Learn About E-mail Quiz


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  1. What does the "e" in "e-mail" stand for?
    Expeditious
    Electric
    Electrical
    Electronic

  2. How does e-mail generally work?
    Using computers, people log into their e-mail accounts and send messages to each other.
    People use the same e-mail address to send information to one another.
    A computer first calls a person's telephone number to see if they're home, then it sends the electronic message.
    A message can only be sent to a person if she or he is checking their e-mail at that exact moment.

  3. How can you get an e-mail address?
    By signing up for one at your telephone company.
    By signing up with an Internet Service Provider, or by establishing a web mail account.
    By connecting your computer to a telephone line.
    By setting up your computer to answer all incoming telephone messages.

  4. What do you click on to write a new message?
    INBOX
    FORWARD
    COMPOSE or NEW MESSAGE
    DELETE

  5. What is the subject line used for?
    Computers use it to store a message somewhere on the Internet.
    It represents where the message is coming from.
    It is where the main part of your message goes.
    It briefly describes the nature of the message you're sending.

  6. What is the INBOX?
    A place where all new messages arrive.
    Your e-mail address.
    A place where you store deleted messages.
    It lists all the messages you ever sent.

  7. What is spam?
    Junk mail.
    Important mail.
    Mail contains important information about your e-mail account.
    Any message you can read.

  8. What is a file attachment?
    A digital picture.
    A word processing document.
    Anything other than text that another user sends in an electronic message.
    All of the above.

  9. What are the advantages of using folders?
    You can better organize messages as you receive them.
    They can help preserve your INBOX as a place where only new messages are listed.
    Combined with e-mail filters, you can have your e-mail service automatically file messages so they will be easier to access.
    All of the above.

  10. Why should you always completely exit your e-mail account when done?
    To prevent people from reading your messages.
    To prevent people from sending messages from your account.
    To prevent people from changing your account information, such as your password.
    All of the above.


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