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Topics for AGS 3340 Quiz 1

Description

Quiz 1 will be 45 minutes (strict limit) in class at the beginning of class on October 13. There will be three or four questions from the list below. This means that you will have to have studied the content and practiced the word processing tasks. You should use the computer conference to discuss content and skills questions that you want to go over. The quiz will cover

• Classes through 9/22, including some material on handouts that was not covered in class, as explained below
• Teach Yourself Microsoft Office97, assigned readings through Chapter 7
• Internet Issues web page
• The Whole Internet for Windows 95, assigned sections
• The Lexus and the Olive Tree chapter 1 through 5

The quiz will be open book, but if you have to check the books for everything, you will probably not have time. Open book and open web browser, but your own words.

You will write the answers for Quiz 1 using Microsoft Word 97 on a floppy diskette supplied by the Instructor. Make up the names for your Quiz 1 answers with the following parts, in order:

• Your three initials. (If you do not have a middle initial, use the understroke character -- _ or Shift-dash -- instead).
• "1" for Quiz 1 computer work
• "cf9" to indicate Computers, the Internet and Society, Fall 1999
• Normal extension for your word processor (doc, in this case)

So for example, since I use Microsoft Word, the file name for my Essay A would be drbacf9.doc

When I grade the assignments, I will add a "g" to the end of the filename and return it.

Also, as backup file ID, include the following lines at the beginning of each file:

1. Your full name
2. Course (AGS 3340) and course name (Computers, the Internet, and Society)
3. Semester (Fall 1999)
4. Assignment (not just the code, write it out, e.g. "Essay A"
5. Word processor and version number (this is in case I have trouble reading it).
   (In Windows, to find the name and version number of any program, including a word processor, open the program, click on its "Help" menu item, and then on the "About" item on the drop-down menu list.)

For example, for my Essay A I would include the following lines at the beginning of the file:

David R. Bowen
AGS 3340, Computers, the Internet, and Society
Fall 1999
Essay A
Microsoft Word 7.0

The essay title and text would start after this header.

Quiz 1 Topics

1. General Windows skills - under test conditions,
   1. Open a file from the A: drive
   2. Save a file to the A: drive
   3. Using Save As..., change the name of a file
2. Word processing topics as listed in Section I of the Word Processing handout, even though this was not covered in class. The Quiz will cover this on the first and third levels described below:
   1. Carrying out the word processing functions using Microsoft Word 97. I will call this the "operational" level. Typically, you would be given a file on the test diskette and asked to make changes in it according to a list of directions.
   2. Describing in words how to carry out a certain operation in Microsoft Word 97. (This level will NOT be covered on the Quiz.)
   3. Describing the word processing function at a general level, not specific to Microsoft word 97. For example, describe formatting as changing the appearance of text, such as font, font size, etc.
3. Given a picture of a window or dialog,
   1. Identify or list the elements, such as title bar, menu bar, tool bar, check box, text line and drop-down list
   2. Describe what actions can be completed with each element, and how to complete them
   3. Describe or define "dialog", "file", "folder", "extension", RAM and disk storage, "byte", "path", "Drag 'N Drop"
4. For the action of selection,
   1. List at least three different types of elements that can be selected
   2. Describe at least three different methods of selection (not all may be applicable in a given situation)
   3. Describe how to tell whether or not an element is selected
   4. Describe the significance of selection
5. Describe the items under common menu items such as File, Edit, Format and View
   1. For the File menu, describe the differences between Save and Save As...
      1. Given a file path, identify its parts
   2. Describe the four pieces of information you need to determine for saving your file
   3. Describe the difference between the view of the file structure given by Save As... and Windows (NT) Explorer
6. For the forms of computer information
   1. Describe the forms, and how they are represented in a computer, including the two forms of graphics information
   2. Describe what aspects of each form influence the file size
7. For the Internet,
   1. Describe how computers are identified on the Internet
   2. Describe the form that information travels in (packet, head, body)
   3. Describe how information is transported between computers
   4. Describe the role of Local Area Networks
   5. Describe how the Domain Name System works
   6. Given a URL, identify its different parts and what they signify
   7. Describe the sequence of events if you point your browser at a web site by typing in the URL in the domain name form
   8. Describe or define the terms URL, IP address, gateway, router, HTTP, HTML
8. For the Internet Issues web page, given a choice of two issues, write a brief half-page essay about one of the issues that:
   1. Names and describes the issue
   2. Describes at least two opinions about the issue
   3. Describes your own position, along with why you support that position
9. Describe the origins of the Internet, including
   1. Length of time in existence
   2. Role of government
   3. Who actually did the work in creating the Internet?
   4. What is a computer communication protocol?
   5. What is the difference between the IP and the TCP protocols?
   6. What is the relationship of content providers such as Microsoft Network and AOL to the Internet?
   7. What changes in the Internet can we look for?
   8. What laws apply to the Internet? What handicaps do governments have in regulating the Internet?
   9. What expectations do Internet users have with respect to online information about themselves?
   10. How is the Internet governed? Paid for?
10. We will be skipping email and FTP until the next Quiz
11. Describe or define the following terms, with respect to the World Wide Web
    1. Browser
    2. Hypertext
    3. Link
    4. Hypertext Transport Protocol
    5. HTML
    6. URL
    7. Internet Search
    8. Form
    9. Web Server
    10. Web Client
    11. eCommerce
12. Describe the origin and history of the World Wide Web ("the Web")
    1. Who is given credit for creating the Web? How is this different than the Internet?
    2. What is a common date for the origin of the Internet?
13. In troubleshooting a network connection,
    1. If you call a network administrator or help desk for assistance, what will they want to know?
14. In Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 97, be able to:
    1. Open, Save, Save As..., create new folder while Save As..., Print, Select text, Copy and Move text using clipboard or Drag 'N Drop
    2. Enter text, edit text (select, cut, copy, move, find and replace)
15. From the Lexus and the Olive Tree
    1. What does the author mean by "globalization" and how does he think it is different than previous systems?
    2. Describe the different viewpoints that the author feels have to be integrated in order to understand globalism.
    3. What role does the author feel that the Internet has played in integrating different facets of society?
    4. For the author, what is the signficance of the title of this book?
    5. What does the author mean by
       1. Creative destruction (OK, this comes from Schumpeter)
       2. The Berlin Wall didn't just fall in Berlin.
          1. According to Friedman, what three changes caused the fall?
       3. The democratization of technology / the democratization of finance / the democratization of information
          1. Does Friedman feel that, in order to have an impact, these changes must reach everyone?
          2. How does the democratization of finance make things different for government officials?
          3. How does the democratization of information raise expectations?
       4. Technology globalizes production
       5. The three stages of Microchip Immune Deficiency
       6. The buck starts here
       7. The Golden Straightjacket
       8. The Electronic Herd