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WorksheetsCE L2 - Internet Searches & Using Email
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Marshall wants to write a report about Abraham Lincoln's childhood. He also wants images or depictions of young Lincoln. When he types in "Abraham Lincoln" in a search engine, he finds a great deal of information, but little about his childhood. Which Boolean search operator and information should he use to find the correct information?
Abraham Lincoln AND childhood
Abraham Lincoln WITH childhood
Abraham Lincoln NOT childhood
Abraham Lincoln AND images
Laurie wants to find images from the works of her favorite author, Dr. Seuss. She wants to view only Web pages that include the book covers from all of his books. Which Boolean search operator should she enter in her search engine to assist her in completing this task?
Dr. Seuss NOT book covers
Dr. Seuss AND images
Dr. Seuss OR images
Dr. Seuss AND book covers
Diallo is working on a report about the pioneers who founded his home town. Several of the Web sites share the same information but there are also several which have contradictory information. Which of the following is the best way to evaluate the sites to discover which is most likely to have the accurate information?
Review each site to determine its overall purpose and consider how that might influence the articles published on it.
Locate each site's author and evaluate their credentials to determine if they are experienced historians.
Compare each site for the most attractive graphic design and best use of technology.
Determine which site has the most content by counting the number of pages in each and the number of words each article has.
You are doing research online to write a report about animals that live in the arctic. You have found several sites, but the information on them is all different. You are evaluating the credibility of these sites to decide which one is the best resource for your report. Considering the guidelines for evaluating a site's credibility, which example Web site is most likely to have credible, complete and accurate information about your topic?
Uncle Winky's Wacky Rainbow Zoo
National Geographic
Arctic Freeze Snowcones
My Favorite Animals of the Arctic
It is important to evaluate search results and online information for credibility. Which statement regarding online information is true?
Any information found online makes a research paper seem more impressive.
If the Web site is visually appealing, then its information is reliable.
Anyone can publish any information they want on the Web.
Information on the Web is credible as long the name of the author is listed.
Vladimir was assigned a writing project in his computer science class to explain how the Internet works. He found a great resource on the Web by searching "How does the Internet work". He copied and pasted the information onto a blank document, put his name at the top of it and turned it in to his teacher. Did Vladimir do anything wrong?
Yes. Vladimir plagiarized the article, which is unethical because he is copying someone else's work and making it seem like his own.
No. Vladimir used the Internet to find the needed information for the assignment. His teacher should be pleased.
Yes. Vladimir should have written FAIR USE at the top of the paper so that is was known the information was being used for educational purposes.
Yes. Vladimir should have included the copyright symbol when he uses information that is copyrighted.
Downloading songs and movies from the Internet without permission or payment is an illegal use of copyrighted material. What is this crime called?
Plagiarism
Copyright infringement
Original works
Fair Use Act
Muriel found a perfect passage from a Web site to quote for her report on the Florida Everglades. What should she include so that a reader knows that the quote is not her idea and also to give credit to the original author?
A URL
A copyright
A citation
A publish date
Luke plans on using several images that he found on the Internet for his school report on a famous sports figure. How can he be sure he is following copyright law when he is downloading and using these images?
Cite the source, giving credit to the owner.
E-mail the owner of each Web site to request permission to use the photos.
Place the copyright symbol on each image.
Inform his professor that the images were downloaded from the Internet.
You are writing a report about musicians in current popular culture. You found some images and audio recordings of musicians and songs, and you included them in your report without first obtaining permission from the sources. Your actions can be construed as:
following fair use guidelines.
copyright infringement.
plagiarism.
following public domain guidelines.
Beth found an awesome Web site with all of the information she needs to complete her book report. She copied and pasted from the site to a document, typed her name at the top, and turned it in for a grade. Which option best describes this situation?
Beth plagiarized and ethically did the wrong thing by copying someone else's work and making it seem like her own.
Beth should receive a good grade because she found the information online so it will be accurate and well written.
Beth did not break any rules because the information she copied is only being used in a school report.
Beth didn't see a copyright symbol, so it was okay to copy and paste the information on from the site.
When downloading images to use for a school project, how can you comply with copyright law?
E-mail the project to your teacher
Post the project on a social networking site
Cite the source, giving credit to the owner
Send messages to the Help desk
Graham is writing a report and decides to use information found on the ICT Essentials Web site. His professor wants him to cite the source where he found the information. How would he correctly cite the online source?
