1. In a growing craze that has spread from the US to Germany and UK, a large number of people gather en masse at a moment's notice on email and disperse as quickly. They are known as:
a) Email mobs
b) Flash mobs
c) Instant mobs
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Wrong! The correct answer is
Flash mobs.
Arranged via Web sites and emails,
flash mob members voluntarily and simultaneously gather at the venue mentioned. They partake in a silly and harmless activity and then disperse.
Correct!Arranged via Web sites and emails,
flash mob members voluntarily and simultaneously gather at the venue mentioned. They partake in a silly and harmless activity and then disperse.
2. Which online auction site has been told to pay $29 million in a patent case?
a) eBay.com
b) auctionbeagle.com
c) firstauction.com
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Wrong! The correct answer is
eBay.com.
A federal judge
ordered the auction site to pay a Virginia inventor the money, upholding a jury's verdict that the online auction giant infringed a patent on the process of buying goods at fixed prices online.
Correct!A federal judge
ordered eBay to pay a Virginia inventor the money, upholding a jury's verdict that the online auction giant infringed a patent on the process of buying goods at fixed prices online.
3. Which search engine has introduced a free email news alert feature?
a) Dogpile
b) Google
c) Yahoo
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Wrong! The correct answer is
Google.
This popular search engine has introduced a
free alert feature in its news section, allowing users to monitor a topic and receive an email notification when relevant news stories appear. The tool is currently in beta testing mode.
Correct!This popular search engine has introduced a
free alert feature in its news section, allowing users to monitor a topic and receive an email notification when relevant news stories appear. The tool is currently in beta testing mode.
4. An experiment conducted recently proved the theory that almost everyone on earth is connected to anyone else via a small number of acquaintances, hold true for email, too. What is the experiment called?
a) Six degrees
b) Testing times
c) Networking the earth
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Wrong! The correct answer is
Six degrees.
The experiment in which Internet users were asked to find any one of 18 strangers by using their online connections showed it took, on average, only 5-7 steps using friends and acquaintances. The results illustrate how social networks operate and how they have become truly global.
Correct!The experiment in which Internet users were asked to find any one of 18 strangers by using their online connections showed it took, on average, only 5-7 steps using friends and acquaintances. The results illustrate how social networks operate and how they have become truly global.
5. Which popular file-sharing program will be relaunched as a legal service?
a) Kazaa
b) Limewire
c) Napster
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Wrong! The correct answer is
Napster.
Roxio Inc., the Santa Clara software firm that now owns Napster, announced that
Napster 2.0 will offer individual downloadable songs, a subscription service, original programming and an Internet radio station.
Correct!Roxio Inc., the Santa Clara software firm that now owns Napster, announced that
Napster 2.0 will offer individual downloadable songs, a subscription service, original programming and an Internet radio station.