Final exam Flashcards by brooke posey

is the most widely used type of home broadband connection, with over half of the home broadband market.

Cable Internet access

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are companies that manage and distribute Web-based software services to customers over the Internet.

Application service providers (ASPs)

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is a consortium of researchers, educators, and technology leaders from industry, government, and the international community that is dedicated to the development of revolutionary Internet technologies.

Internet2

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One of the most straightforward ways to improve the quality of the hits returned in a search is to use ____—essentially typing more than one keyword in a keyword search.

phrase searching

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Today, the standard term for placing telephone calls over any type of data network (including the Internet, as well as a LAN, WAN, or other type of data network) is

VoIP

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refers to any instruction delivered via the Web.

Web-based training (WBT)

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limit search results to just those pages with a specific Web page title, URL, text, or top-level domain.

Field searches

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One advantage of a dial-up connection is ____.

security

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Online music ____ allow you to purchase and then download music singles and albums to your computer, mobile phone, or portable digital media player.

stores

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generally refers to applications and services that use the Web as a platform to deliver rich applications that enable people to collaborate, socialize, and share information online.

Web 2.0

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Brenda is a college student who enjoys downloading music, movies, and television shows from the Internet. She also uses the Internet for other entertainment, such as sports.

Brenda likes to download her music from a(n) ____ site and then transfer it to her portable digital media player so that she can listen to her music while she’s away from her computer.

online music store

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The ____ is the most commonly used Internet search type.

keyword search

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Brenda is a college student who enjoys downloading music, movies, and television shows from the Internet. She also uses the Internet for other entertainment, such as sports.

Because she is an avid baseball fan, Brenda has subscribed to the ____ feed of her local team so that news about her team is delivered to her as it becomes available.

RSS

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The accompanying figure shows the MSN ____ Web page.

portal

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Direct Internet connections are typically ____ connections.

broadband

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___ is a new alternative for homes and businesses today in areas where there is fiber optic cabling available all the way to the building.

BoF

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__ are businesses or other organizations that provide Internet access to others, typically for a fee.

Internet service providers (ISPs)

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The ____ is cited as a disadvantage of Web-based training and distance learning by some educators.

lack of face-to-face contact

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In a nutshell, blogs are designed for primarily one-way running communications, while ____ are intended to be modified by others.

wikis

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To explain acceptable computer use to their employees, students, or other users, many organizations and educational institutions publish guidelines for behavior, often called ____.

codes of conduct

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The ____ includes provisions to combat cyberterrorism, including protecting ISPs against lawsuits from customers for revealing private information to law enforcement agencies.

Homeland Security Act of 2002

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Melissa has set up procedures so that every user using a computer connected to the network needs to enter his or her ____, which appears as asterisks on the screen as it is being entered.

password

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According to a recent study, the total cost per data breach in ____ is $5.4 million—the highest of any country.

the United States

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includes any acts of malicious destruction to a computer or computer resource.

Computer sabotage

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A computer that is controlled by a hacker or other computer criminal is referred to as a ____.

bot

____ is a generic term that refers to any type of malicious software.

Malware

The green color of the Address bar in the accompanying figure indicates that the site is using a valid ____ SSL certificate.

When a digitally signed document is received, the recipient’s computer uses the sender’s ____ key to verify the digital signature.

public

A booming area of computer crime involves online fraud, theft, scams, and related activities collectively referred to as ____.

dot cons

Like a computer virus, a ____ is a malicious program designed to cause damage

computer worm

The term ____ refers to accessing someone else’s unsecured Wi-Fi network from the hacker’s current location (such as inside his or her home, outside a Wi-Fi hotspot location, or near a local business).

Wi-Fi piggybacking

Advocates of ____ state that, unless individuals or businesses protect their access points, they are welcoming others to use them.

war driving

____ software can control which devices can be connected to an employee’s computer.

Data-leakage prevention

One of the first items that Melissa installed was a(n) ____, which checks all incoming and outgoing traffic and only allows authorized traffic to pass through.

firewall

____ refers to the act of breaking into a computer or network.

hacking

___, the most commonly used type of possessed knowledge, are secret words or character combinations associated with an individual.

