READING AND WRITING HYPERTEXT

Which of the following DOES NOT describe hypertext?

• It allows readers to access information particularly suited to their needs

• It permits the readers to create their own meaning out of the material given to them and learn better associatively.

• It is a text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references to other text that the reader can immediately access.

• It is a linear way to present information and is usually accomplished using “links”.

The other forms of multimedia (pictures, sounds and videos) that stimulate more senses which are incorporated in the links are called _______________.

• Hyperlinks

• Hypermedia

• Links

• URL

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of hypertext?

• The text flows in a straight line through a book.

• It acts as a bridge between two basic, opposite, and complementing elements: free and shortcut

• In a hypertext system, the reader is free to navigate information by exploring the connections provided.

• Hypertext has a different way of presenting information than the usual linear form.

It is a link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen.

• Hyperlink

• Hypermedia

• Link

• URL

What do you call a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it?

• Universal Resource Locator

• Uniform Resource Locator

• Universal Resource Identifier

• Uniform Resource Identifier

In the URL http://www.fbi.gov/employment/, which part is the hostname?

• employment

• http

• www

• www.fbi.gov

Clicking on a hyperlink can take you to which of the following locations?

• Another website

• Another place in the document you have openede

• Another document other than the one you have opened

• All of the above

When Internet Connection is not available, a hyperlink can be used by linking from _____.

• To link from one page to another in a PDF document

• To link from one page to another in a Word document

• To link from one document stored on your computer to another document stored on your computer

• All of the above

It allows the reader to jump from the original text to another connected text using a link.

• HTML

• Highlighted words

• Hypertext

• Web address

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• Hypertext is usually read linearly.

• A link may stock the reader to only a brief sentence, to a paragraph, or to whole pages of new text.

• The user follows a link from its source to its destination, usually by clicking on source with the mouse.

• Hypertext refers to "links" on a computer screen that, when inactivated, will bring the reader immediately to a new site of text, audio, and video