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BT... and their Web 2.0 Questionnaire (One cannot define web 2.0 by O'Reilly alone!)

I was approached by a recruitment agent who was trying to recruit for BT... she was doing a good job but unfortunately for her BT let her down with their interview process and their pre interview web 2.0 questionnaire.  The questions were poor to say the least and showed a real lack of understanding of Web 2.0.  It does make me worry about their future performance as a company as they don't seem to be able to keep up with current web technologies.

Here are the questions for you to look over, feel free to comment.  I placed my comments with the recruiters.  I just hope that BTdo eventually get taught what web 2.0 is all about, then maybe they will get where the world is going ;)

The purpose of this questionnaire is to understand your level of knowledge regarding Web 2.0. This will be used as part of the recruitment process you are undertaking. Please indicate one answer only in response to each question. Once complete, please send this response to your recruiter within BT.

Please use the attached link to help you in answering these questions.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

1. The term Web 2.0 has been first used in
   1. 2000
   2. 2002
   3. 2003
   4. 2004
   5. 2005

2. It has been launched by
   1. Kilkenny
   2. Guinness
   3. O’Donnell
   4. O’Reilly
   5. Jameson

3. What is Web 2.0?
   1. A buzz word
   2. A disruptive technology
   3. A marketing term
   4. A social event
   5. A class of webservices

4. What does Web 2.0 NOT impact?
   1. Software developers
   2. Software vendors
   3. Service providers
   4. Workspace
   5. Myspace

5. Which of these terms is associated with Web 2.0?
   1. Taxonomies
   2. Scramble
   3. Crumble
   4. Folksonomies
   5. Crashups

6. Which of these websites is not web 2.0?
   1. Salesforce.com
   2. Google maps
   3. BT.com
   4. Flickr
   5. Netvibes

7. Which of these technologies / tools are web 2.0 specific?
   1. Visual studio
   2. Java
   3. Wiki
   4. Instant Messaging
   5. email

8. What is AJAX?
   1. A software development toolkit
   2. A development of XML
   3. A community of developer
   4. A web application development standard
   5. An open source project

9. Crumble is
   1. A software development toolkit
   2. A development of XML
   3. A web application development standard
   4. A cake
   5. An open source project

10. Mashups is
    1. A web technology
    2. A new recipe
    3. A back and front end usage of webservices
    4. An On demand infrastructure standard
    5. A proprietary protocol

11. Web 2.0 does NOT recoups various technology developments in
    1. Software
    2. Content
    3. Platform
    4. People
    5. Media

12. Which of these software technologies does NOT underpin Web 2.0?
    1. HTML
    2. CSS
    3. XML
    4. CSC
    5. XSLT

13. What is the main source of differentiation for Web 2.0 start-ups?
    1. Data processing
    2. IT infrastructure
    3. Database
    4. Networks
    5. Location

14. Which of these terms does NOT apply to Web 2.0?
    1. Social software
    2. SaaS
    3. XslT
    4. On Demand
    5. Messaging

15. Which of these terms DOES apply to Web 2.0?
    1. RSS
    2. SOA
    3. Caching
    4. Tagging
    5. Ranking

16. What is the advantage of Web 2.0 software for the enterprise?
    1. Enhanced Security
    2. Reliability
    3. Recurring costs
    4. Platform agnostic
    5. Administration costs

17. What type of software release cycle is typical of web 2.0 products?
    1. Formal software specification and clear release roadmap
    2. Products released once thoroughly tested and bugs resolved
    3. Beta software released to end customers with frequent updates
    4. On demand release
    5. Real time network triggered release

18. What does ‘rss’ stand for?
    1. Realtime synchronisation and syndication
    2. Really simple syndication
    3. Realtime syndication simplification
    4. Really straight and simple
    5. Random synchronisation and syndication

19. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of web 2.0?
    1. Web as a platform
    2. Social networks
    3. Back office integration
    4. Content creation pushed to the edges
    5. User-centric

20. Webservices are:
    1. Vendor services that are provided through the web
    2. A software development language
    3. services that can be used by another software
    4. APIs
    5. A class of style sheets

21. Web 2.0 compares to Web 1.0 by providing
    1. More interactivity
    2. More bandwidth
    3. Better reliability
    4. Cheaper services
    5. More security

22. Web syndication is a form of syndication that applies to
    1. Interfaces
    2. Back office databases
    3. Websites
    4. APIs
    5. Application servers

23. The main family of web syndication is
    1. UDDI
    2. RSS
    3. CSS
    4. XSL
    5. API

24. A webfeed is
    1. A way to earn money through the web
    2. A type of website
    3. A brand
    4. A document
    5. A website name

