IBA - LESSON 9

You regularly purchase items from a popular Website. The site requests your mobile phone number, in order to send you promotional text messages. What type of service is this?

• An opt-in mass texting service

• An opt-in email marketing service

• A listserve subscription service

• A Virtual Network Computing (VNC) service

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 need to use the "open" command

• You would need to use the "get" command

• You would not need to use any FTP commands

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

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?

• Permission to upload

• A valid user name and password

• Access to an anonymous FTP site

• An encrypted authentication session

You visit the Website of a company from which you make online purchases and consent to receive emails regarding special promotions and other types of updates. What type of service does this scenario describe?

• An opt-in email marketing service

• A listserve subscription service

• A Virtual Network Computing (VNC) service

• An opt-in mass texting service

What service provides companies the ability to subscribe customers to receive promotions and advertising via email?

• Spam servers

• List servers

• Exchange servers

• Mass mailings

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

• Open the files in the Windows operating system only

• 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

You download a file with the unusual file name extension of ".wow." When you attempt to open this file, Windows displays a message indicating that it does not know how to open this particular file type. Which of the following determines a document type and the application required to open it?

• HTTP

• FTP

• MIME

• TCP/IP

What is an anonymous FTP site?

• An FTP site that does not require authentication for access, but is not available to the public

• An FTP site that requires a user name and password for access, but is hosted anonymously

• An FTP site that requires a user name and password for access, but is not available to the public.

• An FTP site that does not require authentication for access, and is available to the public

You are interested in receiving more information about a special topic, including emails, announcements and advertising. What can you do?

• Subscribe to a listserve group about the topic

• Bookmark Websites about the topic on your favorite browser.

• Set your browser's home page to a topical Website

• Join a newsgroup about the topic.

Which statement best describes the reason that you should compress files?

• To reduce transfer time and conserve hard disk space

• To delete all unnecessary information from them

• To secure them from unintended viewing by other people

• To change their file format so that anyone can view them