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This class covers Internet applications, ___, and ___.
We distinguished between network applications and ___ applications.
In a network application, either the data or ___ is stored on the network.
A server that automatically forwards email to many subscribers is called a/an ___.
Collaborative applications in which users must be working at the same time are called __ applications.
In a dynamic network application, a client program may be:
a. automatically downloaded when the application is launched
b. pre-installed before the application is launched
c. with some applications there may be both automatically downloaded and others and pre-installed programs
d. all of the above (a-c)
e. none of the above (a-c) – the client program is the Web browser
Which is true?
a. Web surfing is a client-server application, but email is not
b. Email is a client-server application, but Web surfing is not
c. Neither are client-server applications, they are networked applications
d. Neither are client-server applications, they are collaborative applications
e. Both are client server applications
The rules of the conversation between a client and a server are called a/an ___.
What language is the client-side program for Google Spreadsheets written in ___? (Say “none” if there is no client side program for Google Spreadsheets).
Applications that combine two or more services are called ___.
Which is typical?
a. A blog is a one to many medium and a listserver many to many
b. A blog is a many to many medium and a listserver one to many
c. A blog is a many to many medium and a listserver many to many
d. A blog is a one to many medium and a listserver one to many
e. Blogs and listservers are both many to one media
Which is true?
a. A Web client and a Web server are both at the TCP/IP network layer
b. A Web client and a Web server are both at the TCP/IP application layer
c. A Web client is at the application layer and the server at the network layer
d. A Web client is at the network layer and the server at the application layer
e. None of the above – they are both client-server programs
Google provides support resources and tools for
a. Docs developers
b. Docs users
c. Both Docs users and developers
d. Neither – Docs is an application suite
Google Android is
a. a mobile phone
b. a Web browser
c. a Web server
d. an operating system
e. none of the above – it is a collaboration support application
Which is true?
a. Google Spreadsheet client code is automatically downloaded
b. Google Spreadsheet client code is installed in advance of use
c. Google Spreadsheet code runs on the server, not the client
The DOS command to display the names of the files in a directory is ___.
The FTP command to transfer a file from a client to a server is ___.
Which is true?
a. Character-oriented interfaces have replaced graphical user interfaces
b. Graphical user interfaces have replaced character-oriented interfaces
c. Both are still in use
d. Neither is used today, we use desktop-window user interfaces
Which is true?
a. Windows has an alternative command-line interface, but not the Macintosh
b. The Macintosh operating system has an alternative command-line interface, but not Windows
c. Neither has an alternative command-line interface
d. Both have an alternative command-line interface
Which is true?
a. There are some things one can do with FileZilla that one cannot do with a command line FTP client
b. There are some things one can do with a command line FTP client that one cannot do FileZilla
c. You can do the same things either one
d. Each is used to do different things?
Research on speech over networks began in the early 1970s, but VOIP did not become widespread and commercially viable until the early 2000s when underlying technology had improved. We discuss progress in electronic, storage and communication technology. Which of these was least important to VOIP progress?
a. Electronic progress
b. Storage progress
c. Communication progress
Which is true?
a. The Internet was designed from the start to be a “dumb” network.
b. The Internet was designed from the start to be a “smart” network.
c. The Internet evolved into a “dumb” network.
d. The Internet evolved into a “smart” network as technology improved.
A VoIP gateway is
a. A computer
b. A network
c. Neither a computer nor a network
d. Both a computer and a network
The image file format commonly used for flat color images like logos and cartoons is ___.
In a web page describing your family, you wish to add a link that says john’s web page which goes to a file called john.htm in a in a subdirectory called children. Write the HTML for that link.
Give an example of an isochronous application
Which is true?
a. "border" is a tag and "img" an attribute
b. "img" is a tag and "border" an attribute
c. "border" and "img" are both tags
d. "border" and "img" are both attributes
e. "border" and "img" are neither tags nor attributes
Which image file format would you use for compressed photographs?
a. .jpg
b. .bmp
c. .gif
d. .cmp
e. .img
When doing image processing
a. the first step is compression
b. the last step is compression
c. it does not matter whether you do compression first or last
d. this is a trick question because one cannot compress images
If you do both VOIP and FTP on your computer, how many of the following statements are true? (Answer 0-5).
a. VOIP and FTP use the same application layer protocol
b. VOIP and FTP use the same transport layer protocol
c. VOIP and FTP use the same Internet layer protocol
d. VOIP and FTP use the same data link layer protocol
e. VOIP and FTP use the same physical layer protocol
In planning a home page, we said a designer considered three general things. Which of these was not one of them?
a. The HTML to display material as designed.
b. The graphic look – colors, fonts, logo, etc.
c. Navigation – where is the user in the search space and where can they go from here.
d. The screen layout
One advantage of a browser-based application over a dedicated pre-installed application is ___.
When you make a change to a wiki page, your goal is to ___ it.
In compressing an image, there is a basic tradeoff between __ and__.
When you use Gmail
a. The client side program is pre-installed on your computer
b. The client side program is automatically downloaded each time you use it
c. The client side program is automatically downloaded and installed the first time you use it, but after that it is saved and ready to go
d. There is no client program – Gmail runs on the server.
