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Modified 01 April 2004


Email quiz 3 - 36 marks

Online learners do the quiz online, and submit. Onsite learners do the quiz on paper, and hand in as homework.



Section 1 - 7 marks

Write down a letter/number of the item in Column B which best matches each of the descriptions in Column A. Fill in the correct letters/numbers in the text boxes.

Column A

Column B

  1. Alternative newsgroups - usually in humorous, crazy or alternative way
  2. Another network similar to, but smaller than, the Internet
  3. Classification for an Internet host which is commercial in nature
  4. Computer to which you dial in when you post and receive email
  5. Computer which registers you and sends you the mail from a mailing list
  6. Email address code for Namibia
  7. Email address code for South Africa
  1. alt
  2. analogue
  3. com
  4. Compuserve
  5. host
  6. listserv
  7. na
  8. rec
  9. signature
  10. za

Section 2 - 29 marks

Write down a letter/number of the item in Column B which best matches each of the descriptions in Column A. Fill in the correct letters/numbers in the text boxes.

Column A Column B
  1. Agreed-upon set of codes for inter-computer communication
  2. Business newsgroups - new ideas, products and job opportunities
  3. Computing newsgroups
  4. Early US network that formed the basis of the Internet
  5. Email address code for Australia
  6. Email address code for Sweden
  7. Email address code for the U.S.A.
  8. Email address code for the United Kingdom
  9. Facility which allows the storage and retrieval of email addresses
  10. In order to use a modem you need one
  11. Internet slang for sending a huge number of useless or rude messages to a single person
  12. List of people who receive a given piece of email
  13. Mail sent electronically
  14. Network which supports newsgroups
  15. Newsgroups which do not fit into other groups e.g. health, kids
  16. Part of the email address which comes after the @ sign
  17. Part of the email message which contains your personal details, attached at the end
  18. Penpals on the Internet
  19. Recreational activities newsgroups - cover sports, hobbies and games
  20. Scientific newsgroups - mainly used by academics to discuss their research
  21. Sending large amounts of email to an individual
  22. Similar to a listserv
  23. Social newsgroup - offer the opportunity to discuss social issues, different cultures, etc.
  24. Symbols used in email messages to show your emotions ;-)
  25. System operator or postmaster of a telecomputing system
  26. Type of mail sent via the post office
  27. Type of signal a telephone understands
  28. Unofficial code of good behaviour for the Internet
  29. Worldwide network of computer networks
  1. addressbook
  2. analogue
  3. Arpanet
  4. au
  5. biz
  6. comp
  7. domain
  8. email
  9. emoticons
  10. Internet
  11. keypals
  12. mailbombing
  13. mailinglist
  14. majordomo
  15. misc
  16. netiquette
  17. protocol
  18. rec
  19. sci
  20. se
  21. signature
  22. snailmail
  23. soc
  24. spamming
  25. sysop
  26. telephone
  27. uk
  28. us
  29. Usenet


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