Reading Test 1 Spring, 2004 Name: ___Todd Alderman______
All answers are based on the reading assignments. Use short answers or single word.
1. What are the names of the two major web browsers?
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator
2. What does it means when data is cached?
It is stored temporarily in your computer's memory.
3. What is the URL of Valdosta State University homepage?
4. What is the “glue” of the web, according to the author?
hypertext and hyperlinks
5. What kind of computer language are web pages written on?
Hypertext Markup Language or HTML
6. What type of organization is it when its URL has an extension of “coop”?
Reserved for cooperatives
7. What does “ICANN” stand for?
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
8. When a domain name ends at “HK”, which country is the web site originated?
Hong Kong
9. Besides starting an URL with “http://”, name one other ?
ftp://
10. What is http stand for?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
11. Name three of the most popular search engine.
Yahoo!, Google, and Ask Jeeves
12. Name the search engine that uses natural language query technology.
Ask Jeeves
13. Name the three operators in Boolean logic?
AND, OR and NOT
14. How do we “Phrase Search”?
By enclosing the words in quotation marks, the engine returns only documents containing the exact phrase
15. There are five question you should ask when evaluating information on the web, name all five.
Who is the author?
Who is the publisher?
What is the point of view?
Are there references to other sources?
How current is the information?
16. What is the only ftp site the author mentioned?
Download.com
17. Some search engines allow “+” and “-“, in front of search words. Explain with an example.
+fraud +election ensures that fraud is also in all the documents on elections.
18. What are the differences of “search engine” and “meta-search engine”?
Search engine--you only search one engine at a time.
Meta-search engine--you can submit your query simultaneously to multiple search engines.
19. Create a domain name for yourself that follows the technical restrictions? Search the web, be sure that the domain name you created is NOT already taken. Write the full path.
20. Describe how to change the “home” page, the first page every time the browser runs. Use Internet Explorer.
1. Go to tools on the toolbar while you are on the internet.
2. Click on internet options.
3. Type in the address in the blank space provided after deleting the old address.
4. Click apply and O.K.