Passwords

Phishing schemes may use a technique called ____, which is setting up spoofed Web sites with addresses slightly different from legitimate sites.

typosquatting

A ____ is a security system that essentially creates a wall between a computer or network and the Internet in order to protect against unauthorized access

firewall

Repeated threats or other harassment carried out online between adults is referred to as ____.

cyberstalking

____ systems encrypt everything stored on the drive (the operating system, application programs, data, temporary files, and so forth) automatically without any user interaction.

FDE

The data on the ____ USB flash drive shown in the accompanying figure cannot be accessed until the user enters the appropriate PIN.

encrypted

____ programs can be used to detect and remove some types of illegal computer monitoring and spyware software.

Antispyware software

Before providing any personal information on a shopping site, Samuel always reads the Web site’s ____.

To facilitate using a computer lock, nearly all computers today come with a ____—a small opening built into the system unit case designed for computer locks.

security slot

For monitoring the physical locations of employees, video cameras can be used, but another possibility is the use of ____.

proximity cards

____ cameras are increasingly being installed in schools in the United States and other countries to enable administrators to monitor both teacher and student activities.

Video surveillance

The ____ implements regulations for unsolicited e-mail messages and lays the groundwork for a federal Do Not E-Mail Registry.

CAN-SPAM act

By ____, you instruct companies you do business with that they cannot share your personal data with third parties

opting out

____ devices are designed to withstand much more physical abuse than conventional devices.

Ruggedized

____ is used specifically for the purpose of recording keystrokes or otherwise monitoring someone’s computer activity.

Computer monitoring software

____ can be used to secure portable computers, external hard drives, and other portable pieces of hardware to a table or other object.

Cable locks

Most businesses and Web sites that collect personal information have a(n) ____ that discloses how the personal information you provide will be used.

In order to lessen the chances of his main e-mail address getting spam, he uses a ____ e-mail address when shopping online.

throw-away

Collecting in-depth information about an individual is known as ____.

electronic profiling

To prevent the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, the Treasury Department releases new currency designs every ____.

7 to 10 years

For online shopping, signing up for free offers, discussion groups, product registration, and other activities that typically lead to junk e-mail, use a disposable or ____.

throw-away e-mail address

To supplement backup procedures, businesses and other organizations should have a(n) ____.

disaster recovery plan

____ are small programs that take care of software-specific problems, or bugs, such as security holes.

patches

A screen reader is a ____ program that reads aloud all information displayed on the computer screen, such as instructions, menu options, documents, and Web pages.

software

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), ____ tendonitis, and other types of repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) are common physical ailments related to computer use.

DeQuervain’s

Solar panels are being designed to be built into the ____ of notebook computers, and both solar-powered and hand-powered chargers are available for use with portable computers, mobile phones, and other small portable devices.

covers

____ is increasingly being tied to crime and even death in some countries

Internet addiction

The most significant recent legislation regarding accessibility has been the 1998 amendment to the Rehabilitation Act requiring federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. This act applies to all federal Web sites, as well, creating a trend of Web sites that are Section ____ compliant

508

The primary reason(s) for exporting e-waste is

cost and U.S. states are increasingly banning dangerous computing equipment from landfills

Solar panels that cover most of the rooftops at Google’s Mountain View, California, headquarters power ____ of the energy needs for that complex.

30%

Which of the following is NOT true of EPDs?

They require a backlight.

The doctor advises Jill that the proper user position is to sit straight with shoulders back, about ____ inches away from the monitor; keep forearms, wrists, and hands straight; keep forearms and thighs parallel to the floor.

The stress of keeping up with ever-changing technology, layoffs, always being in touch, fear of being out of touch, information overload, and ____ are all possible emotional problems related to computer use.

burnout

A condition known as ____ has been linked to the arm fatigue associated with the prolonged use of a touch screen.

gorilla arm

In the United States, ____ refurbishes donated computers and sends them free of charge to families of U.S. military personnel deployed overseas, who use the PCs to communicate with the soldiers via e-mail.

Operation Homelink

The term ____ refers to the use of computers in an environmentally friendly manner.