Hopkins, Todd. "ICT Essentials Suite." Certification-Partners.com, September 2014. www.CIWcertified.com/ICT_Essentials/ict_essentials_suite.php.
Hopkins, Todd. www.ciwcertified.com/ICT_Essentials/ict_essentials_suite.php.
Hopkins, Todd. "ICT Essentials Suite." Certification-Partners.com, September 2014.
www.CIWcertified.com/ICT Essentials/ict_essentials_suite.php.
When using an Internet source to find information for a research project, what should you include in the citation?
The name of the article, and the date you retrieved it from the Internet
The name of the site, the page number where you found the article, and the date you retrieved it from the Internet
The site name, the article title, the year it was written, the date you retrieved it from the Internet, and the site's URL
The year the article was written, and the URL of the site where you found it
Bao is explaining e-mail to a student who was absent on the day of the lecture. The student wants a quick explanation before class begins. How would he summarize e-mail in one sentence?
E-mail messages are delivered electronically across the Internet through various servers.
E-mail messages are typically delivered electronically via Bcc based on subject.
E-mail messages take an average of 2 to 3 days to reach their destination which is quicker and more popular than traditional mail.
E-mail messages are delivered electronically across the Internet as file attachments.
Which of the following is part of the standard TCP/IP set of protocols and is a common way to send and receive messages across the Internet?
PIM
Calendar
Netiquette
Which term describes a graphical display that shows planned special events, that is typically included in most email clients?
Task List
Journal
Calendar
Address Book
Sharon has received the volleyball season schedule from her coach via e-mail. She wants to send the same e-mail to her family members so that they know when her team is playing. Which e-mail activity should Sharon perform to send a copy of the e-mail to her family members?
Forward
Blind Copy
Reply
Reply All
Which part of an e-mail address identifies the Internet Service Provider (ISP) through which you can access e-mail?
The user name
The @ symbol
The domain name
The entire e-mail address does this.
Horatio is creating an e-mail to send to his professor regarding an assignment that was due while he was absent. He wants to include the assignment as a word-processing file in his e-mail. What is the name of this separate file that you can send along with an e-mail message?
Attachment
Subject
Forward
BCC
Which statement best describes a professional and appropriate e-mail communication?
The e-mail message contains a lot of emoticons such as :-).
The e-mail message is written using all capital letters.
The e-mail message is written with a respectful and restrained tone.
The e-mail message is written in a casual, joking style to convey a feeling of friendliness.
Which e-mail activity should you perform if you want to answer an e-mail message and ensure that the other recipients who were copied on the original message receive your answer?
Copy
Forward
Reply
Reply All
Mr. Stevens has the following e-mail address: mrstevens@mail.net. Which part of this e-mail address identifies the Internet Service Provider (ISP) through which you can access his e-mail?
mrstevens@mail.net
mrstevens@
.net
mail.net
Mr. Simmons wants to send a welcome message by e-mail to all of his students' parents. As a computer teacher, he understands the value of digital privacy. What can he use to send the e-mail message without each parent seeing all of the other parent e-mail addresses?
CC
BCC
Reply to All
Forward
Which e-mail activity should you perform if you want to send a copy of a message to a user who did not receive the original message?
Blind copy
Reply
Reply All
Forward
What should you do if you receive an e-mail attachment that you were not expecting?
Open the attachment.
Forward the e-mail to a friend or family member with a request to open and check the attachment for you.
Do not open the attachment until you can verify that it was meant for you and is legitimate.
Delete the e-mail containing the attachment.
Which statement about spam is true?
Spam is another term for e-mail that contains no attachments.
Spam is unwanted junk e-mail that may contain malware.
Spam is a type of scam in which an e-mail pretends to be from a trusted source or institution in order to trick you into revealing personal information.
Spam is a type of e-mail attachment that opens automatically when you open the e-mail message.
Sarah is viewing her e-mail inbox. There is an unopened e-mail from a person that she does not recognize. There is a small symbol next to it, indicating an attachment has been included. The subject is "Urgent, open now!" What should she do?
Do not open the attachment until she can verify that it was meant for her and is legitimate.
Open the attachment.
Forward the e-mail to a friend or family member with a request to open and check the attachment for you.
Delete the e-mail containing the attachment.
You are creating a new e-mail message. Which component tells the e-mail client where to send your e-mail message?
Sender address
Recipient address
Subject field
Attachment
Kristin received an e-mail message from her teacher. She wants to respond to the message and also include a text file of her homework. Which of the following will Kristin perform first?
Attach
Forward
Reply
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