Hypertext Pre-Test

1. Which of the following does not describe hypertext?

• A. It allows readers to access information particularly suited to their needs.

• B. It permits readers to create their own meaning out of the material given to them and learn better associatively.

• C. It is a text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references to other text that the reader can immediately access.

• D. It is a linear way of presenting information and is usually accomplished and connected using “links”.

Which of the following terms refer to other forms of multimedia (e.g., images, audio, and video) that stimulate the senses and are incorporated in the links?

• A. Hyperlinks

• B. Hypermedia

• C. Links

• D. URL

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of hypertext?

• A. Text flows in a straight line through a book.

• B. It acts as a bridge between two basic, opposite, and complementing elements: free and shortcut.

• C. In a hypertext system, the reader is free to navigate information by exploring the connections provided.

• D. Hypertext is an unconventional way of presenting information as compared to the usual linear form.

4. Which of the following is a link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen?

• A. Hyperlink

• B. Hypermedia

• C. Link

• D. URL

5. What do you call a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it?

• A. Universal Resource Locator

• B. Uniform Resource Locator

• C. Universal Resource Identifier

• D. Uniform Resource Identifier

6. In the URL http://www.fbi.gov/employment/, which part is the host name?

• A. Employment

• B. http

• C. www

• D. www.fbi.gov

7. Clicking on a hyperlink can take you to which of the following locations?

• A. Another website

• B. Another place in the document you have opened

• C. Another document other than the one you have opened

• D. All of the above

8. Which of the following processes can be done by a hyperlink for a user when internet connection is not available?

• A. Linking from one page to another in a PDF document

• B. Linking from one page to another in a Word document

• C. Linking from one document stored on your computer to another document stored on your computer

• D. All of the above

9. Which of the following allows the reader to jump from the original text to another connected text using a link?

• A. HTML

• B. highlighted words

• C. hypertext

• D. Web address

10.Which of the following statements is true?

• A. Hypertext is usually read in a linear manner.

• B. A link may stock the reader to only a brief sentence, to a paragraph, or to whole pages of new text.

• C. User follows a link from its source to its destination, usually by clicking on source with the mouse.

• D. Hypertext refers to "links" on a computer screen that, when inactivated, will bring the reader immediately to a new site of text, audio, and video.