CSci 1001 Practice Test


This is a practice for the Computer Science 1001 class - Introduction to Computers. Please answer the following questions by clicking on the box that most closely represents your answer.
When you have answered every question, click on the "Evaluate" button.

  1. What is a newsgroup?
    1. An area on the computer where people can chat in real time
    2. a web page about a specific topic
    3. a bunch of articles located together about specific topics
    4. none of the above

  2. A Netsearch:
    1. searches a specific database for information
    2. searches many web unrelated web pages for information
    3. both a and b
    4. neither of the above

  3. The program that performs a search is commonly called a:
    1. searcher
    2. web browser
    3. search engine
    4. web engine

  4. What does FTP stand for?
    1. File Transfer Protocol
    2. Files To Place
    3. Flee The Palace
    4. From The 'Puter

  5. What is gopher?
    1. a resource for downloading files
    2. a way to burrow through the cyber-terrain for information?
    3. a language web pages are programmed in
    4. all of the above

  6. Which is graphically based?
    1. gopher
    2. http
    3. html
    4. ftp

  7. What menu contains the source code?
    1. Go
    2. File
    3. View
    4. Edit

  8. Which is an example of a protocol?
    1. html:
    2. http:
    3. <center>
    4. www.itlabs.umn.edu

  9. What is the html code to center something?
    1. <c>
    2. <center>
    3. >c<
    4. c

  10. How do you download a graphic to your disk?
    1. use the file menu
    2. use your left mouse button
    3. use your right mouse button
    4. move your mouse pointer over it

  11. What is available over the internet?
    1. recipies
    2. stories
    3. games
    4. all of the above

  12. What is a "thread" when talking about newsgroups?
    1. an article about sewing
    2. an article in the .alt area
    3. a series of articles by the same author
    4. a group of related articles

  13. What is a valid server name?
    1. webpage.html
    2. /groups/users/
    3. www.headache.com
    4. gopher://

  14. What is a common ending for a graphic file name?
    1. .gif
    2. .html
    3. .ftp
    4. .exe

  15. How do you get back to the U of MN homepage the quickest?
    1. type in http://www.umn.edu
    2. click on the Home button
    3. click the Back button until you reach it
    4. all of the above

  16. When can you use the Forward key?
    1. after you have used the Back key
    2. when located on a link
    3. when you want to move to a new topic
    4. never, it's not blackened in

  17. How would you find a painting from the Louvre?
    1. type in Louvre into a search engine?
    2. type http://www.louvre.com into the Location: window
    3. go to the class home page and click on the Louvre link
    4. all of the above

  18. What do you do if you can't see the title of a newsgroup article
    1. whine and stomp your feet
    2. make the rows longer
    3. double click on the title
    4. resize the columns

  19. What is the use of FTP?
    1. to steal cool games
    2. to download large files
    3. a & b
    4. none of the above

  20. What is the word given to mean saving an URL?
    1. history
    2. bookmark
    3. download
    4. encrypt