IS 201 CIS Fall 2002 Quiz 05 Name: ___________________

1. For what is modem a contraction?
2. Theoretically, how many bits per second can a modem that is labeled 56K send through a phone line?
3. On a page such as
   http://www.usr.com/products/home/home-product.asp?sku=USR5610B
   the manufacturer refers to their modems as being "56K*". Why the asterisk, or more precisely, what is the meaning to the asterisk?
4. Having graduated with a shiny new CIS degree, your friend Amandaleeannaleen has turned to you for advice. Amandaleeannaleen wants to buy a computer so she can spend her nights chatting on instant messenger. Can the computer at
   http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=eMachines_T1742
   connect her to the Internet via a telephone line? Alternate page location:
   http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/cis/i23q05e.html
5. What is a broadband connection?
6. Why do we have to use a Document Type Definition in IS 201?
7. What character set does the page at http://www.sumo.or.jp use?
8. What does the word deprecated mean when applied to an HTML element?