does Google make money from e-mail?
A)
Through ads based on key words in e-mails
B)
Fees charged to users
C)
Government subsidies
D)
Reimbursements from computer manufacturers
9.
What is the main difference between Linux software and Microsoft software?
A)
Microsoft is less reliable
B)
Linux is less reliable
C)
Linux is open-source software
D)
Microsoft is open-source software
10.
The Internet was created by private enterprise, but it has been taken over and expanded
by the federal government.
A)
True
B)
False
11.
The Internet was designed so that a centralized authority could control electronic
communication during a nuclear disaster.
A)
True
B)
False
12.
ARPAnet is a browser.
A)
True
B)
False
13.
Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson, who invented e-mail, established the “login
name@hostcomputer” convention for e-mail addresses.
A)
True
B)
False
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14.
Microprocessors led to the development of personal computers.
A)
True
B)
False
15.
The primary use of the Internet in the 1990s was social networking.
A)
True
B)
False
16.
Many Internet visionaries talk about the next era in Web use as the Romantic Web.
A)
True
B)
False
17.
HTML stands for “HyperText Markup Language.”
A)
True
B)
False
18.
Mosaic was the first user-friendly browser.
A)
True
B)
False
19.
Wikis are informative Web sites that are strictly controlled by professional editors.
A)
True
B)
False
20.
“Cookies” are files that allow a Web site owner to chart the computer user’s movements
within the Web site and collect other information about the user.
A)
True
B)
False
21.
The Web is a participatory medium in which anyone can be involved.
A)
True
B)
False
22.
Open-source software has code that can be updated by anyone interested in modifying
it.
A)
True
B)
False
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23.
The Linux operating system was developed by Microsoft in an attempt to deter an
antitrust suit by the U.S. government.
A)
True
B)
False
24.
Most Web sites follow an “opt–in” data policy when collecting information from online
consumers.
A)
True
B)
False
25.
Recent court decisions have upheld Congress‘s authority to restrict children’s access to
pornographic Web sites.
A)
True
B)
False
26.
Hacktivists are a loosely organized group who hack computer systems in the name of
being activists for a cause.
A)
True
B)
False
27.
_____ is made of thin glass bundles that transmit thousands of messages converted to
shooting pulses of light.
28.
Internet navigation tools, such as Firefox and Microsoft’s Edge, are known as _____.
29.
_____ contain articles in chronological, journal-like form, often with reader comments
and links to other sites.
30.
ISP stands for Internet _____ provider.
31.
Independent software creators persist in making alternatives through _____, in which
code can be updated by anyone interested in modifying it.
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32.
The socioeconomic disparity between those who do and those who do not have access to
digital technology and media, such as the Internet, is sometimes referred to as the
_____.
33.
How was the early Internet established and developed? What was the motivation for
developing it?
34.
What is the relationship between Sputnik and the development of the Internet?
35.
What are the key issues involving ownership of the Internet?
36.
Discuss three of the issues that can make the Internet a potentially treacherous place.
37.
Briefly explain the concept of the “digital divide.”
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Answer Key
1.
D
2.
B
3.
A
4.
B
5.
C
6.
B
7.
D
8.
A
9.
C
10.
B
11.
B
12.
B
13.
A
14.
A
15.
B
16.
B
17.
A
18.
A
19.
B
20.
A
21.
A
22.
A
23.
B
24.
B
25.
A
26.
A
27.
Fiber-optic cable
28.
browsers
29.
Blogs
30.
service
31.
open-source software
32.
digital divide
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.