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Netiquette and Online Communication Guide

The passage discusses various topics related to online etiquette and communication. It defines key terms like "lurk before you leap", spamming, and netiquette. It provides guidelines for appropriate email content and including subject lines. It identifies cyber-bullying behaviors and advises deleting unknown texts/emails without opening.

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Netiquette and Online Communication Guide

The passage discusses various topics related to online etiquette and communication. It defines key terms like "lurk before you leap", spamming, and netiquette. It provides guidelines for appropriate email content and including subject lines. It identifies cyber-bullying behaviors and advises deleting unknown texts/emails without opening.

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11.

The phrase "lurk before you leap" means


• send your post to the moderator via email
before posting it to a discussion group.
• make sure there isn't a host moderating the
chat before you scroll the chat screen.
• post test messages to several USENET
newsgroups before posting a real message.
• familiarize yourself with a discussion group
before actively participating

12. Spamming is very poor Netiquette and


means
• sending in lines of nonsensical garbage in a
chat conversation.
• posting a message that contains graphic
descriptions of something really gross.
• spilling the juice of meat-byproducts into
your keyboard.
• posting or emailing unsolicited advertising
messages to a wide audience.

13. Knowledge and understanding of netiquette


is useful because
• it will help you create a positive impression
on those you meet in cyberspace
• it explains some of the technical limitations
of online communications.
• it explains the conventions already being
used by millions of cybernauts.
• all of the above.

14. Appropriate content for email messages


includes
• anything you wouldn't mind having
subpoenaed as part of a court proceeding.
• anything you wouldn't mind seeing on the
evening news.
• anything you wouldn't mind your
grandmother seeing.
• All of the above

15. When writing an email, include a subject line


• only when you are writing an official memo.
• only in personal memos.
• if the person you are sending it to requires
one.
• in all e-mail messages.

16. What is Netiquette?


• The proper use of manners and etiquette
on the Internet.
• Using a net to catch fish.
• Being mean to other people on Facebook.
• Using proper manners at the dinner table.

17. Which of these is cyber-bullying?


• Flame mail.
• Hate mail.
• Posting mean comments on a discussion
board.
• All of the above.

18. If you receive a text or email from someone


you don't know, what should you do?
• Open it immediately and reply.
• Call the police.
• Delete it without opening it.
• Leave it in your inbox until you figure out
who it is.

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