Question: Constellation is a platform that ______.
Answer Choices:
Sells courses within a college at Ashford
Offers tutorial assistance for students
Stores the course’s digital textbooks
Generates quizzes and exams in Ashford courses
Answer: Stores the course’s digital textbooks
Question: Michael is trying to access the classroom portal and notices that his computer system seems slow. He decides to clear the temporary Internet files on his computer to see if that helps the system respond faster. After that action, his next step is to:
Answer Choices:
Create new accounts on all his favorite websites.
Enter a new IP address.
Refresh his username and password that were previously stored on his computer.
Create new profiles on his social media accounts.
Answer: Refresh his username and password that were previously stored on his computer.
Question: The best way to reach your instructor is:
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via email in Canvas
by phone
via text
via office visit
Answer: via email in Canvas
Question: David is in week 3 of his current Ashford course and has a paper due by Monday night at midnight. He has finished everything but the concluding paragraph. As he boots up his computer to work on the essay, a flash goes across the screen and then the screen goes black. He begins to panic as he tries desperately to turn the laptop back on. David should have saved his work on what kind of portable device?
Answer Choices:
Phone
USB drive
Tablet
Desktop computer
Answer: USB drive
Question: Elmira is planning to go to a wedding and has been surfing various clothing websites for a few months to find a nice cocktail dress to wear. As soon as she logs in, she notices some pop-up advertisements offering her strong sales that have yet to be browsed. This is because ______ have created a profile of her browsing habits and sold it to marketers.
Answer Choices:
Data collection
Data aggregators
Pop-ups
Digital informants
Answer: Data aggregators
Question: In the e-mail address [email protected], the section after the @ symbol is called the ______.
Answer Choices:
Host
Company
Domain
Group
Answer: Domain
Question: Ethel is new to online learning. She wants to make friends and create a support group that she can communicate and interact with throughout her course and her journey at Ashford. Which available resource is the BEST for creating informal, social connections with fellow students?
Answer Choices:
Discussion posts
Ask your instructor
Canvas Inbox
Ashford Café
Answer: Ashford Café
Question: Keisha visits the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to learn more about the field of human resources. She reads information available via the following URL: [URL]. Which part of this URL notes the complete path to the specific page where the human resources information is located?
Answer Choices:
www.bls.gov
/bls/gov/hrch
/ooh/management/human-resources-managers.htm
/management/human-resources-managers.htm
Answer: /ooh/management/human-resources-managers.htm
Question: Which of the following is acceptable information to include in work or school e-mail?
Answer Choices:
A sample of discussion question responses when asking for guidance.
Work assignments in the text.
Social Security numbers or other personal data.
Jokes, recipes, or chain letters.
Answer: A sample of discussion question responses when asking for guidance.
Question: Helena purchased a security software package to protect her new laptop against threats such as spyware and computer viruses. She has the option to automatically install updated software from full computer system scans. How frequently should she set up the computer to run the full scans?
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Every week
Every month
Every 3 months
Every 6 months
Answer: Every month
Question: Website URLs are permanent.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: According to the text, which of the following statements about tablet use is TRUE?
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Tablets require a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
Tablets and laptops are equally lightweight and portable.
From 2012 to 2013 the number of Americans who owned tablets almost tripled.
The most common reasons people use tablets are to check email and build their social networks.
Answer: The most common reasons people use tablets are to check email and build their social networks.
Question: Janice, who spent the past 2 decades raising her children, has just returned to school. She is uncomfortable using her electronic textbook. Instead, she is trying to apply the same study habits that she used when she was younger by reading and memorizing the facts that could help her pass the exams. According to the text, which of the following would be a better strategy for Janice to use?
Answer Choices:
Continue using the electronic textbooks and incorporate more modern study techniques such as mind mapping or interactive quizzes.
Stick strictly to traditional methods that she is comfortable with, ignoring the new resources.
Drop the course until she can adjust to the new learning methods.
Seek a tutor to help her adapt to the new educational technologies.
Answer: Continue using the electronic textbooks and incorporate more modern study techniques such as mind mapping or interactive quizzes.
Question: A national survey firm reported that by the end of 2011, 181 million ________ could be found on the web.
Answer Choices:
job posts
blogs
cat videos
websites
Answer: blogs
Question: Which of the following is NOT a benefit of cloud storage?
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Space: It frees space you may have used if you were saving to your computer desktop.
Access: You can access your articles, notes, and documents anywhere you have an internet connection.
You will have an absolute guarantee that you and only you own the material you have uploaded.
Answer: You will have an absolute guarantee that you and only you own the material you have uploaded.
Question: Jeremy, a small-business owner, is in the entrepreneurship program at Ashford where he is learning different ways in which businesses attract customers. In today’s society, digital services are an effective strategy because most people carry their smartphones with them when they shop. Which of the following digital services is a location service that Jeremy can use to attract customers near one of his own stores?
Answer Choices:
FindMe
Foursquare
ShopNews
ShopAlert
Answer: Foursquare