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If one wished to locate documents about Douglas Englebart (the inventor of
the computer mouse) on the Web using readily available search engines,
which of the following expressions would one use to achieve the best results?
(Assume that the search engine to be used will accept the expressions and
operators.)
Select one:
a. (Douglas and Englebart) or (Englebart and Douglas)
b. (Douglas or Englebart) and (Englebart or Douglas)
c. (Douglas and Englebart) and (Englebart near Douglas)
d. (Douglas and Englebart) and (Englebart and Douglas)
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When one uses a USENET reader client to post a reply to an existing message
in a group they are performing the act of...
Select one:
a. subscribing to the group automatically
b. None of these
c. starting or continuing a discussion thread
d. engaging in a flame war
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Which of the following text file format languages is HTML a derived subset?
Select one:
a. PostScript
b. None of these
c. ASCII
d. SGML
e. RTF
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Which of the following tags could be included in an HTML document to create
a hyperlink from the name Douglas Englebart, the inventor of the computer
mouse, to the Web site
at http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/MouseSitePg1.html,
which presents his early work?
Select one:
a. <Hyperlink
HREF="http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/MouseSitePg1.html"
TARGET="_blank"> Douglas Englebart</Hyperlink>

b. <Link HREF="http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/MouseSitePg1.html"
TARGET="_blank"> Douglas Englebart</Link>
c. <A HREF="http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/MouseSitePg1.html"
TARGET="_blank"> Douglas Englebart</A>
d. <Anchor
HREF="http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/MouseSitePg1.html"
TARGET="_blank"> Douglas Englebart</Anchor>
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HREF="http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/MouseSitePg1.html"
TARGET="_blank"> Douglas Englebart</A>
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Assume that you are working on a HTML site with a two frame layout. The
smaller left frame is used as a table of contents for the right larger frame. The
left frame is identified as "contents" in the FRAMESET FRAME SRC layout
and the right frame is identified as "info".
Which of the following hyperlinks in the left frame would cause the linked
document to appear in the right frame?
Select one:
a. <A HREF="http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs1604/"
TARGET="info">CS1604</A>
b. <A HREF="http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs1604/"
FRAME="info">CS1604</A>
c. <A HREF="http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs1604/"
SRC="info">CS1604</A>
d. <A HREF="http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs1604/"
WIN="info">CS1604</A>
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New users/readers (i.e., newbies) of USENET newsgroups should begin by
using which of the following resources?
Select one:
a. Usenet group's posted URL links
b. Usenet group's posted RFC files
c. None of these
d. Usenet group's posted FAQ files
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What might be the worst result in recording digital sound if one ignores
the Nyquist Effect and sets the sampling rate to equal the playback rate?
Select one:
a. The sound quality of the recording will be diminished only slightly
b. A repeating melody that repeats in the same time as the playback
period will be reproduced as a single tone
c. None of these
d. The high-end and low-end ranges of the captured frequencies will be
dramatically reduced
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Well written, organized hypertext documents most closely reflects which of
the following data organizations?
Select one:
a. A linear chapter orgainization like that of a textbook or novel
b. A hierarchial organization like that of a command chart
c. An associative organization like that of the human mind
d. None of these (Hypertext documents can be a combination of multiple
data organizations)
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Which of the following is a document content language?
Select one:
a. Postscript
b. HTML
c. XML
d. CSS
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What is the ultimate goal of interoperability in digital libraries?
Select one:
a. Converting all library collections into one homogenous storage and
representation format
b. None of these
c. Connecting all libraries together for user transparent access to any
library resource
d. Converting all printed materials in traditional libraries into electronic
form
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Which of the following image file formats represents each individual pixel of
the stored image using a single bit?
Select one:
a. GIF
b. JPEG
c. TIFF
d. CLUTS

e. Monochrome
f. None of these
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In terms of related IRC terminology, what is an avatar?
Select one:
a. A Web browser plugin providing IRC client operations
b. A specialized chat room for exchanging and downloading files
c. A graphic cartoon-like icon representing a person
d. None of these
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Javascript code for a Web page can reside by itself in a separate file that is
linked to a HTML document in the same way as a Java applet.
Select one:
True
False
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Which of the following best describes how Web browsers execute Javascript
programs?
Select one:
a. Javascript machine code is executed by the operating system at the
request of the Web browser
b. None of these
c. Javascript code is interpreted by the Web browser
d. Compiled Javascript bytecodes are downloaded from a server along
with a Web page and are executed without script interpretation by the Web
browser
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Which of the following actions are Java applets (not Java
applications) NOT allowed to perform?
Select one:
a. Writing information into a local file in the machine in which it is
downloaded
b. None of these (All are legal Java applet actions)
c. Playing sound on a connected speaker
d. Accepting input from a connected microphone or keyboard

