1.
Choose a word that best describes the difference between web 1.0 and web 2.0 technologies.
Correct Answer
B. Interactive
Explanation
web 2.0 software allows users to INTERACT with website
2.
Which type of sotware lets you communicate with friends in real time and allows you to share files?
Correct Answer
C. Instant Messaging
Explanation
Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. The text is conveyed via devices connected over a network such as the Internet.
3.
A lecturer would like to create a project where his/her students can log on to the site and edit the pages, what would be the best choice of software to use?
Correct Answer
B. Wiki
Explanation
setting up a wiki would allow all students to have access to the project, and edit the pages
4.
When sending or receiving an email to or from an individual, what term best describes this action?
Correct Answer
D. Connecting
5.
Choose the term below best used to describe an online game capable of supporting multiple players
Correct Answer
C. MMOG
Explanation
A massively multiplayer online game (also called MMOG) is a video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously
6.
The image you can see above allows yo to do what?
Correct Answer
B. Subscribe to a RSS feed
Explanation
RSS (most commonly expanded as "Really Simple Syndication") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries,
7.
What is the feature of Social Software that allows users join chat rooms?
Correct Answer
B. IRC
Explanation
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) allow users to join chat rooms and communicate with many people at once, publicly. Users may join a pre-existing chat room or create a chat room about any topic. Instant messaging facilitates both one-to-one (communication) and many-to-many interaction.
8.
What do you call the characters you create in a virtual world?
Correct Answer
E. Avatar
Explanation
An avatar is a computer user's representation of himself/herself or alter ego, whether in the form of a three-dimensional model used in computer games, or a two-dimensional icon (picture) used on Internet forums and other communities
9.
If you regularly send emails to the same group of people what would be the most efficient method to use?
Correct Answer
B. Mailing list
Explanation
A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers is referred to as "the mailing list", or simply "the list".
10.
Which software provider is responsible for Live Messenger?
Correct Answer
B. Microsoft
Explanation
Windows Live Messenger (formerly named MSN Messenger) is an instant messaging client created by Microsoft that is currently designed to work with Windows XP (32-bit XP only), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Mobile.
11.
Where would you go to interact with similar minded people using an on line persona called an avatar?
Correct Answer
C. Virtual World
Explanation
A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and interact via avatars. These avatars are usually depicted as textual, two-dimensional, or three-dimensional graphical representations, although other forms are possible(auditory and touch sensations for example). Some, but not all, virtual worlds allow for multiple users.
12.
What type of social sofware allows users to post comments and other users to respond by posting back?
Correct Answer
B. Forums
Explanation
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site. It originated as the modern equivalent of a traditional bulletin board. Forums contains many different categories in a hierarchy according to topics and subtopics. Other features include the ability to post images or files or the ability to quote another user's post with special formatting in one's own post.
13.
An employee who works from home and would like to keep in touch with the office would use ?
Correct Answer
Instant Messaging
Instant Dialing
MMOG
Email
14.
If a journalist set up a Blog and would like the general public to be able to read it. What type of permission would have to be set up?
Correct Answer
B. Anybody
Explanation
By default, your blog is completely public,(set to Anybody) and can be read by anyone on the internet. However, if you want to keep it private, you can do that, too. The setting for this is on the Settings | Permissions tab
15.
An art Student wishes to post examples of his/her work online to gain some publicity. What would be the most effective method?
Correct Answer
B. Social Network Service
Explanation
A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services.
16.
In what context is the term 'Folksonomy' used?
Correct Answer
C. User Defined Tags
Explanation
In a nutshell folksonomy refers to labelling items by what people generally call them rather than what the owner or creator of the item would choose to call it.
17.
What type of social software allows you to access your favourite url's from any computer with an Internet connection?
Correct Answer
A. Social Bookmarking
Explanation
Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources. Unlike file sharing, the resources themselves aren't shared, merely bookmarks that reference them. Descriptions may be added to these bookmarks in the form of metadata, so that other users may understand the content of the resource without first needing to download it for themselves.
18.
Which social software provider runs the social networking site calles Orkut?
Correct Answer
B. Google
Explanation
Orkut is a free-access social networking service owned and operated by Google. The service is designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships. The website is named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten.
19.
Which type of software would you use to keep an on-line diary?
Correct Answer
C. Blog
Explanation
A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.
20.
Which of the following types of social software does Google not provide?
Correct Answer
D. Social Networking