CS312 - Fall 2003 - Quiz 2
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1The second part of an email address is:
a) mail server host name
b) account identification
c) user name
d) user password
e) none of the above
2Which of the following is true
a) e-mail addresses can be used to uniquely identify
individuals (one to one)
b) e-mail accounts are generally limited to 1 per
household
c) an e-mail address identifies merely an account
on a mail server
d) an e-mail address is a accurate indication of the
user’s location
e) none of the above
3Which of the following is good e-mail etiquette
a) ALL CAPS MAKES YOUR EMAIL EASIER TO
READ
b) neva mind spelin nuone elze gonnu read this
c) treat an email like any other business
communication
d) never hesitate to retaliate against unpleasant
messages
e) none of the above
4Which of the following is true?
a) Attachments reach their destination via a
connection parallel to that of the message
b) Attachments remain on the mail server to ease
congestion on the client side
c) Attachments travel to the client as an integral
part of the actual message
d) Attachments need no decoding on the client side,
this is the server’s responsibility
e) none of the above
5Which of the following protocols is used to
transfer e-mail from clients to mail servers and
between mail servers?
a) IE
b) Netscape
c) SMTP
d) POP
e) none of the above
6Which of the following is not a verb of the
SMTP protocol
a) STORE
b) MAIL FROM:
c) RCPT TO:
d) DATA
e) none of the above
7Which of the following port numbers is used by
SMTP?
a) 20
b) 25
c) 110
d) 80
e) none of the above
8Does POP apply user authentication?
a) yes
b) no
c) a weird quantum superposition of the two
9A user wishes to manage his email message on
the mail server rather than on a local machine.
Which e-mail protocol is most appropriate?
a) IMAP
b) POP
c) FTP
d) This is impossible. None of the above.
10 Mailing lists rely on the following protocol
a) Mailing List Protocol (MLP)
b) Message Distribution Protocol (MDP)
c) Universal Messaging Service Protocol (UMSP)
d) None of the above
11 Newsgroups can best be described as
a) Public forums intended and built for the
distribution of international news
b) A distributed user to user messaging system
c) A more secure alternative to email
d) An affiliate of CNN
e) None of the above make a good description of
newsgroups
12 To access newsgroups you need
a) An internet connection
b) A news client
c) Access to a news server
d) All of the above
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