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Aliasing or jaggies occurs most prominently in image processing when?
Select one:
a. None of these
b. Attempting to scale a structured graphic drawing
c. Attempting to scale a bit-mapped image
d. Attempting to compress a stored image
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Self-extracting archives are only created when one needs to create a large
archive that will span multiple flash drives or disks.
Select one:
True
False
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Given the following image map tag specification:

<IMG SRC="map.gif" WIDTH=252

HEIGHT=128 BORDER=0 ALIGN=bottom
usemap="#map">
Which of the following is an invalid image map tag?
Select one:
a. <AREA SHAPE="polygon" COORDS="0,0 252,0 252,128 0,128"
HREF="nolink.html">
b. <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="128, 64, 32"
HREF="nolink.html">
c. None of these (They are all valid image map tags)
d. <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="0, 0, 252, 128" HREF="nolink.html">
e. <AREA SHAPE="ellipse" COORDS="128, 64, 32, 16"
HREF="nolink.html">
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HREF="nolink.html">
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Assume a student named Xbox Misoft whose PID is xbox@vt.edu wants to
subscribe to a listserv named "GAMER". What message will he/she send to the
address listserv@listserv.vt.edu?
Select one:
a. SUBSCRIBE GAMER@listserv.vt.edu Xbox Misoft
b. SUBSCRIBE xbox@vt.edu Xbox Misoft

c. None of these
d. SUBSCRIBE GAMER@vt.edu Xbox Misoft
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Digital audio stored on a CD (in the common PCM CD Audio format) is not a
continuous format (like the vinyl albums of yesteryear). How many different
levels (frequencies) of sounds can a standard CD store?
Select one:
a. 32768
b. 131072
c. 65536
d. None of these
e. 16384
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Thefont(typeface)thatthisquestionistypesetinis
"Courier".Selectwhethercourierisaproportionalspacedfont,
amonospaced(nonproportional)font,aNonmonospacedfont,or
someotherfontclassification.
Select one:

a. None of these
b. Mono-spaced (non-proportional) font
c. Proportional spaced font
d. Non-mono-spaced font
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Which of the following must be executed 'within or by' a Web browser?
Select one:
a. All of these (All must be executed in a Web browser)
b. Java application
c. Java applet
d. CGI script
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Which of the following Internet communication mechanisms is an example
of synchronous communication?
Select one:
a. None of these

b. Newsgroups
c. IRC
d. Email
e. Listservs
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Which of the following tags could be included in an HTML document to display
a picture of Douglas Englebart, the inventor of the computer mouse?
(Assume that a JPEG format of Douglas Englebart exists in the same directory
as the HTML document containing the tags and is named ' ENGLEBART.JPG'.
Also assume that the HTML document and the image file are located on a
server with the UNIX operating system, i.e., filebox.vt.edu)
Select one:
a. <img src="Englebart.jpg">
b. <image source="Englebart.jpg">
c. <img src="ENGLEBART.JPG">
d. <image source="ENGLEBART.JPG">
e. None of these
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Vector structured graphic file formats are the best file formats for storing
photographed images.
Select one:
True
False
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FTP client applications, such as WS_FTP, are used to perform which of the
following tasks?
Select one:
a. Transferring files to/from other Net connected computers
b. Compressing and archiving directories of files
c. None of these
d. Emailing files to other Net users
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Which of the following is NOT an Internet mail protocol acronym?
Select one:

a. SMTP
b. None of these (They are all Internet mail protocol acronyms)
c. POP
d. IMAP
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Most data cannot be easily transposed between the underlying logical
information storage organizations of word processors, spreadsheets, and
databases.
Select one:
True
False
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Which of the following protocols is used by WWW servers for routing and
transporting Web documents?
Select one:
a. WFTP

