CIW Prep Complete

What is the difference between a computer virus and a worm?

• A worm can replicate by itself, whereas a virus requires user action to replicate

• A virus can replicate by itself, whereas a worm requires user action to replicate

• A virus does not harm the contents of a computer whereas a worm does

One of your co-workers calls you to ask if you sent her an e-mail message with an attachment. You recall that you sent several c-mails with attachments earlier that day. Which of the following is your best response to this question?

• Tell them to open the attachment to see what it is

• Ask them to forward the email to you so you can open the attachment.

• Ask your co-worker to read the e-mail message including the full name of the attachment and its extension.

You are using an e-mail client that you are unfamiliar with. You need to send an e-mail with an attachment but you do not see a feature labeled "attachment" anywhere on the client. What icon should you look for that is commonly used to invoke the e-mail attachment option?

• An envelope

• A paperclip

• A folder

Your child's high school has created a wiki for its social science classes to support blogs and collaborative projects. Your child also contributes photos of extracurricular events to the school's Facebook site. Which term collectively describes these types of Web usage?

• Web 2.0

• Folksonomy

• Crowdsourcing

You are the technology coordinator for a small multi-national corporation with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo and London. You have been asked to coordinate a live and interactive meeting that will allow executives from each of the offices to meet virtually and share presentations. What is the best way to achieve this desired goal?

• Webinar

• Phone Conference Call

• Web Conference

You received an e-mail message on which several other individuals were copied. You want to respond to this message in a way that will include everyone who was copied on the original message. You can accomplish this by using which action?

• Reply

• Reply All

• Copy all

Proprietary information for your company's online business was released to a competitor. Which of the following preventative measures should your company take to ensure that its proprietary information is protected in the future?

• Monitor Employees' Messages

• Delete all proprietary information

• Consult with a Lawyer and take legal actions

You are leading a team of new hires and need to train them on innovative strategies and technologies that will be used to develop an upcoming project. You send several e-mail messages with links to helpful resources. But you soon realize this is an inefficient way to organize and share this information. Which solution would provide a more efficient way to categorize and share this information?

• Web 2.0

• Ajax

• Social Tagging

Aisha is preparing to give a presentation to management about the development of cloud computing services that her company is planning to implement. Which of the following might her managers mention as a possible objection or drawback to using cloud services for the company?

• Speed

• Cost

• Scalability

Irena is reviewing several promotional product videos from her company's marketing department before they are published on the company's Web site. The videos are in RealMedia format, but they do not open in Irena's Windows Media Player. What should Irena do in order to view the videos?

• Send the file to her personal computer

• Reach out to technical support.

• Convert the video files to the WMV format, because RealMedia files will not play in Windows Media Player.