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    Which social networking site is primarily designed to allow users to share videos?

    • Youtube
    • Flickr
    • Myspace
    • Facebook
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  • 2. 

    This 1997 program allowed computer users to instantly chat with other users.

    • AOL Instant Messenger

    • Friendster

    • Yahoo!

    • Myspace

    Correct Answer
    A. AOL Instant Messenger
    Explanation
    AOL Instant Messenger introduced instant messaging to the masses, and helped AOL rise to early dominance in the computing field.

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  • 3. 

    Which site is primarily designed to host user-uploaded pictures and photos?

    • Flickr

    • YouTube

    • Facebook

    • Twitter

    Correct Answer
    A. Flickr
    Explanation
    Flickr said it hosted more than 3.6 billion pictures as of 2009.

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  • 4. 

    Facebook was launched at this U.S. university in 2004.

    • Harvard

    • Stanford

    • Yale

    • MIT

    Correct Answer
    A. Harvard
    Explanation
    Within the first month of its launch, more than half of the Harvard student body joined Facebook.

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  • 5. 

    How many characters can Twitter users fit into a standard tweet?

    • 140

    • 120

    • 150

    • 160

    Correct Answer
    A. 140
    Explanation
    As of 2011, Twitter users send 6.5 million tweets of 140 characters or less every day.

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  • 6. 

    What social networking site, launched in 2003, distinguished itself with customizable profiles and pages?

    • MySpace

    • Orkut

    • Facebook

    • Six Degrees

    Correct Answer
    A. MySpace
    Explanation
    After its 2003 introduction, MySpace quickly became the world's largest social networking site, hitting that mark by 2006.

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  • 7. 

    On January 22, 2010, the first tweet was sent from this location.

    • Outer Space

    • China

    • Antartica

    • New York

    Correct Answer
    A. Outer Space
    Explanation
    NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer sent the first tweet from space in 2010.

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  • 8. 

    What year was the first e-mail sent?

    • 1971

    • 1981

    • 1991

    • 1961

    Correct Answer
    A. 1971
    Explanation
    In 1971, researchers sent the first e-mail. The sending and receiving computers sat side by side in the same room.

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  • 9. 

    What year did Facebook expand membership to noncollege students?

    • 2006

    • 2008

    • 2007

    • 2010

    Correct Answer
    A. 2006
    Explanation
    Facebook opened its doors to nonstudents in 2006, and just two years later, it became the largest social media site in the world.

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  • 10. 

    How long did it take developers to create the first version of MySpace?

    • 10 days

    • 10 months

    • 3 months

    • 10 years

    Correct Answer
    A. 10 days
    Explanation
    The first public version of MySpace was launched in 2003 after only 10 days of work by its developers. It was designed to compete with Friendster.

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  • 11. 

    What social networking site gained 3 million users in three months after its 2002 launch?

    • Friendster

    • Six Degrees

    • Facebook

    • Orkut

    Correct Answer
    A. Friendster
    Explanation
    Facebook dominates the social networking market, but social gaming site Friendster gained 3 million members after its 2002 launch and maintains 90 million members as of 2010.

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  • 12. 

    Which social networking site is owned by Google?

    • Okut

    • Facebook

    • MySpace

    • Six Degrees

    Correct Answer
    A. Okut
    Explanation
    Though not as popular as Facebook or MySpace, Orkut claims 100 million members as of 2010, most of them in countries such as Brazil; the site never really caught on in the United States. In 2011, Google announced the launch of Google+ and early research showed it attracted young, male and educated adopters.

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  • 13. 

    What Disney-owned social network is designed just for kids?

    • Club Penguin

    • Disney Online

    • Muppet world

    • Kidzworld

    Correct Answer
    A. Club Penguin
    Explanation
    Club Penguin allows kids to interact online, but limits their ability to share personal information with strangers.

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  • 14. 

    Many consider this site, which allowed users to create their own Web pages, to be the first social networking site.

    • Geocities

    • MySpace

    • Orkut

    • Facebook

    Correct Answer
    A. Geocities
    Explanation
    Launched in 1994, Geocities had more than 1 million members by 1997.

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  • 15. 

    What site edged out MySpace in July 2011 to become the second largest social networking site in the U.S.?

    • LinkedIn

    • Facebook

    • Friendster

    • Twitter

    Correct Answer
    A. LinkedIn
    Explanation
    LinkedIn serves as the social network for the business world, allowing users to share resume and job information; it's also the second largest social network. Facebook still reigns as the top site, with more than 160 million users.

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