1. E Which is a good point for human ergonomics for computing systems?

1. Keep the monitor at about eye level
2. Keep wrists straight
3. Take frequent breaks
4. Keep the back straight
5. All of the above are good points

2. A The Internet is:

1. the IP network
2. the TCP network
3. the SMTP network
4. the circuit switching network

3. T True or false? SMTP is used for email transmission on the Internet.

1. True
2. False

4. D Which was not one of the original purposes of the Internet?

1. Remote login
2. Email
3. FTP
4. WAIS

6. C What company played a major role in the early Internet?

1. American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
2. Time-Warner
3. MCI
4. Levi Straus & Company

7. A Which statement about network bandwidth is true?

1. A T3 connection is faster than a T1 connection
2. A T1 connection is faster than a T3 connection
3. Modems are faster than both T1 and T3 connections
4. Only 56K modems are faster than both T1 and T3 connections

8. C Which statement about file transfer is false?

1. FTP may be used to copy an HTML file from one computer to another
2. Netscape’s "publish" option may be used to copy an HTML file from one computer to another
3. rlogin may be used to copy an HTML file from one computer to another
4. None of A, B, and C are true

9. C What information is not stored in the Unix /etc/passwd file?

1. Usernames
2. Real names
3. Last login time
4. Shells
5. All of the above are stored in /etc/passwd

10. A Which is a true statement?

1. IP addresses always consist of four parts separated by periods, such as 128.174.1.2
2. Internet hostnames always consist of four parts separated by periods, such as a.b.c.com
3. The DNS is used to map IP addresses to the hostnames, because only hostnames are used for actual TCP/IP routing
4. Some hostnames have 3-part aliases, such as www.yahoo.com, that really map onto 4-part hostnames, such as www1.public.yahoo.com

11. A In the United States, the .com, .gov,. .edu, .org and .net addresses are managed by which organization?

1. The Internic
2. MERIT
3. The National Science Foundation (NSF)
4. MCI
5. None of the above

12. B What are RFCs used for?

1. They specify what HTML tags are permitted
2. They describe how various Internet protocols and services should work
3. They identify the individuals and companies who make Internet policy
4. They related to an older network, BITNET, but have nothing to do with the Internet

13. B True or false: MOSAIC was the first World Wide Web program?15

1. True
2. False

14. B Where was MOSAIC developed?

1. CERN, in Switzerland
2. The University of Illinois
3. The University of Nevada
4. Washington University in St. Louis
5. The University of California at Berkeley

15. A Which Web browser was developed first, Netscape or Microsoft’s Internet Explorer?

1. Netscape
2. Internet Explorer
3. They were both developed at about the same time
4. Internet Explorer was developed first, but was called "File Explorer" originally

16. D or E allowed Which of the following is a difference between the Excite and AltaVista Web search engines?

1. Only Excite has Web "spiders" or "gatherers" to create a database
2. Only AltaVista enables the use of the Boolean "AND"
3. Only Excite builds an index of Web pages on the Internet
4. Only AltaVista lets you search Usenet, in addition to the Web
5. None of the above are differences between Excite and AltaVista

17. A In the US, what is required in order for something you write to be copyrighted?

1. That is be stored in a tangible format
2. That a circle-C symbol, Ó , appear
3. That the word "Copyright" with the year appear
4. That it be registered with the United States Library of Congress Copyright Office
5. All of the above

18. A If you use a term such as "doggies" to search a Web search engine, but you get hits that include terms such as "dog," "dogs," and "doggie," what happened?

