INTERNET TEST SUBJECT SAMPLER

Introduction

The following links come from the CLARK INTERNET TUTOR and will help you identify the important facts that you need to know to pass the NISD Internet Test. You will use the Internet links provided to answer review questions about the Internet.

ACTVITY ONE

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/terms.htm

What is the Internet?

What are some of the ways you can use the Internet?

Are the Internet and the World Wide Web the same thing?

What are two other names the Internet is known as?

What does WWW stand for?

What does the Web make it possible to do?

Who is in charge of the Internet?

What is a homepage?

How do you distinguish a link (both a text link and a graphic link), and what is a link?

ACTIVITY TWO

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/url.htm

What is surfing?

What does URL stand for?

You need the URL to locate a document stored on the WWW.

What is an example of a Web address?

What are common extensions of the domain, and which one is always considered reliable?

ACTIVITY THREE

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/browsers.htm

What is a Web browser?

What is Northside’s chosen browser?

What is another popular browser that we have on our machines?

ACTIVITY FOUR

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/searching.htm

What is a search engine?

List 6 things to consider in determining the accuracy of a website.

What do you do if you come upon an inappropriate site?

Name three common search engines/directories?

Name two things that can help you restrict what a search finds.

ACTIVITY FIVE

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/copypaste.htm

What is Plagiarizing?

What law are you breaking if you Plagiarize?

ACTIVITY SIX

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/favorites.htm

What are favorites?

How do you save a favorite?

Can favorites be edited or saved to a diskette?

ACTIVITY SEVEN

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/sources.htm

What is the Fair Use Policy regarding images and sound/video? Images— Sound/video—

What four things should be included in citing the source?

When is a website copyrighted?

ACTIVITY EIGHT

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/email.htm

What is e-mail?

What is an example of an e-mail address?

What is NISD’s approved e-mail provider?

What are the acceptable uses for e-mail at school?

ACTIVITY NINE

http://www.nisd.net/clarkww/ClarkWeb/Techweb/InternetTutorial/aup.htm

List five examples of abuse of the Internet at school.

What are the consequences for misuse of the Internet?