25. ATOM is
    1. Automated Ticket Operations Management
    2. A document
    3. An RSS format
    4. A websites category
    5. A webfeed format

26. What is Technorati?
    1. A software
    2. An open sourced standard
    3. A search engine for Webfeeds
    4. A document
    5. A software language

27. What is a weblog?
    1. A blog
    2. A document
    3. An RSS format
    4. A website log
    5. A webfeed format

28. What is Tag?
    1. A buzzword
    2. A document
    3. An RSS format
    4. A keyword
    5. A webfeed

29. Tags are often used in:
    1. Databases
    2. RSS
    3. Social sites
    4. ATOM
    5. Network infrastructures

30. Poadcasts’ distributing format is:
    1. ATOM
    2. C++
    3. Cobol
    4. HTML
    5. Javascript

31. VLOG is:
    1. A website
    2. A document
    3. An RSS format
    4. A video blog
    5. An open source project

32. What indicates that Web 2.0 is being rapidly embraced?
    1. Google’s share price
    2. Massive numbers of new application ecosystems
    3. Massive numbers of new IT infrastructures
    4. Massive numbers of Wimax base stations
    5. Massive numbers of WIFI hotspots

33. Which of the following websites is not Web 2.0?
    1. Last.fm
    2. Edgeio
    3. Yahooanswers
    4. Muppet.com
    5. Travbuddy.com

34. What is Mashing?
    1. Building on other people’s work
    2. A website
    3. Using a search engine
    4. A new podcasting technology
    5. A new blogging technology

35. Web 2.0 ‘web as a platform’ pillar is NOT:
    1. Web services
    2. Mashing
    3. Podcasting
    4. Rich User interfaces
    5. Open API’s

36. Which of these websites does NOT refer to Web 2.0 ‘web as a platform’ pillar?
    1. SalesForce
    2. Amazon
    3. Google Maps
    4. Jellycast
    5. eBay

37. Web 2.0 Social networks pillar is NOT:
    1. Virtual communities
    2. Mashing
    3. Attention streams
    4. An opensource project
    5. Blogs

38. Which of these websites does NOT refer to Web 2.0 social networks pillar?
    1. Orkut
    2. Myspace
    3. Del.icio.us
    4. Workspace
    5. 37signals

39. Web 2.0 Content creation pushed to the edges pillar is NOT?
    1. Podcasting
    2. Blogging
    3. Videocasting
    4. Streaming
    5. Content syndication                                                  

40. Which of these websites does NOT refer to Web 2.0 content creation pushed to the edges pillar:
    1. Blogger
    2. Digg.com
    3. Skype
    4. Wikipedia

5. Itunes

41. Web 2.0 User-centric pillar is NOT
    1. An easy to use interface
    2. User increase control
    3. Mashing
    4. Radical user trust
    5. “Free–to–User” models

42. Which of these websites does NOT refer to Web 2.0 user-centric pillar?
    1. Live.com
    2. Protopage
    3. Netvibes
    4. Skype
    5. MTV

43. Which one in the list is not an enterprise Web 2.0 software?
    1. Lyceum
    2. Texpattern
    3. Pmachine
    4. Wordpad
    5. Six Apart

44. Vodcast is:
    1. A Video on Demand via RSS or ATOM
    2. A Vlog
    3. A Blog
    4. A Wiki
    5. A podcast

45. RIA stands for:
    1. Rich Internet Application
    2. Rich Interface Application
    3. Really Intelligent Application
    4. Raw Internet Appliance
    5. Rich Internet Appliance

46. A Skypecast is:
    1. A podcast tool available through Skype
    2. A free forum-like conference tool
    3. A website
    4. Skype IPTV
    5. Skype IM

47. WAXXI is:
    1. A Wiki technology
    2. A new generation podcast technology
    3. A video on demand technology
    4. A webfeed format
    5. A podcast standard

48. Infoware is a generic term for:
    1. A small amount of information in a lot of software
    2. A small amount of software in a lot of information
    3. Media appliances
    4. Streaming appliances
    5. Web appliances

49. Web 2.0 is an attempt to build the web around
    1. Media
    2. Technology
    3. People
    4. Infrastructure
    5. Software

50. The ‘long tail’ refers to
    1. Business that is done on the web
    2. Internet global reach
    3. Online SMEs
    4. Social networks
    5. Niche markets developed on the web

I would  recommend that BT review this questionnaire and get some input from someone like Sam Sethi to get it right next time!  One cannot define web 2.0 by O'Reilly alone!

posted @ Tuesday, September 12, 2006 6:30 PM