“green computing”

An emotional health concern related to computer use is ____.

computer/Internet addiction

According to an AT&T study, ____ of commuters admits to sending text messages while driving.

49%

The doctor suggest that when Jill is programming she should use a tilt-and-swivel monitor which will adjust for a comfortable viewing angle. The doctor advises that the top of screen should be no higher than ____ above the user’s eyes.

3 inches

_ is an example of an assistive output device.

Screen reader software

To encourage the development of energy-saving devices, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the ____ program.

ENERGY STAR

To prevent a sore or stiff neck,

place the monitor directly in front of you

The Basal _____ Network has worked with industry leaders to create the eStewards Certification program, which is designed to help individuals and organizations locate responsible recyclers.

action

To record data, holographic storage systems split the light from a blue laser beam into two beams–a ____ beam whose angle determines the address used to store data at that particular location on the storage medium and a signal beam that contains the data.

reference

____ is involved with the development of robotic prosthetic arms that feel, look, and perform like natural arms, which will be used by military personnel who are injured in the line of duty.

DARPA

In her presentation, Sam explains that, to record data, holographic storage systems split the light from a blue laser beam into two beams, and that it is the ____ beam whose angle determines the address used to store data at that particular location on the storage medium.

reference

With holographic storage systems, the signal beam passes through a device called a ____ light modulator (SLM), which translates the data’s 0s and 1s into a hologram.

spatial

In general, Wi-Fi is designed for data transfers between ____ feet indoors.

100 and 300

Telesurgery is a form of robot-assisted surgery, in which a robot controlled by a physician operates on the patient, and which typically uses ____ to give the human surgeon an extremely close view of the surgical area.

cameras

A __________ usually projects the image from a mobile device to a display screen built into the glasses via a wireless connection.

wearable display

Self-driving cars, like Google's autonomous cars, are essentially

robotic cars

The ____ Web is a predicted evolution of the current Web in which all Web content is stored in formats that are more easily read by software applications and intelligent agents.

semantic

One new improvement to videoconferencing technology to make it more closely mimic a real-time meeting environment is ____ videoconferencing.

telepresence

Power over Ethernet (PoE) allows both ____ power and data to be sent over standard Ethernet cables.

electrical

____ mobile payments use RFID to facilitate communication between devices, including transferring payment information, receipts, boarding passes, and other information wirelessly between payment terminals and mobile phones.

Near Field Communication (NFC)

Privacy-rights advocates worry that the ____ could someday be used by the government to track citizens.

VeriChip

Typically, 3D chips are created by layering individual ____ wafers on top of one another with a special machine that uses cameras to align the wafers properly.

silicon

Today’s holographic storage systems typically consist of a holographic drive and removable recordable holographic discs, with current capacities ranging from 300 GB to ____ GB per cartridge.

500

____ chips have a special coating that changes its physical state when heat is applied.

PRAM

To determine if the information from a Web page can be trusted, you should evaluate both the ____ and the source.

author

A(n) ____ is a collection of an individual’s work accessible through a Web site.

E-portfolio

____ is an online news tool designed for facilitating the delivery of news articles, podcasts, and other content regularly published to a Web site.

RSS

____ is charged with such responsibilities as IP address allocation and domain name management.

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

Internet Explorer users can view and/or delete cookies and other temporary files by using the ____ dialog box.

Internet options

The primary infrastructure that makes up the ____ is typically owned by communications companies, such as telephone and cable companies.

Internet backbone

____ cookies are cookies placed on your hard drive by a company other than the one associated with the Web page that you are viewing—typically a Web advertising company.

Third-party

Conventional dial-up connects to the Internet at a maximum of ____.

56 Kbps

Brenda likes to download her music from a(n) ____ site and then transfer it to her portable digital media player so that she can listen to her music while she’s away from her computer.

online music store

____ limit search results to just those pages with a specific Web page title, URL, text, or top-level domain.

field searches

One objective of the ____ project was to create a computer network that would allow researchers located in different places to communicate with each other

ARPANET

The ____ is cited as a disadvantage of Web-based training and distance learning by some educators

lack of face-to-face contact

Common online investing services include the ability to set up a(n) ____ that displays the status of the stocks you specify

online portfolio

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