Electronic Publishing - Self-Assessment Quiz

The purpose of this quiz is to provide the student with a large number of supplemental exercises for Chapter 11. This quiz can be used to perform a self-evaluation. This quiz consists of twenty five multiple choice questions. Each multiple choice question has four possible answers.

1		Which of the following is not considered an advantage of electronic publishing?
			A)	Convenient
			B)	Fast
			C)	Inexpensive
			D)	Credibility
2		Which of the following is not considered an advantage of electronic publishing from a readers or writers point of view?
			A)	Easy to publish
			B)	Dynamic
			C)	Simple to update
			D)	Increased advertising
3		A copyright is best defined as which of the following?
			A)	A set of rights retracted from an individual who has written a text.
			B)	A set of rights extended to an individual who has produced a creative work.
			C)	The right to permit people from copying another person's text.
			D)	A set of data classifying how the work was produced and is to be copied.
4		Which of the following is not a requirement for a creative work to be eligible for copyright in the United States?
			A)	Must be original.
			B)	Must be in a tangible form.
			C)	Must be under two years old.
			D)	Must be more than just an idea.
5		Which of the following is not part of a copyright notice in the United States?
			A)	The copyright symbol.
			B)	The year the work was last published.
			C)	The name of the owner of the work.
			D)	The year the work was first published.
6		WIPO stands for which of the following?
			A)	World Internet Property Organization
			B)	World Intellectual Propery Organization
			C)	Will Improve Property Ownership
			D)	World Intellectual Property Operations
7		What is a Cryptolope container?
			A)	A copyright notice.
			B)	A way to track and control digital documents.
			C)	A Microsoft copyright tracking system.
			D)	A way to prevent teenagers from surfing the Web.
8		Project Gutenberg began in the
			A)	1400's
			B)	1800's
			C)	1970's
			D)	1990's
9		Which of the following best describes Project Gutenberg?
			A)	An online book initiative to make classic works availably freely online.
			B)	An effort to enter the Gutenberg Bible online.
			C)	A method of printing out electronic texts.
			D)	An electronic effort to copyright all etexts.
10		Which of the following is not a well-known online book project?
			A)	Project Bartleby.
			B)	On-Line Book Initiative.
			C)	Alex: A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet.
			D)	Wall: Widely Available Lengthy Literature.
11		Which of the following best describes a zine?
			A)	An electronic magazine that is not published for profit.
			B)	An electronic magazine that is published for profit.
			C)	An electronic version of a written magazine.
			D)	A fan magazine relating to computer science.
12		What is the biggest problem with publishing online journals?
			A)	Expense.
			B)	Getting authors.
			C)	Credibility.
			D)	Computer time.
13		Why do publishers put free newspapers online?
			A)	Most people won't pay for print subscribtions anymore.
			B)	Advertising
			C)	To get the news to the people quicker.
			D)	To avoid delivery charges.
14		Which of the following is the best definition of plagiarism?
			A)	The act of using someone else's work and calling it your own.
			B)	The process of stripping a copyright off of a work.
			C)	The act of copying someone else's Web page and displaying on your site.
			D)	The act of copying someone else's written work and displaying on your site.
15		Which of the following is not a "Do" for electronic publishing?
			A)	Ensure the quality of the material you publish.
			B)	Use a copyright notice.
			C)	Include a telephone number so people can contact you.
			D)	Make it clear when you are stating your opinion.
16		Which of the following is not a "Don't" for electronic publishing?
			A)	Use someone else's material without seeking their permission.
			B)	Assume something without a copyright notice is not copyrighted.
			C)	Link to someone else's page without seeking their permission.
			D)	Include a copyright notice on your pages.
17		Problems with publishing on-line include all but which of the following?
			A)	Reading lengthy works on-line might be difficult due to the quality of the monitor.
			B)	Content is easy to copy and it is difficult to track down offenders.
			C)	Servers might be over-loaded or down, making documents unavailable.
			D)	Authors need to learn HTML.
18		Which of the following statements is false?
			A)	Copyright holders can prohibit copies of their works from being made.
			B)	Copyright holders must display the copyright notice somewhere on their Web page.
			C)	Copyright holders can profit by charging for copies of their work.
			D)	Copyright holders have control over derivations of their work.
19		Which of the following would not be copyrighted material?
			A)	A conversation with your friend.
			B)	An e-mail sent to your mother.
			C)	Your class Web page.
			D)	A term paper you wrote for a history class.
20		The works of Shakespeare would be included in which of the following groups of e-texts in the Project Gutenberg collection?
			A)	Classics
			B)	References.
			C)	Heavy literature.
			D)	Light literature.
21		Which of the following statements about Project Gutenberg is false?
			A)	Project Gutenberg uses volunteers to convert books into e-texts.
			B)	Project Gutenberg uses "plain vanilla ASCII" to encode the texts.
			C)	Project Gutenberg was started by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany.
			D)	One of the benefits of Project Gutenberg is that it allows a reader to locate phrases and quotes easily.
22		Which of the following is not a benefit of publishing journals on-line?
			A)	All supporting data can be included.
			B)	A link to Errata can be provided.
			C)	It usually makes money for the authors of the articles.
			D)	It offers immediate, widespread availability.
23		Ways to make money when publishing magazines and newspapers electronically include all but which of the following?
			A)	Charge for the on-line subscription.
			B)	Charge advertisers and provide information free to the readers.
			C)	Use the on-line version to increase the sale of print subscriptions.
			D)	Require the reader to register and then send them a monthly bill along with a hardcopy of the material.
24		Which of the following do not mean the same thing?
			A)	e-texts : electronic texts
			B)	copyright law : copyright statute
			C)	Project Gutenberg : On-Line Book Initiative
			D)	c : copyright
25		Which of the following organizations favor making all information on the Web freely available?
			A)	Electronic Frontier Foundation
			B)	Creative Incentive Coalition
			C)	Copyright Clearance Center
			D)	United States Government