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CIW Practice 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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 schools Facebook site. Which term collectively describes these types of Web usage?

a)

Mashup

b)

Web 1.0

c)

Web 2.0

d)

Folksonomy

2.

Michelle wants to search for a scuba regulator. She plans to use a keyword search engine. She does not want to see any results from the manufacturer named Scubapro. Which of the following search strings should she use?

a)

Regulators !Scubapro

b)

Regulators Scubapro

c)

Regulators <Scubapro

d)

Regulators >Scubapro

3.

Andrea works as an Administrative Assistant for a small business that uses an SaaS service for accounting, sales orders and customer service information about the business's customers. This product is similar to Salesforce.com and its competitors. Andrea makes sure she saves accurate records about current projects and performs regular backups of the business data stored on the cloud­based service. Which of the following is the primary reason for this practice?

a)

If there is an interruption in Internet access, the service and records would not be accessible

b)

There is a limit on the number of users who are allowed to access the cloud-­based service at any one time

c)

Data stored online through the cloud­-based service is more at risk to security breaches than if it were stored locally

d)

Andrea is overly cautious because it is well known that cloud­-based services are highly secure, highly reliable and always available

4.

As a project manager, you have to balance three elements that compose the project triangle. Suppose your customer requests that you add some new requirements to the project when you are halfway through. If you agree to this request, how would it affect other aspects of the project?

a)

Project scope will decrease

b)

Cost of the project will increase

c)

Cost of the project will decrease

d)

Time to complete project will be reduced

5.

You are expecting a very important file from a co­worker in a remote office to be sent to you through e­mail. You finally call the co­worker and tell him that you have not received the file. He informs you that he sent the file yesterday, but will send it again immediately. After some time, you still have not received his e­mail message. You contact the Technical Support department and ask them for help. After some investigation, Technical Support finds the e­mail from your coworker with an attachment named salesnumbers.exe in the spam folder of your e­mail client. What is the most likely reason that the e­mail message was filtered out?

a)

Messages from remote offices are blocked on internal e­mail

b)

The attachment’s file size exceeds the size limits of the e­mail filter policy

c)

File attachments with an .exe extension may contain malicious code

d)

The file name of the attached file exceeds the file name length of the filter policy

6.

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?

a)

Restrict Internet access

b)

Uninstall any e­mail clients

c)

Monitor employees’ messages

d)

Destroy all proprietary information

7.

The App­A­Day company offers software applications for various topics. When a customer purchases a desired application from the App­A­Day online store, he is directed to a page where he can download the application directly. When the customer is redirected and begins downloading the application, which specific standard protocol is most likely transferring the application?

a)

FTP

b)

HTTPS

c)

HTTP

d)

SMTP

8.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

A worm can deposit an illicit server, whereas a virus cannot

d)

A virus can deposit an illicit server, whereas a worm cannot

9.

Paul has just finished a very important sales meeting with a potential customer and he needs to update his supervisor at the corporate office, which is located in another country. Paul is debating whether to text or e­mail his supervisor about the meeting details. Which of the following would be the best practice for communicating with his supervisor?

a)

Send a brief text message to say the meeting has finished, because Paul knows his supervisor does not read e­mail

b)

Send several text messages in order to convey all the details of the meeting most quickly

c)

Send a brief text message update now, and then send the meeting details in an e­mail message later

d)

Post the details of the meeting on his favorite social media platform, where his supervisor is one of his followers

10.

When using secure authentication, which of the following are required?

a)

A user name only

b)

A user name and a password

c)

Neither user name nor a password

d)

A user name, a password and encryption of transmitted data