If wanted to explain why I had made a change to a wiki page, I would
a. Add a comment
b. Add an explanation at the end of the page
c. Post an explanation on the blog
d. There really is no way to explain a change – that is a limitation of wikis
When editing a wiki, you can change
a. content, but not format
b. format, but not content
c. both content and format
d. neither content nor format
Links on wiki pages can be to
a. other pages within the wiki, but not to other sites
b. other sites (using http://), but not to pages within the wiki
c. neither of the above (a and b) – wiki pages are self contained
d. both of the obove (a and b)
GIF images may be
a. animated and transparent
b. transparent, but not animated
c. animated, but not transparent
d. neither animated nor transparent since they are compressed
e. neither animated nor transparent since they are not compressed
There are various ways of recording ones and zeros – one of them is ___.
Wikipedia is a collection of
a. a compiled Wiki documents
b. a co-authored Wiki documents
c. neither of the above
d. it depends on other factors
e. not a collection of Wiki documents
When a new post is made to a blog
a. An RSS subscriber receives a notification, but not the item itself
b. An email subscriber receives a notification, but not the item itself
c. An email subscriber receives the item, but not an RSS subscriber
d. An email subscriber and an RSS subscriber both receive the item itself
One could subscribe to the RSS feed of a blog using
a. email, but not an RSS reader
b. an RSS reader, but not email
c. email or an RSS reader
d. neither email nor an RSS reader can be used to subscribe to a blog feed
Which of the following can not be compressed?
a. text data
b. video data
c. image data
d. audio data
e. none of the above -- they can all be compressed
Which contains more information?
A 1,000 bit file
a. A 1 bit file.
b. Both would be the same – they are comprised of bits, 1s and 0s
c. You cannot say without more information
Visio uses vector images and Microsoft Paint uses bit-mapped images
a. Visio uses bit-mapped images and Microsoft Paint uses vector images
b. Both can work on either type of image
c. None of the above – they both work with JPEG, GIF and BMP files
Which of the following would require lossless compression?
a. text data
b. video data
c. image data
d. audio data
e. none of the above -- none require lossless compression
The smallest unit of measure of the amount of data is ___.
Give an example of the reputation system on a specific Web site
If a communication link transmits at 1 megabit per second, how long will it take to send a one gigabyte file?
Screen sharing software
a. must be pre-installed and requires a video camera
b. can be downloaded at the time of use, and requires a video camera
c. must be pre-installed, but does not require a video camera
d. can be downloaded at the time of use, but does not require a video camera
In making a transparent GIF image, how many colors can be transparent?
a. none
b. one
c. two
d. it depends on the number of bits per pixel
e. it depends on the number of colors in the image
To make an image map one uses the
a. map tag and the area attribute
b. map attribute and the area tag
c. map tag and the area tag
d. map attribute and the area attribute
Which of the following is not included in a home access point?
a. A WiFi radio
b. A switch
c. A Web client
d. A Web server
Communication link speed is measured in:
a. amount of data per unit of time
b. unit of time per amount of data
c. distance per unit of time
d. distance per amount of data
e. none of the above
Pingdom shows three, color coded times for each object on a Web page. The first shows the time to open a connection to the server, the second the time to send a request to the server and the third the time to ___.
We discussed three technologies used for mobile and portable connectivity. The one with the fastest data transmission rate is __.
WiFi is a trade name for an IEEE standard technology. Which one?
We saw two examples of systems designed to allow many people work on a single document or project. What mechanism was used to help identify the important contributions?
Flickr tags are
a. Standard for all images
b. Standard for all image groups
c. Made up by the creator of the image
d. Made up by the creator of the group
Which of these would be considered metadata associated with an image file?
a. The width of the image
b. The number of pixels in the image
c. The number of colors in the image
d. The image file type
e. The date the image was created
In contrasting regular and del.icio.us bookmarks
a. Both are stored on the client computer
b. Both are stored on an Internet server
c. Regular bookmarks are stored on the client computer and del.icio.us bookmarks on a server
d. Del.icio.us bookmarks are stored on the client computer and regular bookmarks on a server
e. One cannot say without more information
If one wanted to incorporate the contributions of a massive number of authors on a project or document, which of the following would you disagree with?
a. An unstructured wiki would be best
b. Adding some sort of structure would be helpful
c. Adding a voting or ranking system would be helpful
d. Adding a reputation system would be helpful
e. None of the above – they are all true
In the short PowerPoint presentation during our online meeting, Dr. Press advocated redesign of ___.
We looked at Ning during our online meeting. What key point was Ning being used to illustrate?
Converting a street address to latitude and longitude coordinates is called ___.
The latitude of our campus is 33.867092 degrees and the longitude is -118.254765 degrees. What does longitude mean?
The links between buildings on our campus use
a. fiber
b. copper
c. wireless
d. none of the above
The latitude of our campus is 33.867092 degrees and the longitude is -118.254765 degrees. If we went straight west toward the ocean:
a. The latitude and longitude would both increase
b. The latitude and longitude would both decrease
c. The latitude would increase and longitude would decrease
d. The latitude would decrease and the longitude would increase
e. None of the above
(Hint don’t forget that -10 is greater than -11).
Which is true?
a. Cell phones can be aware of their locations, but not cameras
b. Cameras can be aware of their locations, but not cell phones
c. Both cameras and cell phones can be aware of their location
d. Neither cameras nor cell phones can be aware of their location
The user clicking on this link will:
<a href="X.htm" target = "Z">Y</a>
a. display a document in frame A
b. display a document in frame X
c. display a document in frame Y
d. display a document in frame Z
e. None of the above
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