CIW/IBA Semester 1 Exam (chapters 1-4)

Which term refers to the management and processing of information using computers and computer networks?

• Information Technology (IT)
• Domain Name System (DNS)
• World Wide Web (WWW)
• Internet Technology

You were replying to e-mail when suddenly your computer started to display random messages, and stopped responding to keyboard and mouse input.  You suspect that you accidentally downloaded a virus.  Which of the following actions most likely caused this?

• You opened an e-mail attachment
• You logged in to your company’s portal
• You printed a file that was stored on your hard drive
• You sent and e-mail message with an attachment to a co-worker

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) can be run over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to create the HTTPS protocol.  How does HTTPS make HTTP transmission more secure?

• By eliminating the need for digital certificates
• By eliminating the need for user names and passwords
• By encrypting and decrypting information transmitted to and from Web servers
• By attaching digital certificates to information transmitted to and from Web servers

Which protocol is used to transmit email messages?

• HTTP
• SMS
• SMTP
• FTP

Which protocol is used to host newsgroups and distribute mailing lists by providing text output that users can access at their convenience and by allowing multi-person input like a conference call?

• Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
• Post Office Protocol (POP)
• Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)

Which of the following retains all the formatting characteristics of a word-processing document, but may render inconsistently in different browsers?

• Portable Document Format (PDF) résumés
• HTML résumés
• Text résumés
• Rich Text Format (RTF) résumés

You want to learn more about CIW certifications and access a PDF document at http://www.ciwcertified.com/_resources/CIW_Roadmap.pdf.
Which type of URL does this represent?

• A relative URL
• A deep URL
• A default URL
• An absolute URL

Portable Document Format (PDF) résumés:

• are generally created to post as Web pages.
• are compatible with all computer platforms.
• can be created by numerous programs on many different platforms.
• contain little formatting and are not necessarily designed to be visually impressive.

Which of the following activities would most likely be conducted by a network engineer?

• Setup and maintain a network infrastructure
• Manage the security measures used to protect electronic data
• Design, implement, manage and maintain network servers
• Diagnose and resolve users' technical hardware and software problems

Which term refers to the practice of categorizing online content through tags?

• Semantic Web
• XMLHttpRequest
• Mashup
• Folksonomy