JOMC 50 Test 2 -- Practice Quiz

Name:
EMail:

1. A “List Nazi” is someone who does which of the following?
Stalks members of the list
Sends endless emails about politics to the list
Flames other list members for even the slightest violations of etiquette
Takes over the list and sends endless messages
None of the above

2. A portal Website:
is a gateway to the Web
offers a wide variety of resources such as search engines, news, discussion forums etc.
regulates user access by means of a firewall
All of the above
1 & 2 only

3. According to the DTE, if you want to control the appearance of multiple Web pages through one CSS file, you are likely to employ:
Embedded style sheets
Linked style sheets
Inline style sheets
1 & 3 only
All of the above

4. The term “Macromedia Dreamweaver is what type of software program?
shareware
public domain
freeware
WYSIWYG
none of the above

5. The home page you've created takes too long to download. What can you do to fix this problem?
Reduce the size or resolution of the images
Convert some your .gif image files to .jpg format
Make your pictures part of the HTML code, not just a source file that the code must find
1 and 2
All of the above

6. When uploading images to your web server space, which of these rules is false?
In the FTP program, make sure to upload images in ASCII form
It's best to keep all images and graphics together in an images folder
Save all images as .gif, .jpg or .png files
Save all images as .gif, .jpg or .png files
It's best to resize an image in Photoshop and then upload it rather than upload a large photo and resize it in Dreamweaver

7. In the URL http://www.whitehouse.gov/response/index.html what is the “host name”?
http:
www.whitehouse.gov
response
index.html
www

8. Identify the TRUE statement(s):
Accredited registrars (such as register.com and InterNIC) register domain names like eat.com and tv.com.
Only the government can register domain names.
It is almost impossible to find the registrant of a domain name (such as who owns mtv.com), because that's secret.
In the email address harry@computer.net, the organizational domain (.net) stands for international institution.
Both 2 and 3.

9. Formatting (such as page background, page link color) instructions for your web page go inside which tag?
<HTML>
<BODY>
<COLORS>
<HEAD>
None of the above

10. What is ARPANET?
A pioneering long haul network funded by ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) and built by BBN (Bolt, Beranek, and Newman of Cambridge, MA)
The early long haul computer network that became the foundation of the Internet
A network that served from 1969 to 1990 as the basis for early networking research and as a central backbone during development of the Internet
All of the above
Only 2 and 3

11. Which of the following tags CANNOT be used to control paragraph/line spacing on your Web page?
<br>
<p>
<pre>
<alt>
Both 3 & 4

12. Bandwidth can be expressed in all of the following units EXCEPT
pixels
bits
bytes
cycles per second
Hertz

13. When you launch Dreamweaver, by default, which of the following window(s) open(s) on your desktop?
Document Window
Property Inspector
Objects Panel
1 & 2 only
1, 2, & 3

14. With respect to customer consequences in an e-business environment, which of the following is INCORRECT?
Consumers have increased control and choice on the Web
The Web allows for more efficient price comparisons
The interactive nature of the Web aids decision-making
The environment makes it difficult to satisfy information needs
Both 3 & 4

15. Based on the discussion related to profitability of e-businesses, which of the following Websites are likely to be most profitable?
www.priceline.com (pure play Internet business)
www.dell.com (combination of bricks and mortar and Internet business)
www.walmart.com (combination of bricks and mortar and Internet business)
www.amazon.com (pure play Internet business)
Both 2 & 3

16. Text chat and instant messaging are two common forms of _____________ computer-mediated communication.
FTF
asynchronous
human-computer-interaction
synchronous
virtual system

17. A picture that changes to another when the mouse cursor is held over it is called a(n):
hyperpic
tiff
navigation
index
rollover

18. Which of the following is an example of a principle of “good navigation” when building a site?
making sure that the back button will take you back as many levels as you need
having a navigation bar with links to all of the main sections on each page
having a link back to the previous page
having a link to the next page
making sure to have a navigation bar at the top, along the side, and at the bottom of each page

19. What is the significance of an index.html file for a Web site?
It is the default home page
It is the site's main directory
It allows search engines to locate the page and report it as a finding
It is the page Dreamweaver automatically creates when beginning a site
None of the above

20. 25. A friend tells you about a really interesting Web site about movies. The URL she gives you is http://www.imdb.com/. Which of the following statements about this URL is/are TRUE?
http is the host name
imdb is the directory name
com is the directory name
there is no directory name in this URL
None of the above answers are true