IBA Chapter 9

You visit the Web site of a business from which you make online purchases and set up an account on your smartphone. The site requests your mobile phone number in order to send you promotional text messages. What type of service does this scenario describe?

• An opt-in e-mail marketing service

• A listserve subscription service

• A Virtual Network Computing (VNC) service

• An opt-in mass texting service

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a program that allows you to control a computer at a remote location. VNC consists of which two components?

• The server and the viewer

• The TCP/IP network and the P2P application

• The client and the server

• The client and the viewer

Frankie works on the IT team at her company. She is looking for ways to reduce costs, so she suggests that the company uses P2P to facilitate sharing of information, instead of maintaining servers with FTP access. To protect its confidential data while benefiting from P2P, the company should:

• implement technologies that will control access and password-protect files.

• forbid employees to use their computers in P2P communications.

• limit P2P use to sharing only music files.

• limit P2P use to sharing only with universities and research organizations.

What can you do to eliminate the need to define a MIME type for files that you download from Web sites?

• Compress the files, then decompress them before you attempt to open them.

• Open the files in an operating system other than Windows.

• Install the latest version of a browser, or install any available upgrades.

• Open the files in the Windows operating system only.

What is a software patent?

• A legal contract between the author of software and the end user that makes the source code available to the user

• A set of exclusive rights granted to an inventor for a fixed period of time upon disclosure of the invention

• A legal contract between the author of software and the end user that defines how the software can be used

• A legal contract between the author of software and the end user that eliminates restrictions on the use and distribution of the product

Which of the following statements best describes open-source licenses?

• They enable software developers to design software that is very responsive to customers' changing requirements.

• They enable users to modify and redistribute software source code without restriction.

• They enable users to access software applications hosted by a service provider.

• They enable software developers to have ready access to proprietary software's source code.

Using command-line FTP on a Windows system, how do you gain access to an FTP server?

• Double-click the icon that represents the FTP server.

• Enter the "open" command at the MS-DOS prompt.

• Enter the "get" command at the MS-DOS prompt.

• Enter the "put" command at the MS-DOS prompt.

If you use your Web browser's built-in FTP client, which FTP command would you need to use to download a file from your company's FTP site?

• You would not need to use any FTP commands.

• You would need to use the "get" command.

• You would need to use the "open" command.

• You would need to use the "put" command.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the GNU General Public License (GPL)?

• It is an open-source license that has a patent clause that prevents developers from contributing code that infringes on their patents.

• It is an open-source license that encourages developers to make money by selling the software they produce.

• It is an open-source license that places restrictions or requirements on derivative works.

• It is an open-source license that allows you to obtain source code and make all the changes to it that you want.

Two requirements are necessary to upload files to an FTP site. One requirement is gaining access to an FTP client program. What is the other requirement?

• A valid user name and password

• Access to an anonymous FTP site

• An encrypted authentication session

• Permission to upload