MAP-EXTRA

POP QUIZ #1

"This is a test of the Emergency Broadband System. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency, your local newsgroups and mailing lists -- in voluntary co-operation with state and local officials -- would have posted alarmist spams announcing imminent death of the Internet. This concludes this test of the Emergency Broadband System. Thank you."
-- Malinda McCall

DIRECTIONS:

Please read these directions carefully. This quiz has four parts:

The answers to this quiz will be e-mailed to you tomorrow. Do not, repeat DO NOT send your answers to Patrick or to the list. This quiz is entirely self-graded :)

PART ONE: MULTIPLE GUESS

Please read each paragraph carefully, and then select the response that best answers the question asked in the paragraph.

  1. I'm subscribed to the 'squirrel' LISTSERV mailing list (SQUIRREL@UA1VM.UA.EDU). I just heard a story about how an energetic squirrel once crashed the mainframe at Mississippi State University during registration (a true story) and I want to share this information with everyone on the 'squirrel' mailing list. What address should I send my e-mail letter to if I want the letter to be distributed to everyone on the "squirrel" list?

    1. LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU
    2. SQUIRREL@UA1VM.UA.EDU
    3. PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU
    4. PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV

  2. I'm looking for a list of all known LISTSERV lists. What LISTSERV command should I use to get such a list?

    1. REVIEW GLOBAL
    2. INDEX GLOBAL
    3. LISTS GLOBAL
    4. GET GLOBAL

  3. Okay, I just got the "list of lists." I found a neat list called "navigate" but the list of lists only shows the address as NAVIGATE@UBVM. What address should I send my subscribe command to?

    1. NAVIGATE@UBVM
    2. NAVIGATE@UBVM.BITNET
    3. LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET
    4. PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU

  4. I want to subscribe to the alt.abuse.recovery newsgroup. I sent a e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU with the command SUBSCRIBE ALT.ABUSE.RECOVERY JOE STUDENT, and I got back an error message saying that "alt.abuse.recovery" is unknown to the LISTSERV. What's going on?

    1. alt.abuse.recovery is full, and LISTSERV can not find any room to add you
    2. alt.abuse.recovery is a Usenet newsgroup; you have to subscribe to the group from a Usenet reader
    3. alt.abuse.recovery does not exist
    4. the squirrels have eaten the alt.abuse.recovery newsgroup.

  5. How can I unsubscribe from the Roadmap workshop?

    1. send an e-mail letter to ROADMAP@UA1VM.UA.EDU which says UNSUB * in the body of your letter.
    2. send an e-mail letter to PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU which says UNSUB * in the body of your letter.
    3. send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU which says UNSUB * in the body of your letter.
    4. bug Patrick until he drops you from the workshop.

    PART TWO: TRUE OR FALSE

    Read each sentence carefully, and then determine if the sentence is true or false. 

  6.   TRUE OR FALSE     There is nothing wrong with giving my best
                           friend my password. 
  7.   TRUE OR FALSE     WRITING IN ALL CAPS IS CONSIDERED TO BE GOOD
                         NETIQUETTE. 
  8.   TRUE OR FALSE     The word "squirrel" would be an excellent
                           password. 
  9.   TRUE OR FALSE     Letters to a LISTSERV list should be sent to
                           the LISTSERV address.
  10.   TRUE OR FALSE     LISTSERV commands should be sent to the list
                           address.

    PART THREE: SHORT ANSWER

  11. One of my friends just e-mailed me a chain letter offering me good luck so long as I send the chain letter to ten additional people. Heck, there are several hundred people subscribed to each of the Usenet newsgroups and LISTSERV lists. Why can't I just forward the chain letter to these groups?

  12. Patrick's dad said "DON'T include the entire contents of a previous posting in your reply(s)." Why can't I do this?

  13. If someone spams a list that I am on, what should I do? Why shouldn't I just send my angry replies to the list?

    BONUS QUESTIONS

  14. How many National Football Championships has the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide football team won?

    1. 9
    2. 10
    3. 11
    4. 12

  15. Patrick Douglas Crispen is:

    1. overworked an underappreciated
    2. a great teacher
    3. a great person
    4. a squirrel

*** DO NOT SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO PATRICK CRISPEN OR TO THE LIST. *** *** THIS QUIZ IS SELF-GRADED, AND THE ANSWERS WILL BE E-MAILED *** *** TO YOU TOMORROW. ***

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ROADMAP: Copyright Patrick Crispen 1994, 1995. All rights reserved.

To unsubscribe from any Roadmap workshop, please send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU which says UNSUB * in the body of your letter.

The address that sent this e-mail letter (CRISPEN@UA1VM.UA.EDU) is actually the address of an automated error processor. Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail letter as the error processor will consider your reply to be an error message and will delete your letter unread. To contact Patrick Crispen, please use my PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU address. 

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