Chapter 3 Multiple Choice and True/False Answer Keys for Parts 1 and 2

Part 1: Check Your Understanding

Instructions:Answer the questions below for more practice with key terms and concepts from Part 1. Visit to check your answers and to find other activities related to the chapter.

Multiple Choice

1. Which is NOT true about the Internet?

a. It is the largest computer network in the world.

b. It was created to establish a secure form of military communications.

c. It was developed as an additional means of commerce.

d. It was designed as a means for all computers to communicate with each other.

2. What do you need if you want to read, send, and organize e-mail from any computer connected to the Internet?

a. an e-mail client program

b. an e-mail server

c. an e-mail aggregator

d. a Web-based e-mail account

3. Which is NOT an example of aWeb 2.0 technology?

a. e-mail

b. social networking

c. blogging

d. wiki

4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a blog?

a. Blogs are used to express opinions.

b. Blogs are generally written by a single author.

c. Blogs are private and require password access.

d. Blogs are arranged as a listing of entries.

5. Which of the following is true about plug-ins?

a. Plugs-ins rarely require updating.

b. Plug-ins track the Web sites you’ve visited.

c. Plug-ins are necessary for viewing most Web graphics.

d. Plug-ins cannot present security risks.

True–False

_____ 1. Deleted e-mails can be recovered—they don’t really vanish.TRUE

_____ 2. A yellow shaded address bar on a Web site indicates that the Web site is secure.FALSE

Part 1: Critical Thinking

  1. Social Networking and Society

Social networking seems to have taken over our lives! Almost everyone is on Facebook and Twitter. But is this a good thing?

  1. What advantages and disadvantages does social networking bring to your life?
  2. How are businesses using social networking?
  1. Responses will vary, but general advantages to social networking include convenience, collaboration, and increased communication. Disadvantages might include security and privacy issues. Other ethical considerations such as bullying, stalking, etc. can also be attributed to the increase in social networking.
  2. Responses will vary, but should include aspects that businesses are using social networking to communicate with customers, to “listen” to what customers are saying about their products and the competitors, as well as using social networking internally to communicate and collaborate with business colleagues.
  1. Apple and Adobe Flash

Apple has made a corporate decision not to support Flash-based files on its devices. Apple contends that working with other content written in open standard products is better for it as a company, and as a consumer, there are reasonable “alternatives” to Flash. What do you think of Apple’s position? What would you recommend it to do?

Students might begin with a statement regarding their experience with Apple devices, and how much they use Flash.

The discussion should focus on Apple’s continued position to control all that they use – which has been their philosophy all along. They produce their own hardware, software, etc. and/or control the hardware/software that is on their devices. Since Adobe doesn’t want to be controlled by Apple, Apple is opting to use alternatives, which are being generated now. Eventually, producers will generate non-Flash-based products if they want them to run on Apple devices. The inconvenience will be to the user who chooses Apple devices and who may want to run flash-based files.

Part 2: Check Your Understanding

Instructions:Answer the questions below for more practice with key terms and concepts from Part 2. Visit to check your answers and to find other activities related to the chapter.

Multiple Choice

1. What is the name for a list of links you’ve visited within a Web site?

a. Favorites

b. breadcrumb trail

c. Bookmarks

d. history

2. Which is NOT a component of a search engine?

a. spider

b. indexer program

c. subject directory

d. search engine software

3. When using the Internet for research, you

a. can assume that everything you find is accurate and appropriate.

b. should evaluate sites for bias and relevance.

c. can assume the author is an authority on the subject matter.

d. can assume that the links provided on the site are the only additional sources of information.

4. Which of the following is not an Internet protocol?

a. ARPANETb. HTTP

c. FTPd. BitTorrent

5. eBay and Craigslist are examples of what kind of electronic commerce?

a. C2Cb. B2B

c. B2Cd. C2B

True–False

____ 1. A search engine that searches other search engines is called a SuperSearch engine.(False)

_____ 2. In the Web address facebook is the top-level domain.(False)

Part 2 Critical Thinking

  1. File Swapping Ethics

Downloading free music, movies, and other electronic media from the Internet, although illegal, still occurs on sites such as BitTorrent.

  1. Do you think you should have the ability to download free music files of your choice? Do you think the musicians who oppose online music sharing have made valid points?
  2. Discuss the differences you see between sharing music files online and sharing CDs with your friends.
  3. The current price to buy a song online is about $1. Is this a fair price? If not, what price would you consider to be fair?

Although it might be fun to download for “free,” it is still theft. Students responses should include some information about how artists are getting paid for their music, and how this type of piracy affects that. Sharing CDs differs from sharing music files online, because you’ve bought the CD. Sharing “free” music just exasperates the problem. The price of music is based on supply/demand. If people want music “legally” they will pay the $1 or $1.29. If it becomes too costly, most will opt for a different way to obtain their music. Other factors are also coming into play with services such as Spotify and Pandora in which people pay for the ability to listen to whatever music they want, without owning the music.

The Power of Google

Google is the largest and most popular search engine on the Internet today. Because of its size and popularity, some people claim that Google has enormous power to influence a Web user’s search experience solely by its Website ranking process. What do you think about this potential power? How could it be used in negative or harmful ways?

  1. Some websites pay search engines to list them near the top of the results pages. These sponsors therefore get priority placement. What do you think of this policy?
  2. What effect (if any) do you think that Google has on Website development? For example, do you think Website developers intentionally include frequently searched words in their pages so that they will appear in more hits lists?

Answers will vary, but should include a discussion on Search Engine Optimization. There are different levels of practice for Search engine optimization techniques and strategies, some more ethical than others.