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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: isolates browser processes or web content to reduce the impact of exploitation?
A. Sandboxing
B. Startup pages
C. Full-screen mode
D. Download warning
Correct Answer: A
Sandboxing: isolates browser processes or web content to reduce the impact of exploitation.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: alerts users when the browser considers a file potentially unsafe or uncommon?
A. Browser extension
B. Cookie
C. Download warning
D. Address bar
Correct Answer: C
Download warning: alerts users when the browser considers a file potentially unsafe or uncommon.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: binds a public key to an identity under a certificate trust system used by HTTPS?
A. Save Page
B. New window
C. Certificate
D. Cache
Correct Answer: C
Certificate: binds a public key to an identity under a certificate trust system used by HTTPS.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: controls whether a website can use capabilities such as location, camera, microphone, or notifications?
A. Clear browsing data
B. Tab
C. Site permission
D. Extension permission
Correct Answer: C
Site permission: controls whether a website can use capabilities such as location, camera, microphone, or notifications.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: is a browser preference signal requesting reduced tracking, but websites are not universally required to honor it?
A. Clear cache
B. Content Security Policy
C. Saved password
D. Do Not Track
Correct Answer: D
Do Not Track: is a browser preference signal requesting reduced tracking, but websites are not universally required to honor it.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: reduces certain cross-site tracking techniques according to browser rules?
A. Forward button
B. Hostname
C. Search query
D. Tracking protection
Correct Answer: D
Tracking protection: reduces certain cross-site tracking techniques according to browser rules.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: limits unwanted pop-up windows while allowing exceptions?
A. DNS cache
B. Site permission
C. Pop-up blocker
D. URL scheme
Correct Answer: C
Pop-up blocker: limits unwanted pop-up windows while allowing exceptions.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: a browser window or dialog opened automatically or by script/user action?
A. Pop-up
B. TLS certificate warning
C. Bookmark/Favorite
D. Bookmarks bar
Correct Answer: A
Pop-up: a browser window or dialog opened automatically or by script/user action.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: a downloaded file containing harmful or unwanted software?
A. Malicious download
B. New window
C. Sync
D. Content Security Policy
Correct Answer: A
Malicious download: a downloaded file containing harmful or unwanted software.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: imitates a legitimate service to steal credentials or other sensitive information?
A. Fragment
B. Phishing site
C. Site-specific search operator
D. Download warning
Correct Answer: B
Phishing site: imitates a legitimate service to steal credentials or other sensitive information.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: indicates the browser cannot properly validate the site's certificate or secure identity?
A. Extension permission
B. Default browser
C. TLS certificate warning
D. Download warning
Correct Answer: C
TLS certificate warning: indicates the browser cannot properly validate the site's certificate or secure identity.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: shows that the browser connection to the site uses TLS, but does not by itself prove the site is trustworthy?
A. Browser extension
B. Profile
C. Pop-up
D. HTTPS lock/security indicator
Correct Answer: D
HTTPS lock/security indicator: shows that the browser connection to the site uses TLS, but does not by itself prove the site is trustworthy.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: the URL portion after # used to identify a location or state within a resource?
A. Site permission
B. Fragment
C. Password manager
D. Hard refresh
Correct Answer: B
Fragment: the URL portion after # used to identify a location or state within a resource.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: the URL portion after ? used to pass parameters to a web resource?
A. Hard refresh
B. Query string
C. Third-party cookie
D. Saved password
Correct Answer: B
Query string: the URL portion after ? used to pass parameters to a web resource.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: the URL component that identifies a resource location within a host?
A. Browser update
B. Forward button
C. Print
D. Path
Correct Answer: D
Path: the URL component that identifies a resource location within a host.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: the host/domain portion of a URL that identifies the server name?
A. Site permission
B. Hostname
C. New window
D. Pop-up
Correct Answer: B
Hostname: the host/domain portion of a URL that identifies the server name.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: the initial part of a URL, such as https, that identifies the access protocol or method?
A. Tab
B. Clear cache
C. URL scheme
D. Cache
Correct Answer: C
URL scheme: the initial part of a URL, such as https, that identifies the access protocol or method.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: uses syntax such as site:example.com in many search engines to restrict results to a domain?
A. Autofill
B. Site-specific search operator
C. Third-party cookie
D. Query string
Correct Answer: B
Site-specific search operator: uses syntax such as site:example.com in many search engines to restrict results to a domain.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: uses quotation marks in many search engines to request an exact phrase or close phrase match?
A. Quoted search
B. Tab
C. Sync
D. Query string
Correct Answer: A
Quoted search: uses quotation marks in many search engines to request an exact phrase or close phrase match.
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Web Browsing
Which web-browsing term or feature best matches this description: the words or operators entered into a search engine to find information?
A. Browser update
B. Search query
C. Path
D. Content Security Policy
Correct Answer: B
Search query: the words or operators entered into a search engine to find information.