Communications Essentials Unit Test

An Internet Service Provider (ISP) is: 

• A Web Page

• A Web browser

• A company the provides access to the Internet

• The action that happens when you click on a hyperlink

Which type of cable uses light pulses to send data? 

• DSL

• 3G/4G

• Broadband

• Fiber-optic cable (FIOS)

Which connection type is a wireless method of sending information using radio waves? 

• Wi-Fi

• Cable

• Broadband

• Fiber-optic cable

What is a Web browser?

• a. An Internet Service Provider (ISP)

• A language that is used to create Web pages

• A graphical user interface (GUI) Web page editor

• A software application that accesses and displays Web pages

What type of address uses a number that uniquely identifies each computer? 

• IP address

• Home address

• E-mail address

• Computer address

The Internet includes: 

• The World Wide Web

• Newsgroup

• A protocol used for landline phones

• All of the above

What is the purpose of brain storming?

• To help generate ideas

• To replace text with images

• To make Web pages easier to scan

• To complement text on a Web page

Which of these should you keep in mind when planning a Web site's content? 

• Who is the audience?

• What does the audience want from the site?

• Should I use formal writing or text speak?

• All of the above

You still have to cite your sources when you are writing a Web page, just like you do on hard copy.

• True

• False

• -

• -

Boolean operators are used with ______________in a search engine to refine a search. 

• Symbols

• Keywords

• An image

• A password