b. None of these
c. HLAN
d. HTTP
e. WPOP
f. HTML
g. SGML
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Which of the following best describes an IRC channel?
Select one:
a. A dedicated network connection between IRC clients for the exchange
of files
b. None of these
c. Virtual discussion rooms created on the fly by IRC servers/clients for
chatting
d. Virtual software communication ports created on the fly by IRC
servers/clients for Net communication
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Addison (http://addison.vt.edu) is provided by the Virginia Tech Library
(http://www.lib.vt.edu). Addison is an example of an OPAC.
Select one:
True
False
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Programs that create .ZIP compressed archives use the same type of
algorithms as programs that create image compressed files such
as .GIF or .JPG.
Select one:
True
False
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Which of the following is the term for a class of software that monitors a
computer's network connection, preventing unauthorized information
transmission?
Select one:
a. Spam Filter

b. Firewall
c. Spyware
d. Anti-virus
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Which of the following network communication mechanisms is NOT provided
by Google Talk?
Select one:
a. Audio/text chatting
b. Voice Mail
c. File Sharing
d. None of these (All are provided)
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GIF animations can be created by writing successive image tags in an HTML
file, where each tag specifies a GIF file that contains one image of the
animation.
Select one:
True

False
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The image file formats most commonly used on the Web are what class of
file formats?
Select one:
a. Raw (i.e., uncompressed)
b. None of these
c. Lossy
d. Lossless
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Listservs (such as the one for this course) are examples of what type of
Internet communication?
Select one:
a. Asynchronous
b. Synchronous
c. None of these
d. Point-to-Point

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Attaching files to email messages is made possible through the use of which
of the following Internet standards?
Select one:
a. File Transfer Protocol Applications
b. None of these
c. Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
d. USENET
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Which of the following types of Cascading Style Sheets (CCS) styles is similar
in its usage to HTML tags and is used for specifying formatting for individual
HTML tags?
Select one:
a. Outline Styles
b. Inline Styles
c. Site-Level Styles
d. Document-level Styles
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Which of the following is NOT a category (type) of Web search engines?
Select one:
a. Indexed Database Engines
b. None of these (They are all categories of Web search engines)
c. Subject Directory Engines
d. Meta-Search Engines
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Which of the following HTML tags (if present in a linked file) identifies the file
as a hypertext markup type file to a Web browser?
Select one:
a. <HTML>
b. <TITLE>
c. <BODY>
d. <HEAD>
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Which of the following could be a valid email address (i.e., PID name)?
Select one:
a. janevt.edu
b. jdoe.ns.vt.edu
c. vt.edu
d. jadoe@vt.edu
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Which of the following tags should be used in an HTML file with a FRAMESET
specification to include information for users of older Web browsers that
do NOT support frames?
Select one:
a. <PREFRAMES> Get an updated Web browser please.</PREFRAMES>
b. <MISSFRAMES> Get an updated Web browser
please.</MISSFRAMES>
c. <NOFRAMES> Get an updated Web browser please.</NOFRAMES>
d. <OFFFRAMES> Get an updated Web browser please.</OFFFRAMES>
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The following HTML produced list:
1. This is line one.
2. This is line two.
was produced with which of the following tags?
Select one:
a. <NL> </CL>
b. None of these
c. <UL> </UL>
d. <IL> </BL>
e. <OL> </OL>
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The World Wide Web (WWW) is based upon what type of computing model?
Select one:
a. Batch
b. Client Server
c. None of these

d. Stand Alone
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Given the following URL:

http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs1604/notes/chap1/hypermulti.h
tml

Which is the part that represents the directory path on the server where the
document is located?
Select one:
a. hypermulti.html
b. /~cs1604/notes/chap1
c. None of these
d. http://courses.cs.vt.edu
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Which of the following is a component of a computer system that CANNOT be
infected by a virus?
Select one:
a. Data Files
b. None of these

c. Boot sectors of hard disks

d. Program files
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In digital video recording, one can take advantage of the fact that the human
vision is more sensitive to which of the following?
Select one:
a. Chrominance
b. YUV Color Scheme
c. RGB Color Scheme
d. None of these
e. Luminance
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Shared whiteboards provide for which of the following types of Net user
communication?
Select one:
a. Audio tele-conferencing

b. None of these
c. Video tele-conferencing
d. Collaborative graphic editing
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Digital video requires massive amounts of memory when stored
uncompressed. Approximately how much storage is required for one minute
of uncompressed (8-bit color, 640 X 480 resolution) digital video.
Select one:
a. None of these
b. 0.9 Gigabytes
c. 500 Megabytes
d. 600 Terabytes
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The correct answer is: 500 Megabytes