DUE Wednesday, Feb 29 – 3 points
(Thursday NOON deadline)

This week we will be reading Chapter 9 of the Website Owner’s Manual, in which Paul decodes technobabble.  (That’s one of my favorite words Paul uses on his podcast.) Once you have completed the reading, you will need to take a quiz of ten true-false questions. (These questions will be randomly selected from the questions below. You can retake the quiz up to five times. Don’t stress about getting 100% on these quizzes: if you get 80% or better, you will be ready to proceed to the next activity and I will give you the full 3 points.)

All questions should be prefaced with an understood, “According to the author of the Website Owner’s Manual … “:

1. T/F? Paul believes web developers will love his “Decoding technobabble” chapter because it discusses the technical details they love.
2. T/F? The web is made up of one primary supercomputer located in Washington, D.C.
3. T/F? An internet service provider (ISP) is a company that you pay for access to the web.
4. T/F? A domain name server (DNS) is like a photo book or an address book for the web: it matches domain names with IP addresses.
5. T/F? Only some of the computers connected to the internet, those with “premium” or “gold-level” ISPs, receive an IP address.
6. T/F? A web server that holds a web site is very different from a home computer.
7. T/F? With the right software, most home computers could host a web site.
8. T/F? Updating DNSs worldwide could take as long as 72 hours.
9. T/F? Paul recommends using hyphens in domain names.
10. T/F? Paul recommends using incorrect spellings in domain names to be “cool” and “trendy” (like digg.com and flickr.com).
11. T/F? Large images and video have made pages more attractive but considerably larger and longer to download.
12. T/F? The most common use of code written in a server-side language is to control the graphic design and presentation layer of a web page.
13. T/F? The W3C has carefully defined the meaning of the “Web 2.0″; it is now considered to be a web standard.
14. T/F? Google Maps uses AJAX to update maps without needing to reload the web page containing that map.
15. T/F? Code written in a client-side language is executed on a web server; visitors to your site cannot see the code but can only see the HTML it produces.
16. T/F? The client side is an unpredictable environment.
17. T/F? Browsers typical “cache” (i.e., store local copies of) web pages when you visit them.
18. T/F? Holding down the Shift key when you click Refresh in your browser will force the browser to download the latest version of the page.
19. T/F? Yahoo! works to ensure that they provide the same visual experience to all browsers.
20. T/F? As long as a browser supports JavaScript, it can handle video, games, and other multimedia elements.
21. T/F? Flash is the most widespread browser plug-in.
22. T/F? Most content designed for plug-ins is just as accessible to search engines as HTML.
23. T/F? For the vast majority of web sites, the best option for hosting is to sign up with an external hosting company.
24. T/F? With “dedicated hosting,” your web site may be on the same web server as a number of other people’s web sites.
25. T/F? With “shared hosting,” you may encounter performance issues related to someone else’s bad code or high traffic.
26. T/F? The most important factor in choosing a hosting company is their uptime guarantee.
27. T/F? The most important factor in choosing a hosting company is their support.
28. T/F? Since web hosting companies have to pay for each piece of data a visitor to your site downloads, they often limit the amount of data they allow your visitors to download.

DUE Wednesday, Feb 29 – 3 points
(Thursday NOON deadline)