Exam 1: Computer and Internet Basics

Basic email activities include ____.

If your email address is debbie_green@rutgers.edu, you would say, "Debbie underscore Green at Rutgers ____ e-d-u."

Any file that travels with an email message is called a(n)____.

Explain what information an email provider collects via email and what the provider does with the collected information.

Personal computers include ____.

Spam is unwanted electronic junk mail that arrives in your email Inbox.

A USB flash drive plugs directly into a USB ____________________ on the computer system unit.

Where is data saved permanently?

The primary storage device on a personal computer is the ____________________.

A(n)____________________ device is hardware that can be added to a computer system to expand what a computer can do and might be an input, output or storage device.

____ allows voice conversations to travel over the Internet.

A(n)____ consists of several people who connect to the Internet and communication in real time by typing comments to each other.

The ____ became law on October 26, 2001 and relaxes the rules for obtaining and implementing search warrants.

An email account includes a storage area, often called a(n)____.

In the above figure, which item indicates the body of the message?

Which of the following is NOT true about computer files?

You have a close friend, Susie, who is planning on purchasing a computer soon. Susie has asked for your input in choosing a system that best meets her needs. Susie sees a display of tablet computers and asks you to explain the purpose of this type of computer.

A filename has two parts: the filename and the file extension.

Usually when people talk about computers, they are talking about a(n)____.

Storage is an area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed, stored, or output.