1. Your search term was probably stemmed
2. Your search term was probably looked up in an automatic thesaurus
3. Your search term was probably submitted to a human search expert who quickly added the related terms
4. Your search term was probably de-emphasized in favor of other terms in your query
5. None of the above were likely to have happened

19. A HTTP involves what sort of file transfer?

1. An interactive file transfer
2. An SMTP file transfer
3. A file transfer to a Netscape client only, version 2.02 or higher
4. A file transfer used only to retrieve results from Web search engines

20. B What is a true statement about HTML?

1. All HTML tags come in open/close pairs
2. HTML is loosely based on SGML
3. Any HTML tag will work with both Netscape and Internet Explorer
4. HTML is case-sensitive, so that <p> and <P> have different meanings

21. C What is a true statement about HTML?

1. <li> tags tend to come before <ul> or <ol> tags
2. <body> tags tend to come before <head> tags
3. <html> tags tend to come before <head> tags
4. <title> tags tend to come before <html> tags
5. None of the above are true

22. D What Unix command is used to make your directory readable by a HTTP, such as on ruby.ils.unc.edu?

1. chman
2. chown
3. chgrp
4. chmod

23. C What is a difference between the POP and IMAP protocols?

1. POP may also be used for HTML file transfers, but IMAP cannot
2. IMAP is better when email will be stored and managed on a remote server
3. POP is better when email will be stored and managed on a remote server
4. IMAP may be used with a modem, POP may not
5. All of the above are differences between POP and IMAP

24. C What is MIME used for?

1. Displaying Web pages that include both text and HTML tags
2. Transposing GIF images to JPEG images
3. Sending and receiving multimedia email
4. Uploading and downloading Web pages

25. C What is true about lists of mailing lists discussed in class?

1. The CataList list at LSOFT lists only includes lists managed by Listprocessor
2. Majordomo and LISTSERV share the same database format for creating their list of lists
3. The Directory of Scholarly and Professional Electronic Conferences list of lists includes newsgroups, in addition to mailing lists
4. None of the lists of lists are accessible on the Internet; instead, you need to purchase a book

26. Find the name of a mailing list dealing with virtual reality, virtual worlds or artificial life. Include the list name and host name (e.g., "inls80-01@ils.unc.edu"):

virtu-l@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu

27. C What is a difference between a mailing list based in /etc/aliases and one using Majordomo?

1. Only the Majordomo list requires someone to be the list manager or maintainer
2. The /etc/aliases list enables automatic subscription and unsubscription
3. Only the Majordomo list enables automatic subscription and unsubscription
4. Only the /etc/aliases list can maintain an archive
5. None of these are differences

28. D Which newsgroup is received at UNC-CH?

1. news.world.politics
2. alt.news.ted-koppel
3. news.announce.newbies
4. news.announce.newusers
5. None of these are received at UNC-CH

29. D Which program cannot be used for reading network news over the Internet?

1. Netscape
2. Pine
3. Tin
4. Microsoft Excel
5. All of the above can be used for reading network news

30. C What was the first community computing system called?

1. Prairienet
2. The Heartland Free-Net
3. The Cleveland Free-Net
4. My Yahoo!

31. What is the IP address for play.yahoo.com?

204.71.177.188

32. What U.S. state is listed for mindspring.com’s Internet domain registration?

Georgia.................................................................................................

33. E Which statement is true about MUDs?

1. MUDs were originally based on Dungeons and Dragons
2. MUDs are synchronous multi-user environments
3. MUDs are usually accessed by telnet to a non-standard port
4. There are hundreds of different MUDs and variants (such as MOOs and MUSHs)
5. All of the above are true

34. E Which statement is true about Web-based conferencing systems?

1. They are used for some classes on the UNC-CH campus
2. They often allow authors to use HTML, not just plain text
3. They often thread messages with the same subject line
4. They may prompt for a username and password
5. All of the above are true

35. How many entries in /etc/passwd on ruby.ils.unc.edu indicate "tcsh" as the login shell?

875

36. Which Internet port is used for email?

25

37. E What’s the difference between "grep -c" and "grep -n"?

1. "grep -c" prints line numbers of matching lines
2. "grep -c" prints a count of the number of characters in your target string
3. "grep -c" is case-insensitive
4. "grep -n" is case-insensitive
5. None of the above are differences

38. D When you login to Ruby, what Unix program is started?

1. The /etc/passwd program
2. The "man" command
3. "ls -la" is started on weekdays, but not on weekends
4. Your shell
5. tin

39. What shell do you use on ruby.ils.unc.edu?
    

tcsh (usually)

40. D What Unix text editor is associated with the Pine email system?

1. vi
2. emacs
3. sed
4. pico
5. None of the above

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