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Tim Berners-Lee describes a proposed extension of the current Web, which he terms the "semantic Web." Simply put, what is the chief goal of the semantic Web effort?
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  1. To make it possible to view Web content on a wider variety of devices and software

  2. To make it possible for computers to parse and analyze the meaning and context of Web data

  3. To reduce the amount of network traffic needed to conduct simple Web transactions

  4. To enable a bi-directional, read/write Web

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Correct Option: B

What was the major innovation introduced in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.0, which was released in 1999?
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  1. It was the first browser designed to render XHTML pages

  2. It was the first Microsoft browser to offer strict compliance with W3C standards

  3. It was the first browser to be extensible via ActiveX controls

  4. It made possible the AJAX Web application model

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Correct Option: D

What is the name of the distributed hypertext document search and retrieval protocol that predates -- but was eventually supplanted by -- the World Wide Web?
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  1. Gopher

  2. FTP

  3. IRC

  4. NNTP

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Correct Option: A

The world's first Web browser ran on what OS platform?
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  1. MS-DOS

  2. Linux

  3. Mac OS

  4. NeXTStep

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following Web browsers is least like the others?
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  1. Firefox

  2. Chrome

  3. Safari

  4. Konqueror

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Correct Option: A

What was the function of the FutureSplash browser plug-in when it became available in the mid-1990s?
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  1. It allowed browsers to render 3-D virtual reality worlds

  2. It allowed browsers to display scalable vector graphics and animation

  3. It was the first-ever scripting engine for Web browsers

  4. It was the first VoIP telephony plug-in for the Web

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following is NOT a proposed feature of the HTML 5 standard?
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  1. More robust formatting attributes for the font tag

  2. The ability to create dynamic, scriptable bitmapped images

  3. An API for saving data to client-side storage

  4. New tags for embedding audio and video in Web pages

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Correct Option: A

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while he was with which organization?
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  1. NCSA

  2. CERN

  3. NASA

  4. IETF

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Correct Option: B

Online commerce is almost as old as the Web itself, but it took a while before it caught on with the broader business world. Which of the following was possible on the Web first?
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  1. Ordering books from Amazon.com

  2. Buying electronic stamps from the U.S. Postal Service

  3. Bidding on items for sale on eBay.com

  4. Ordering a pizza from Pizza Hut

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Correct Option: D

What is AJAX?
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  1. An open source, interactive Web content generation system similar to Adobe Flash

  2. A server-side programming language that enables rich Internet applications

  3. A programming technique that allows portions of Web pages to be updated without a full refresh

  4. The next generation of the JavaScript programming language

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Correct Option: C