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1		The idea that new communication technologies provided people with increased contact and involvement with one another is attributed to
			A)	William Gibson.
			B)	Marshall McLuhan.
			C)	Michael Wolf.
			D)	Geoffrey Sands.
2		Who holds the title "Father of the Computer"?
			A)	Marshall McLuhan
			B)	William Gibson
			C)	Joseph C. R. Licklider
			D)	Charles Babbage
3		The first computer to turn information into binary code (zeros and ones) was called
			A)	Colossus.
			B)	ENIAC.
			C)	Sputnik.
			D)	ARCA.
4		Computers' ability to "talk" to one another using common communication rules aided in the development of the Internet. What are these rules called?
			A)	operating systems
			B)	protocols
			C)	packet switching
			D)	WANs
5		The data from 2004 shows approximately how many Internet users across the globe?
			A)	200 million
			B)	300 million
			C)	400 million
			D)	600 million
6		The Internet has made us
			A)	journalists.
			B)	broadcasters.
			C)	critics.
			D)	All the above are correct.
7		URL is an acronym for
			A)	universal resource location.
			B)	universal routing language.
			C)	uniform resource locator.
			D)	universal routing legend.
8		Telephone calls transferred in digital packets over the Internet rather than on circuit-switched telephone wires is called
			A)	Instant Messaging (IM).
			B)	ISPs.
			C)	LANs.
			D)	Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
9		People are increasingly using the Internet for online commerce. What percentage of Internet users purchases a product or service online?
			A)	25%
			B)	50%
			C)	80%
			D)	100%
10		The profile of U.S. Internet users shows the use rate among various demographic groups. Which of the following groups has the smallest percentage of Internet users?
			A)	children 2-17 years old
			B)	seniors 55 and older
			C)	women 35-54 years old
			D)	men 35-54 years old
11		What percentage of e-mail activity is spam?
			A)	25%
			B)	50%
			C)	60%
			D)	80%
12		Congress passed the Child Pornography Prevention Act in 1996 to reduce the amount of child pornography on the Internet. A court case over the constitutionality of the law ensued, and the U.S. Supreme Court had to make the final determination. How did the Court rule?
			A)	It said the law was constitutional because it protected minors.
			B)	It said the law was constitutional and that it could be used to put child pornographers out of business on the Internet.
			C)	It delayed a final decision on the law until more research could be done about the impact of child pornography on visitors to those sites
			D)	It said the law was unconstitutional because it damaged free speech.
13		According to the 1986 Electronic Communication Privacy Act, is it acceptable for an employer to access an employee's e-mail?
			A)	no
			B)	it depends on the employer
			C)	yes
			D)	It depends on the nature of the e-mail messages.
14		The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
			A)	brings U.S. copyright law into world compliance.
			B)	requires Webcasters to pay licensing fees to record companies.
			C)	outlaws code-breaking devices to illegally copy software.
			D)	All the above are correct.
15		According to the Federal Trade Commission, the single most frequent consumer complaint relating to the Internet in 2003 was
			A)	identity theft.
			B)	pornographic sites.
			C)	copyright infringement.
			D)	spam e-mails.