QUIZ 1

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

The other forms of multimedia (pictures, sounds and videos) that stimulate more senses which are incorporated in the links are called _______________.

• A. Hyperlinks

• B. Hypermedia

• C. Links

• D. URL

It 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

In 1963, the term hypertext was coined by ______________.

• A. Ned Nelson

• B. Ted Jackson

• C. Ted Nelson

• D. Ned Jackson

Which of the following DOES NOT describe hypertext?

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

• B. It permits the 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 to present information and is usually accomplished using “links”

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

• A. Employment

• B. http

• C. www

• D. www.fbi.gov

It is a global hypertext system of information residing on servers linked across the internet.

• A. Domain address

• B. http

• C. Uniform Resource Locator

• D. World Wide Web

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of hypertext?

• A. The 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 has a different way of presenting information than the usual linear form.

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about hypertext?

• A. All textual information is easily presented in a linear form.

• B. A hypertext environment gives the learner control over paths of learning.

• C. Hypertext allows readers to analyze information from multiple perspectives.

• D. As the learner uses hypertext, they determine the focus or center of an investigation by choosing to move outside the limits set up by the author's navigational structure.

It 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