Exam 7: The Web and E-Mail

Junk e-mail messages use ____ for monitoring the number of people who view the e-mail and use that data to determine the direction of marketing campaigns.

Originally, e-mail messages were stored in a plain and simple format called ____ text.

A(n) ____ keyword is entered into a header section of a Web page when it is created and is supposed to describe the page contents.

Before sending a large attachment, you can use ____ to shrink it.

Flash ____ can collect and store personal data, such as a user's name or the user's progress in a game.

XHTML is the follow-up version to HTML 4.

Your browser displays an error message when a Web server sends a ____ status code to indicate that the requested resource does not exist.

In addition to using search engines, you can also find Web-based information using a(n) ____ engine that searches a series of other search engines and compiles the search results.

Critical Thinking questions (Multiple Choice) Java applets ____.

Fake sites are a key part of illegitimate ____ schemes.

A Java control is an application written in the Java programming language.

A(n) ActiveX control is a compiled computer program that can be referenced from within an HTML document, downloaded, installed on your computer, and executed within the browser window.

Case 3 Melissa is about to create an e-mail account. She plans to use her e-mail account to contact her many friends and to aid in the search for a job. She plans to e-mail her resume with a general message to each of the potential employers. The same message can be used for each of the recipients. To e-mail her resume to all of her target employers without the employers knowing that she is e-mailing to multiple recipients, she should use ____.

What is store-and-forward technology?

PayPal is an example of a(n) ____________________ payment service.

The ____ tag creates a horizontal line.

Case 2 Jessica does a lot of shopping online and has used an online shopping cart many times. Her major questions are is it safe to shop online, and how does e-commerce affect privacy by gathering information? She is justifiably worried about personal information and credit card numbers supplied in the course of an e-commerce transaction. Merchants who market goods and services are eager to get the attention of prospective customers, but they sometimes secretly gather information and also relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. A(n) ____ is designed to track who is reading the Web page or e-mail message.

Some search engines use ____ instead of the word NOT.